JUST AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SNAKE / JOHN 3:14-15

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(KJV) John 3:14-15

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

JUST AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SNAKE / JOHN 3:14-15

See Numbers 21:4-9 for the account of this symbolic and prophetic act, which provided a means of physical healing for a cursed community of Israelites. In a similar but far greater way, Christ’s sacrifice on the cross provides spiritual healing for all who look to Him in faith.

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  1. WHOEVER REJECTS / JOHN 3:36
  2. LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT / JOHN 3:19
  3. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD / JOHN 3:16
  4. JUST AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SNAKE / JOHN 3:14-15
  5. THE WIND … THE SPIRIT / JOHN 3:8
  6. BORN OF WATER / JOHN 3:5
  7. DROVE ALL FROM THE TEMPLE AREA / JOHN 2:15
  8. SIGNS / JOHN 2:11
  9. CHOICE WINE – HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK / JOHN 2:10
  10. WINE – THEY HAVE NOT MORE WINE / JOHN 2:3
  11. YOU SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN / JOHN 1:51
  12. CEPHAS … PETER / JOHN 1:42
  13. THE FIRST THING ANDREW DID / JOHN 1:41
  14. WILL BAPTIZE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 1:33
  15. LAMB OF GOD / JOHN 1:29
  16. GRACE AND TRUTH / JOHN 1:17
  17. THE WORD BECAME FLESH / JOHN 1:14
  18. BORN NOT OF … HUMAN DECISION / JOHN 1:13
  19. RECEIVED … BELIEVED / JOHN 1:12
  20. THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM / JOHN 1:10
  21. GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN / JOHN 1:9
  22. LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS /JOHN 1:5
  23. LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN / JOHN 1:4
  24. WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING / JOHN 1:2
  25. THE WORD / JOHN 1:1
  26. TRUTH / JOHN 4:24
  27. WORSHIP … IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH / JOHN 4:23-24
  28. SAMARITANS WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW / JOHN 4:22
  29. WATER … ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:14
  30. SAMARITAN WOMAN / JOHN 4:7
  31. KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES / JOHN 13:35
  32. LOVE ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 13:34
  33. AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM HE MEANT / JOHN 13:22
  34. WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET / JOHN 13:14
  35. UNLESS I WASH YOU / JOHN 13:8
  36. WASH HIS DISCIPLES FEET /JOHN 13:5
  37. HAS GRANTED THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF / JOHN 5:26
  38. TAKING FROM WHAT IS MINE / JOHN 16:14
  39. HE IS A LIEAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES / JOHN 8:44
  40. EVERYONE WHO SINS / JOHN 8:34
  41. HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 14:26
  42. I WILL ASK THE FATHER – COUNSELOR / JOHN 14:16
  43. JESUS HAD NOT YET BEEN GLORIFIED / JOHN 7:39
  44. AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID – STREAMS OF LIVING WATER / JOHN 7:38
  45. YOU ARE GODS? / JOHN 10:34
  46. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME / JOHN 14:24
  47. REMAIN IN MY LOVE / JOHN 15:9-10
  48. ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 17:3
  49. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD / JOHN 8:12
  50. SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH / JOHN 17:17
  51. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE / JOHN 8:32
  52. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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THE WIND … THE SPIRIT / JOHN 3:8

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(KJV) John 3:8

The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

THE WIND … THE SPIRIT / JOHN 3:8

The wind, though unseen, is identified by its activity and sound. In a similar way, that Holy Spirit is observed by His activity in an effect on those who are born again.

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  1. BORN OF WATER / JOHN 3:5
  2. DROVE ALL FROM THE TEMPLE AREA / JOHN 2:15
  3. SIGNS / JOHN 2:11
  4. CHOICE WINE – HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK / JOHN 2:10
  5. WINE – THEY HAVE NOT MORE WINE / JOHN 2:3
  6. YOU SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN / JOHN 1:51
  7. CEPHAS … PETER / JOHN 1:42
  8. THE FIRST THING ANDREW DID / JOHN 1:41
  9. WILL BAPTIZE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 1:33
  10. LAMB OF GOD / JOHN 1:29
  11. GRACE AND TRUTH / JOHN 1:17
  12. THE WORD BECAME FLESH / JOHN 1:14
  13. BORN NOT OF … HUMAN DECISION / JOHN 1:13
  14. RECEIVED … BELIEVED / JOHN 1:12
  15. THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM / JOHN 1:10
  16. GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN / JOHN 1:9
  17. LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS /JOHN 1:5
  18. LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN / JOHN 1:4
  19. WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING / JOHN 1:2
  20. THE WORD / JOHN 1:1
  21. TRUTH / JOHN 4:24
  22. WORSHIP … IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH / JOHN 4:23-24
  23. SAMARITANS WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW / JOHN 4:22
  24. WATER … ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:14
  25. SAMARITAN WOMAN / JOHN 4:7
  26. WHOEVER REJECTS / JOHN 3:36
  27. LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT / JOHN 3:19
  28. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD / JOHN 3:16
  29. KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES / JOHN 13:35
  30. LOVE ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 13:34
  31. AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM HE MEANT / JOHN 13:22
  32. WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET / JOHN 13:14
  33. UNLESS I WASH YOU / JOHN 13:8
  34. WASH HIS DISCIPLES FEET /JOHN 13:5
  35. HAS GRANTED THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF / JOHN 5:26
  36. TAKING FROM WHAT IS MINE / JOHN 16:14
  37. HE IS A LIEAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES / JOHN 8:44
  38. EVERYONE WHO SINS / JOHN 8:34
  39. HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 14:26
  40. I WILL ASK THE FATHER – COUNSELOR / JOHN 14:16
  41. JESUS HAD NOT YET BEEN GLORIFIED / JOHN 7:39
  42. AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID – STREAMS OF LIVING WATER / JOHN 7:38
  43. YOU ARE GODS? / JOHN 10:34
  44. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME / JOHN 14:24
  45. REMAIN IN MY LOVE / JOHN 15:9-10
  46. ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 17:3
  47. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD / JOHN 8:12
  48. SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH / JOHN 17:17
  49. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE / JOHN 8:32
  50. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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BORN OF WATER / JOHN 3:5

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(KJV) John 3:5

Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.

BORN OF WATER / JOHN 3:5

Some Bible scholars take the water to mean natural birth (as in a person first being born physically, and then spiritually). Others believe that it signifies spiritual cleansing through the Word (John 15:3; 17:17; Ephesians 5:26; Titus 3:5; 1 Peter 1:23). However, in John’s Gospel “water” often refers to God’s Spirit. Note that John 3:8 simply mentions “born of the Spirit.” Since the Greek conjunction kai (“and”0 can also mean “even,” a literal translation of John 3:5 could be “born of water, even the Spirit.” This is to say that Jesus was probably referring to the cleansing, spiritually purifying work of the Holy Spirit in the new birth (spiritual salvation). In Titus 3:5 Paul speaks of ‘the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.”

