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Verses 43-45 have led to much debate. Bishop Westcott says that ‘his own country’ refers to Judea, but Ryle is probably right that it refers to Nazareth. Jesus utters what seems to have been some kind of proverb (cf. Matt. 13:57; Luke 4:24; Mark 6:4). This is the second sign …
Paul lists nineteen character flaws here, which make it difficult to preach on. There are four references to ‘love’ so this week we will look at the times, the right love, and disordered loves.
1. Understand the times.
– 3:1. See Acts 2:17; Heb. 1:1-2; 1 John 2:18. Christianity has …
The disciples are scratching their heads, but many Samaritans come to faith in Jesus as the Christ.
1. We should always want to know more of Christ.
– 4:28-29, 39-40. Thomas Chalmers called this ‘the expulsive power of a new affection’. The Samaritan woman may not know much at this …
John Stott: ‘The combination of unbiblical speculations and uncharitable polemics has done great damage to the cause of Christ.’
1. Avoid foolish controversies.
– 2:23. Paul has said this sort of thing repeatedly throughout the Pastoral Epistles – 1 Tim. 1:4; 4:7; 6:4, 20; 2 Tim. 2:14, 16; Tit. 3:9. …
Evangelism is full of missed opportunities.
1. Evangelists are to seize every opportunity.
– 4:35. If this is literal, it must have been December or January, about four months before the normal spring harvest. J. C. Ryle and Leon Morris understand this as a proverbial saying which means ‘There is …
Richard Baxter: ‘O brethren, watch therefore over your own hearts: keep out lusts and passions, and worldly inclinations: keep up the life of faith and love, and zeal: be much at home, and be much with God.’ In Eph. 4:22-24 there is ‘put off/put on’; in 2 Timothy 2:22 it …
By nature we want God to do our will; but we can only be satisfied by submitting to God’s will.
1. Both believers and unbelievers misunderstood Jesus.
– 4:31-33. The KJV has references to ‘meat’ but the word has changed its meaning. It is actually ‘food’. The question in verse …
There are not two foundations but two aspects of the one foundation.
1. The Church is a mixed body.
– 2:20. This refers to the mixed nature of the Church. Today there are something like 2.4 billion people in the world who identify as Christians in some way. Not all …
In evangelism, we are told to use our minds – 2 Cor. 10:3-5; 1 Peter 3:15. Here we have ‘How to evangelise when you don’t know much.’
Calvin: ‘If we would serve God we must be sworn enemies of evil.’
