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04/14/2014 07:08
Two points should be made clearer before we move on. First, I will provide another illustration (or differing detail) of the difference between Faith Electionism and Arminianism to ensure we can see the difference. The Arminian example is of a person in the room incapable of seeing the painting...
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03/31/2014 11:16
Many of the crowd that had sought to make him king were still at the miracle spot in the morning. They had seen the one boat depart without Jesus, and so they assumed he was still there as well. But when they couldn’t find him, they drifted back to their homes—mostly in Capernaum. There they did...
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03/24/2014 07:45
Suppose I say to a group of people, “Finish this sentence: if a person has no food to eat, he or she will … what?” There would be a couple possibilities for an answer, but probably the majority would finish the sentence with die, and that makes sense. Some may say, “get hungry,” but I think the...
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03/17/2014 05:34
It cannot be supported that God is only one. God is love, and love necessarily must have others to whom it may be expressed. But it cannot be supported that there are multiple Gods. Equal infinites would necessarily limit each other, losing the very definition of being infinite. A supreme God with...
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03/09/2014 20:12
The whole next section of verses 24 through 30 provides support to the life granted on the basis of faith in Jesus. The whole hangs neatly on the skeleton of two resurrections. Again, Jesus is not changing subjects. Remember that we are in the middle of Jesus’ reply to the Jews who had accused him...
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03/03/2014 05:51
The Jews and Jesus had a conflict concerning the Sabbath. I believe the conflict existed because the Jews forgot (or never knew) the true purpose of the Sabbath. The first mention of the Sabbath as Sabbath occurs in Exodus 16. There we find the Israelites on their journey in the wilderness hungry...
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02/24/2014 06:06
Verse 6 of chapter 5 tells us that Jesus knew the man had been lying there a long time. Some may think that of course Jesus would know that fact because Jesus is God. And yet from other Gospel indications, we find many examples of when Jesus did not know something. What was the difference? Did he...
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02/17/2014 06:21
We must recall that the incident at the well was in the middle of Jesus’ journey back to Galilee. We learned at the beginning of chapter 4 that Jesus intended to avoid confrontation with the Jewish leaders because his ministry was not yet over (his “hour” had not yet come). So, he was headed to his...
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02/03/2014 06:09
Jesus asks for a drink. The Samaritan woman replies, “How is it that You, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” John, it would appear, believes some explanation is in order for his audience. Perhaps the Gentile readers in the Asia, Greece, and Rome are not familiar with the fact that...
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01/27/2014 08:52
The last incident John presents in the Jesus-as-Replacement section (1:19 through 3:36) is that of a problem (or so it seemed to the Baptist’s disciples) that arises in the course of a who-is-greater argument. The Apostle has just finished presenting Jesus’ discussion with Nicodemus. He transitions...
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