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  1. DROVE ALL FROM THE TEMPLE AREA / JOHN 2:15
  2. SIGNS / JOHN 2:11
  3. CHOICE WINE – HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK / JOHN 2:10
  4. WINE – THEY HAVE NOT MORE WINE / JOHN 2:3
  5. YOU SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN / JOHN 1:51
  6. CEPHAS … PETER / JOHN 1:42
  7. THE FIRST THING ANDREW DID / JOHN 1:41
  8. WILL BAPTIZE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 1:33
  9. LAMB OF GOD / JOHN 1:29
  10. GRACE AND TRUTH / JOHN 1:17
  11. THE WORD BECAME FLESH / JOHN 1:14
  12. BORN NOT OF … HUMAN DECISION / JOHN 1:13
  13. RECEIVED … BELIEVED / JOHN 1:12
  14. THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM / JOHN 1:10
  15. GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN / JOHN 1:9
  16. LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS /JOHN 1:5
  17. LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN / JOHN 1:4
  18. WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING / JOHN 1:2
  19. THE WORD / JOHN 1:1
  20. TRUTH / JOHN 4:24
  21. WORSHIP … IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH / JOHN 4:23-24
  22. SAMARITANS WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW / JOHN 4:22
  23. WATER … ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:14
  24. SAMARITAN WOMAN / JOHN 4:7
  25. WHOEVER REJECTS / JOHN 3:36
  26. LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT / JOHN 3:19
  27. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD / JOHN 3:16
  28. KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES / JOHN 13:35
  29. LOVE ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 13:34
  30. AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM HE MEANT / JOHN 13:22
  31. WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET / JOHN 13:14
  32. UNLESS I WASH YOU / JOHN 13:8
  33. WASH HIS DISCIPLES FEET /JOHN 13:5
  34. HAS GRANTED THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF / JOHN 5:26
  35. TAKING FROM WHAT IS MINE / JOHN 16:14
  36. HE IS A LIEAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES / JOHN 8:44
  37. EVERYONE WHO SINS / JOHN 8:34
  38. HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 14:26
  39. I WILL ASK THE FATHER – COUNSELOR / JOHN 14:16
  40. JESUS HAD NOT YET BEEN GLORIFIED / JOHN 7:39
  41. AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID – STREAMS OF LIVING WATER / JOHN 7:38
  42. YOU ARE GODS? / JOHN 10:34
  43. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME / JOHN 14:24
  44. REMAIN IN MY LOVE / JOHN 15:9-10
  45. ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 17:3
  46. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD / JOHN 8:12
  47. SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH / JOHN 17:17
  48. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE / JOHN 8:32
  49. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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DROVE ALL FROM THE TEMPLE AREA / JOHN 2:15

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(KJV) John 2:15

And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;

DROVE ALL FROM THE TEMPLE AREA / JOHN 2:15

Matthew, Mark and Luke record a “cleansing of the temple” like this toward the end of Jesus’ ministry (Matthew 21:12; Mark 11:15-16; Mark 11:17; Luke 19:45).

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  1. SIGNS / JOHN 2:11
  2. CHOICE WINE – HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK / JOHN 2:10
  3. WINE – THEY HAVE NOT MORE WINE / JOHN 2:3
  4. YOU SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN / JOHN 1:51
  5. CEPHAS … PETER / JOHN 1:42
  6. THE FIRST THING ANDREW DID / JOHN 1:41
  7. WILL BAPTIZE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 1:33
  8. LAMB OF GOD / JOHN 1:29
  9. GRACE AND TRUTH / JOHN 1:17
  10. THE WORD BECAME FLESH / JOHN 1:14
  11. BORN NOT OF … HUMAN DECISION / JOHN 1:13
  12. RECEIVED … BELIEVED / JOHN 1:12
  13. THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM / JOHN 1:10
  14. GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN / JOHN 1:9
  15. LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS /JOHN 1:5
  16. LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN / JOHN 1:4
  17. WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING / JOHN 1:2
  18. THE WORD / JOHN 1:1
  19. TRUTH / JOHN 4:24
  20. WORSHIP … IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH / JOHN 4:23-24
  21. SAMARITANS WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW / JOHN 4:22
  22. WATER … ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:14
  23. SAMARITAN WOMAN / JOHN 4:7
  24. WHOEVER REJECTS / JOHN 3:36
  25. LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT / JOHN 3:19
  26. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD / JOHN 3:16
  27. KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES / JOHN 13:35
  28. LOVE ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 13:34
  29. AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM HE MEANT / JOHN 13:22
  30. WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET / JOHN 13:14
  31. UNLESS I WASH YOU / JOHN 13:8
  32. WASH HIS DISCIPLES FEET /JOHN 13:5
  33. HAS GRANTED THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF / JOHN 5:26
  34. TAKING FROM WHAT IS MINE / JOHN 16:14
  35. HE IS A LIEAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES / JOHN 8:44
  36. EVERYONE WHO SINS / JOHN 8:34
  37. HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 14:26
  38. I WILL ASK THE FATHER – COUNSELOR / JOHN 14:16
  39. JESUS HAD NOT YET BEEN GLORIFIED / JOHN 7:39
  40. AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID – STREAMS OF LIVING WATER / JOHN 7:38
  41. YOU ARE GODS? / JOHN 10:34
  42. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME / JOHN 14:24
  43. REMAIN IN MY LOVE / JOHN 15:9-10
  44. ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 17:3
  45. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD / JOHN 8:12
  46. SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH / JOHN 17:17
  47. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE / JOHN 8:32
  48. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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SIGNS / JOHN 2:11

