Life of Jesus

When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were frightened. But he said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.”

In John 5 Jesus defends his ministry by calling on four witnesses.

I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

In this passage Jesus declares that the Father and the Son are united in action and will, and love and life. Being so united with the Father, the Son gives life and executes judgement. Those who hear him and believe have eternal life and do not come into judgment.

This passages reveals the restorative work of Christ. We enter and abide in his rest and restoration through repentance and obedient faith.

Jesus speaks to the Samaritan woman at the well and tells her, as well as us, that we must confront our own sin before we can become true worshipers.

Turning water into wine at the wedding in Cana was the first sign that reveals Jesus’s glory. The sign reveals his glory as the only Son from the Father and his glory as the Bridegroom of those who believe in him. He comes to us in this fallen and sinful world, he takes us to himself, and from…