Bridge 4

Remember the first three bridges to nowhere:

First, find. Mt.10:39 “Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.” In Matthew an identity is found (Gk., euron) that then is lost. Bridge…

Bridge 3

First, find. Mt.10:39 “Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.” In Matthew an identity is found (Gk., euron---find) that then is lost. Bridge One.…

Bridge 2

The four bridges are find, save, keep and love. We have crossed the first bridge 'find', the bridge of identity and the desert appeared. Now we come to another bridge called 'save.' Where will it bring us?…

We have just come through the primary theme of the Gospel of John, thinking, trusting and acting spiritually. Receiving Jesus as personal Savior and Lord enables us to be born spiritually which is our second birth. That means we have His Word to spiritualize our mind, His attitude to spiritualize our heart and His faith to give our spirit new motivation. By being born a second time spiritually means the image of God in us has been spiritualized, given new life. With this in mind we return to…

Part 1 Is There a Rainbow At the End of Rose Street?

When you come right down to it there are only two kinds of life, life with God spiritually centered in Him and life sinfully self-centered without Him. Life with Him is personal, spiritual and eternal. Life without Him is one big question mark, lonely, confusing, anxiety ridden and exhausting, ending with the last beat of the physical heart. Life with God brings clarity about what you can't see and clarity about how to handle what…

First, we want to look at the background for Chapter 3 that will give us a foundation for the rest of John's Gospel.

Pharisees (Hebrew---'separated ones.'). Basically the fundamentalists of their day. They were the opposite of the Sadducees. As to origin, probably back to the Maccabean revolt in 2nd century BC. Politically, the Pharisees were the religious conservatives and the Sadducees were liberal and less spiritual, therefore more willing to compromise with external powers.…

“What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul (Mk.8:36)?”

You go to the Kentucky Derby. It's all about the horses but then it's also about the hats and then the bets, the winnings, the horses' next races, the pageantry and the ability to say “I was there for the race.”

You go to the Super Bowl, the World Cup, the Master's, Wimbledon, the Olympics and the College Championships (pick a sport). It's the same. And think of the cost for all of it not…

Gospel of John 2 Outline

Now, About John the Baptist.......

Think about the common practice that dominates our cell phone use, 'selfies.' Suppose every time we look in a cellphone to take a 'selfie' we see Jesus. That is the basic purpose of the Gospel of John.

Continuing ideas from the Gospel of John to keep in mind: Beginning, Word, Uniqueness, Newness, Looking Forward, Availability, Spiritual Thinking, Jesus Consciousness, Every Next Moment (Event), Life, Light…