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(KJV) John 2:11

This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

SIGNS / JOHN 2:11

The term in Greek is semeion. Some scholars refer to John 1 – 12 as the “Book of Signs.” John highlights seven main signs (John 2:1-11; 4:46-54; 5:2-18; 6:1-15; 6:16-21; 9:1-41; 11:1-46), which point to Jesus as the Son of God (John 1:18) or “the Christ, the Son of God” (John 20:30-31). They confirm His activity as the works of God and are proof of His divine (God) nature and authority. They challenge us to put our faith in Him – not the signs themselves. The New Testament also warns about counterfeit (false, fake) signs that the end-time antichrist will use to deceive many (Matthew 24:24; Mark 13:22; 2 Thessalonians 2:9-10; Revelation 13:14).

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  1. CHOICE WINE – HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK / JOHN 2:10
  2. WINE – THEY HAVE NOT MORE WINE / JOHN 2:3
  3. YOU SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN / JOHN 1:51
  4. CEPHAS … PETER / JOHN 1:42
  5. THE FIRST THING ANDREW DID / JOHN 1:41
  6. WILL BAPTIZE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 1:33
  7. LAMB OF GOD / JOHN 1:29
  8. GRACE AND TRUTH / JOHN 1:17
  9. THE WORD BECAME FLESH / JOHN 1:14
  10. BORN NOT OF … HUMAN DECISION / JOHN 1:13
  11. RECEIVED … BELIEVED / JOHN 1:12
  12. THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM / JOHN 1:10
  13. GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN / JOHN 1:9
  14. LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS /JOHN 1:5
  15. LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN / JOHN 1:4
  16. WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING / JOHN 1:2
  17. THE WORD / JOHN 1:1
  18. TRUTH / JOHN 4:24
  19. WORSHIP … IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH / JOHN 4:23-24
  20. SAMARITANS WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW / JOHN 4:22
  21. WATER … ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:14
  22. SAMARITAN WOMAN / JOHN 4:7
  23. WHOEVER REJECTS / JOHN 3:36
  24. LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT / JOHN 3:19
  25. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD / JOHN 3:16
  26. KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES / JOHN 13:35
  27. LOVE ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 13:34
  28. AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM HE MEANT / JOHN 13:22
  29. WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET / JOHN 13:14
  30. UNLESS I WASH YOU / JOHN 13:8
  31. WASH HIS DISCIPLES FEET /JOHN 13:5
  32. HAS GRANTED THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF / JOHN 5:26
  33. TAKING FROM WHAT IS MINE / JOHN 16:14
  34. HE IS A LIEAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES / JOHN 8:44
  35. EVERYONE WHO SINS / JOHN 8:34
  36. HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 14:26
  37. I WILL ASK THE FATHER – COUNSELOR / JOHN 14:16
  38. JESUS HAD NOT YET BEEN GLORIFIED / JOHN 7:39
  39. AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID – STREAMS OF LIVING WATER / JOHN 7:38
  40. YOU ARE GODS? / JOHN 10:34
  41. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME / JOHN 14:24
  42. REMAIN IN MY LOVE / JOHN 15:9-10
  43. ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 17:3
  44. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD / JOHN 8:12
  45. SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH / JOHN 17:17
  46. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE / JOHN 8:32
  47. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog post! May the words inspire and uplift all who read them. Your support and interest mean the world to me, and I’m grateful for every moment you spend here. Stay tuned for more, and feel free to share your thoughts in the comments!” Blessings, Margarita & Stace

CHOICE WINE – HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK / JOHN 2:10

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(KJV) John 2:10

And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.

