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Dear Saints: We continue to study Jesus’ long conversation with the Jewish leaders who had rightly accused Him of “being equal with God” the Father (please read again John 5). And Jesus is. Today we explore the bottom line of all discussions and all conversations. Jesus confronts them with the truth of eternal/everlasting life and on how to enter in and experience Him and also on how to come so close but miss Him. Let’s hear Jesus: 24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.” John 5:24. We can also recall that while speaking to another Jewish leader Nicodemus in John 3:16, Jesus said, “16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” We ...

Dear Saints: Jesus had one major crime the Jewish leaders accused Him of and sought to kill Him and eventually killed Him for it. Listen to the exchange, after Jesus on a Sabbath, had healed a man that was crippled for thirty eight years (please read John 5). “18 Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God. 19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.” John 5:18-19. Notice that Jesus did not deny their accusation but confirmed in the conversion that He is God. Jesus said, I am God the Son. Whatever God the Father does, that is what God the Son does. He and the Father are one. Jesus' miracles and His resurrection back up His deity beyond reasonable doubt. The attack has not stopped today. Even within the general ...

Dear Saints: This is a simple question that Jesus asked a man who had been sick and crippled for thirty eight years (please read John 5). Jesus is still asking the same question to you and me. Do you want to be made well? He is not asking, what is your condition, illness or sin. He already knows just as He knew about this man in today's account. Note also that Jesus is the one who approached the man and initiated the conversation. There were many others in the crowd of sick people around this fake healing pool. Jesus knows you individually and comes just for you. All of us are sick and have sinned. We prefer hanging around others like us who are sinners and are sick. Misery enjoys company. We also go to places and hang out where there's supposedly "moving pool " that promises wholeness but it cannot deliver. No wonder Jesus asked the question. It may be obvious to others that what you are into and relying on cannot deliver you; so the real question is: Do...

Dear Saints: Are you waiting to see before you believe the Words of Jesus and believe HIM as the Only God? There is no other God but Jesus, the all knowing creator of all things! And waiting to see result before believing Jesus is not FAITH in God but faith in yourself. If you have to see results first and the reality of what God by His Spirit has spoken to you then you are saying you are your own god, therefore there is no need for the almighty GOD. Faithlessness is an insult to the person and character of God. How many of us and how often are we insulting God by our unbelief? Jesus' Word is enough because He needs no external entity to perform whatever He has said. You and I are the ones who need help, not God. Are you insulting God today by the things He has spoken to you and you have refused to believe but waiting for signs before you step out? If it makes too much sense to you before you can believe, then it is not faith. Hebrews 11:6 says, “ But without faith it is imp...

Dear Saints: How often do you meet someone for the first time and know exactly who he/she really is? If and when you meet Jesus for the first time, He will make Himself known to you without any shadow of doubt. That was the experience of the Samaritan woman at the well (please read again John 4:1-42). This encounter changed her forever. It also changed her acquaintances and many in her village forever. Why was there such a great transformation in a few hours of encounter? With God, all things are possible. Let’s listen in on the conversation. “25 The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, He will tell us all things.” 26 Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He.” Jesus clearly made Himself know to this woman as the Messiah, the Christ, the Anointed One and the Savior of the world. The Savior will transform you as follows: “13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, 14 but whoever dri...

Dear Saints: Have you ever been alone with Jesus? When you get alone with Jesus, people will be wondering what is going on. Even the Disciples could not figure out why Jesus was all alone with a woman. Everything was contrary in the picture playing out in our today’s study of John 4 (please read verse 1-42). First, she is a woman and Jesus is a man. She is woman but a Samaritan woman and not Jewish woman. Jews and Samaritans don’t mix. When we get all alone with Jesus, something deep happens. We are laid bare because Jesus knows everything about us. It is very serious to be alone with Jesus, the Creator of all things and all beings. There's nothing hidden from him. The sweet thing about Jesus is that even though all your secrets are exposed in front of him, He does not shame you but sets you free. I heard this week that an average person has 13 secrets they have never told anyone. Is it really 13 secrets? Jesus knows everyone one of those. Don't you think it is time we ...

Dear Saints: Today is the first Thursday of the month, our Gospel Outreach Thursday. Let’s put into practice all we have been learning and go out of our way to love someone and demonstrate Christ’s love. Let’s invite someone to lunch and get to know them and cultivate friendship. Tell them who you are in Christ and what Jesus means to you. Share the Gospel today by praying, kindness and whatever the Lord leads you to do and say during your lunch time and all day. Share your encounter stories next week with us. I pray this prayer of Paul for us as we go forth to be Christ to others today: 14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father [f]of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend ...