John 12:12-19
Between Palm Sunday and Good Friday, most of Jesus' followers deserted him. Why?
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Between Palm Sunday and Good Friday, most of Jesus' followers deserted him. Why?
The story of Mary pouring out expensive perfume is a powerful image of worship, challenging us to consider all we have as worth nothing next to the incomparable riches of simply being with Jesus.
In the story of Lazarus, Jesus challenges us with his compassion, his intimacy with God, and his pursuit of God’s glory.
The answer to the question "Where is God when I'm in pain?" is that he's right there alongside you, weeping.
We can either accept Jesus as he is, or attempt to accept him as we want him to be.
If we're going to follow the Shepherd, we've got to learn the sound of His voice.
In this passage, Jesus famously offers the believer "streams of living water", flowing from her inmost being. But before we get there, John leads us through an exposition of what Jesus' life was like, including some little-noticed but important "I AM" statements. The meaning of the great headline phrase comes into focus only as we consider this, and especially the religious, contexts in which it was made.