CHOICE WINE – HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK / JOHN 2:10

CHOICE WINE

It is significant that the Greek adjective translated “choice” and “best” (John 2:10) is not agathos, meaning “good,” but kalos, meaning “morally excellent and benefiting.” Even secular writers of the time confirm the notion that the best “wines” were sweet and unfermented. The Roman writer, Pliny, stated that “good wine,” called sapa, was not fermented (was not alcoholic). Sapa was grape juice boiled down to one-third of its original volume to increase its sweet flavor. He also wrote that “witness are most beneficial when all their potency has been removed by the strainer” (Pliny, Natural History, XIV.23-24). Pliny, Plutarch and Horace all suggest that the best wine was the type that was “harmless and innocent.”

HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK

The phrase “had too much to drink” is from the Greek world methusko, a word that has two meanings:

  1. To be or become drunk.
  2. To be filled or satisfied (without reference to intoxication). Methusko may be understood here as the second meaning. However this text is translated, the banquet master is making a general observation that would have applied to any wedding celebration, no matter the type of drink served. He simply was acknowledging that hosts want to keep their guests happy and that satisfied guests do not suddenly raise their expectations. This remark does not assume that guests are drunk and for this reason lack the ability to discern the quality of wine. The context of this passage in no way suggests that Jesus participated in and contributed to a drunken party (John 2:3).

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. WINE – THEY HAVE NOT MORE WINE / JOHN 2:3
  2. YOU SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN / JOHN 1:51
  3. CEPHAS … PETER / JOHN 1:42
  4. THE FIRST THING ANDREW DID / JOHN 1:41
  5. WILL BAPTIZE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 1:33
  6. LAMB OF GOD / JOHN 1:29
  7. GRACE AND TRUTH / JOHN 1:17
  8. THE WORD BECAME FLESH / JOHN 1:14
  9. BORN NOT OF … HUMAN DECISION / JOHN 1:13
  10. RECEIVED … BELIEVED / JOHN 1:12
  11. THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM / JOHN 1:10
  12. GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN / JOHN 1:9
  13. LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS /JOHN 1:5
  14. LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN / JOHN 1:4
  15. WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING / JOHN 1:2
  16. THE WORD / JOHN 1:1
  17. TRUTH / JOHN 4:24
  18. WORSHIP … IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH / JOHN 4:23-24
  19. SAMARITANS WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW / JOHN 4:22
  20. WATER … ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:14
  21. SAMARITAN WOMAN / JOHN 4:7
  22. WHOEVER REJECTS / JOHN 3:36
  23. LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT / JOHN 3:19
  24. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD / JOHN 3:16
  25. KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES / JOHN 13:35
  26. LOVE ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 13:34
  27. AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM HE MEANT / JOHN 13:22
  28. WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET / JOHN 13:14
  29. UNLESS I WASH YOU / JOHN 13:8
  30. WASH HIS DISCIPLES FEET /JOHN 13:5
  31. HAS GRANTED THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF / JOHN 5:26
  32. TAKING FROM WHAT IS MINE / JOHN 16:14
  33. HE IS A LIEAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES / JOHN 8:44
  34. EVERYONE WHO SINS / JOHN 8:34
  35. HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 14:26
  36. I WILL ASK THE FATHER – COUNSELOR / JOHN 14:16
  37. JESUS HAD NOT YET BEEN GLORIFIED / JOHN 7:39
  38. AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID – STREAMS OF LIVING WATER / JOHN 7:38
  39. YOU ARE GODS? / JOHN 10:34
  40. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME / JOHN 14:24
  41. REMAIN IN MY LOVE / JOHN 15:9-10
  42. ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 17:3
  43. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD / JOHN 8:12
  44. SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH / JOHN 17:17
  45. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE / JOHN 8:32
  46. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog post! May the words inspire and uplift all who read them. Your support and interest mean the world to me, and I’m grateful for every moment you spend here. Stay tuned for more, and feel free to share your thoughts in the comments!” Blessings, Margarita & Stace

