Thirst is just a fact of life. Just like hunger, it comes and goes. When I satisfy the need, it goes away… for a time. This is true now, it was true two thousand years ago and it will be true into the future for as long as people inhabit the earth. So when Jesus spoke about drinking water that will take away your thirst forever, it almost seems impossible to imagine.
Jesus spoke to demons and they fled. He spoke to dead girls and they sat up. He spoke to blind eyes, and they opened. He spoke to lepers and they were cured. He gave thanks to God and five thousand men (plus uncounted women and children) were fed from one little kid’s snack. Jesus speaks to sinners and they are forgiven. He is still speaking.
Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again,[a] you cannot see the Kingdom of God.” “What do you mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus. “How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?” (John 3:3-4) Read: Judges 17:1 – 18:31, John 3:1-21, Psalm 104:1-23, Proverbs 14:20-21 Relate: I…
First He says, “Today”
Then He continues, “You will be with me”
Finally, “In Paradise”
In the house of God, are we pickpockets or prayer warriors? What exactly is the house of God?
If he were judged by our understanding of “good theology”, there could only be one verdict… Jesus was a heretic.
Zombies and ghosts can’t save people. Can you imagine what Lazarus would have looked like if he stepped back into his body, crawled out of his grave, and then showed up at his brothers doors to pass along that message?
I am grateful for the Law. It is like a flashlight shining on those darker spots in my life I would rather ignore. It is a witness against me.
Jesus visibly identifies with the poor in order to teach a lesson to the religious. He broke etiquette because they would not break through socioeconomic walls. Are we willing to do the same?
When we pray two things are happening. We are participating in bringing heaven to down earth and we are participating in lifting earth to up heaven.
THE RIVER WALK 