by David Keesling | Jul 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
John 19:2-3 “The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe and went up to Him again and again, saying, ‘Hail, king of the Jews!’ And they struck Him in the face” (NIV). Observation: Pilate, the Roman...
by David Keesling | Jul 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
John 19:4 “Pilate came out again and said to them, ‘Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know I find no guilt in Him.’” Observation: For forty verses Pilate was on stage as an integral player in John’s narrative leading to Christ’s crucifixion. These...
by David Keesling | Jul 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
John 17:1 “Lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, ‘Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You.’” Observation: Jesus had just completed His “Last Will and Testament” to believers, magnificently summing His life’s work on earth. But in...
by David Keesling | Jul 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
John 12:1 “Jesus, therefore, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.” Observation: John 11 leaves us watching all Israel preparing for the Passover. Chapter 12 begins with a description of events in Bethany...
by David Keesling | Jul 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
John 4:39 “Many of the Samaritans…believed in Him because of the woman’s testimony” (NIV). Observation: This passage follows the lengthy description of Christ’s meeting the Samaritan woman at the well. In the end she became a trumpet of good news, encouraging others...
by David Keesling | Jul 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Hebrews 12:27 “And this expression, ‘Yet once more,’ denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.” Observation: Paul filled this chapter with good advice for living, and he...