WINE – THEY HAVE NOT MORE WINE / JOHN 2:3

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(KJV) John 2:3

 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.

WINE – THEY HAVE NOT MORE WINE / JOHN 2:3

WINE

The word “wine” (Greek onions) in the New Testament is a generic term and can refer to many types of grape beverage, either fermented (alcoholic and potentially intoxicating) or unfermented wine. The type of wine must be determined by the context.

THEY HAVE NO MORE WINE

Some believe that both the wine provided at the beginning of the wedding and the wine Jesus made were fermented (alcoholic) and consumed in large quantities. Yet, those who accept this view would then have to recognize and explain the following probabilities: 

  1. A number of guests at the wedding would likely be drunk or nearly drunk by the time Jesus is asked to provide more wine, since the guests had already drunk so freely that the host had run out of wine. 
  2. Mary, the mother of Jesus, would be showing regret that the intoxicating drink had run out and would ask Jesus to supply people who may have already had too much to drink with even more alcoholic wine. 
  3. In order to respond to His mother’s wishes, Jesus would be making 120-180 gallons of intoxicating wine (John 2:6-9), more than enough to cause extreme drunkenness. 
  4. Jesus would be making this intoxicating beverage as the very first of His “miraculous signs” by which He “revealed His glory” (John 2:11) and showed that He is the Son of God and spiritual Savior of humankind. 

To propose that Jesus made alcoholic wine would certainly seem to contradict the moral principles stated in other parts of God’s Word. In light of God’s holy nature (the fact that He is completely pure, perfect, complete and separated from evil), Christ’s loving concern for humanity and Mary’s good character, it is reasonable to conclude that the choice of new wine Jesus created was pure, sweet and unfermented. These were characteristics associated with “new wine” at the time (as opposed to aged and fermented wine). In addition, the wine Jesus made was described as even better than usual. Considering the quantities and the occasion, it is likely that the original, inferior wine furnished by the head of the banquet was not fermented or at least was greatly diluted (as were many forms of wine in those days).

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. YOU SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN / JOHN 1:51
  2. CEPHAS … PETER / JOHN 1:42
  3. THE FIRST THING ANDREW DID / JOHN 1:41
  4. WILL BAPTIZE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 1:33
  5. LAMB OF GOD / JOHN 1:29
  6. GRACE AND TRUTH / JOHN 1:17
  7. THE WORD BECAME FLESH / JOHN 1:14
  8. BORN NOT OF … HUMAN DECISION / JOHN 1:13
  9. RECEIVED … BELIEVED / JOHN 1:12
  10. THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM / JOHN 1:10
  11. GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN / JOHN 1:9
  12. LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS /JOHN 1:5
  13. LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN / JOHN 1:4
  14. WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING / JOHN 1:2
  15. THE WORD / JOHN 1:1
  16. TRUTH / JOHN 4:24
  17. WORSHIP … IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH / JOHN 4:23-24
  18. SAMARITANS WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW / JOHN 4:22
  19. WATER … ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:14
  20. SAMARITAN WOMAN / JOHN 4:7
  21. WHOEVER REJECTS / JOHN 3:36
  22. LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT / JOHN 3:19
  23. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD / JOHN 3:16
  24. KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES / JOHN 13:35
  25. LOVE ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 13:34
  26. AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM HE MEANT / JOHN 13:22
  27. WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET / JOHN 13:14
  28. UNLESS I WASH YOU / JOHN 13:8
  29. WASH HIS DISCIPLES FEET /JOHN 13:5
  30. HAS GRANTED THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF / JOHN 5:26
  31. TAKING FROM WHAT IS MINE / JOHN 16:14
  32. HE IS A LIEAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES / JOHN 8:44
  33. EVERYONE WHO SINS / JOHN 8:34
  34. HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 14:26
  35. I WILL ASK THE FATHER – COUNSELOR / JOHN 14:16
  36. JESUS HAD NOT YET BEEN GLORIFIED / JOHN 7:39
  37. AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID – STREAMS OF LIVING WATER / JOHN 7:38
  38. YOU ARE GODS? / JOHN 10:34
  39. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME / JOHN 14:24
  40. REMAIN IN MY LOVE / JOHN 15:9-10
  41. ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 17:3
  42. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD / JOHN 8:12
  43. SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH / JOHN 17:17
  44. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE / JOHN 8:32
  45. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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YOU SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN / JOHN 1:51

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(KJV) John 1:51

And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

YOU SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN / JOHN 1:51

Jesus describes Himself as the ladder by which God’s revelation comes to the world (Genesis 28:12; Luke 5:24). He is also the bridge between God and people (as He was both God and man, (John 1:14), making a way for people to come to God through faith in the Son of God.

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. CEPHAS … PETER / JOHN 1:42
  2. THE FIRST THING ANDREW DID / JOHN 1:41
  3. GRACE AND TRUTH / JOHN 1:17
  4. THE WORD BECAME FLESH / JOHN 1:14
  5. BORN NOT OF … HUMAN DECISION / JOHN 1:13
  6. RECEIVED … BELIEVED / JOHN 1:12
  7. THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM / JOHN 1:10
  8. GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN / JOHN 1:9
  9. WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING / JOHN 1:2
  10. THE WORD / JOHN 1:1
  11. TRUTH / JOHN 4:24
  12. WORSHIP … IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH / JOHN 4:23-24
  13. SAMARITANS WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW / JOHN 4:22
  14. WATER … ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:14
  15. SAMARITAN WOMAN / JOHN 4:7
  16. WHOEVER REJECTS / JOHN 3:36
  17. LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT / JOHN 3:19
  18. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD / JOHN 3:16
  19. KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES / JOHN 13:35
  20. LOVE ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 13:34
  21. AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM HE MEANT / JOHN 13:22
  22. WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET / JOHN 13:14
  23. UNLESS I WASH YOU / JOHN 13:8
  24. WASH HIS DISCIPLES FEET /JOHN 13:5
  25. WILL BAPTIZE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 1:33
  26. LAMB OF GOD / JOHN 1:29
  27. HAS GRANTED THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF / JOHN 5:26
  28. LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS /JOHN 1:5
  29. LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN / JOHN 1:4
  30. TAKING FROM WHAT IS MINE / JOHN 16:14
  31. HE IS A LIEAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES / JOHN 8:44
  32. EVERYONE WHO SINS / JOHN 8:34
  33. HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 14:26
  34. I WILL ASK THE FATHER – COUNSELOR / JOHN 14:16
  35. JESUS HAD NOT YET BEEN GLORIFIED / JOHN 7:39
  36. AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID – STREAMS OF LIVING WATER / JOHN 7:38
  37. YOU ARE GODS? / JOHN 10:34
  38. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME / JOHN 14:24
  39. REMAIN IN MY LOVE / JOHN 15:9-10
  40. ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 17:3
  41. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD / JOHN 8:12
  42. SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH / JOHN 17:17
  43. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE / JOHN 8:32
  44. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion.
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

CEPHAS … PETER / JOHN 1:42

START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION

(KJV) John 1:42

And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

CEPHAS … PETER / JOHN 1:42

Both of these names (one Aramaic and the other Greek) mean “rock.” Ironically, throughout the Gospel accounts, Peter is definitely no rock in the sense of being unmovable and reliable in his speech and actions. In fact, he is often shown as one who was driven to extremes by his emotions and spiritual instability. Yet in Acts he becomes a bold, powerful and faithful leader of the church. Jesus named Peter not for who he was, but for who he would become. (Notice that the turning point in Peter’s bold and powerful ministry was the baptism in the Holy Spirit as described in Acts 2; John 1:33).

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. THE FIRST THING ANDREW DID / JOHN 1:41
  2. GRACE AND TRUTH / JOHN 1:17
  3. THE WORD BECAME FLESH / JOHN 1:14
  4. BORN NOT OF … HUMAN DECISION / JOHN 1:13
  5. RECEIVED … BELIEVED / JOHN 1:12
  6. THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM / JOHN 1:10
  7. GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN / JOHN 1:9
  8. WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING / JOHN 1:2
  9. THE WORD / JOHN 1:1
  10. TRUTH / JOHN 4:24
  11. WORSHIP … IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH / JOHN 4:23-24
  12. SAMARITANS WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW / JOHN 4:22
  13. WATER … ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:14
  14. SAMARITAN WOMAN / JOHN 4:7
  15. WHOEVER REJECTS / JOHN 3:36
  16. LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT / JOHN 3:19
  17. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD / JOHN 3:16
  18. KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES / JOHN 13:35
  19. LOVE ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 13:34
  20. AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM HE MEANT / JOHN 13:22
  21. WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET / JOHN 13:14
  22. UNLESS I WASH YOU / JOHN 13:8
  23. WASH HIS DISCIPLES FEET /JOHN 13:5
  24. WILL BAPTIZE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 1:33
  25. LAMB OF GOD / JOHN 1:29
  26. HAS GRANTED THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF / JOHN 5:26
  27. LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS /JOHN 1:5
  28. LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN / JOHN 1:4
  29. TAKING FROM WHAT IS MINE / JOHN 16:14
  30. HE IS A LIEAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES / JOHN 8:44
  31. EVERYONE WHO SINS / JOHN 8:34
  32. HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 14:26
  33. I WILL ASK THE FATHER – COUNSELOR / JOHN 14:16
  34. JESUS HAD NOT YET BEEN GLORIFIED / JOHN 7:39
  35. AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID – STREAMS OF LIVING WATER / JOHN 7:38
  36. YOU ARE GODS? / JOHN 10:34
  37. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME / JOHN 14:24
  38. REMAIN IN MY LOVE / JOHN 15:9-10
  39. ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 17:3
  40. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD / JOHN 8:12
  41. SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH / JOHN 17:17
  42. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE / JOHN 8:32
  43. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion.
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

THE FIRST THING ANDREW DID / JOHN 1:41

START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION

(KJV) John 1:41

He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

THE FIRST THING ANDREW DID / JOHN 1:41

Notice the behaviors shown by Andrew: he followed Jesus without hesitation (John 1:37), and he immediately proceeded to introduce someone else to Christ (John 1:42). This should be the pattern adopted by all who follow Christ.

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. GRACE AND TRUTH / JOHN 1:17
  2. THE WORD BECAME FLESH / JOHN 1:14
  3. BORN NOT OF … HUMAN DECISION / JOHN 1:13
  4. RECEIVED … BELIEVED / JOHN 1:12
  5. THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM / JOHN 1:10
  6. GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN / JOHN 1:9
  7. WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING / JOHN 1:2
  8. THE WORD / JOHN 1:1
  9. TRUTH / JOHN 4:24
  10. WORSHIP … IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH / JOHN 4:23-24
  11. SAMARITANS WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW / JOHN 4:22
  12. WATER … ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:14
  13. SAMARITAN WOMAN / JOHN 4:7
  14. WHOEVER REJECTS / JOHN 3:36
  15. LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT / JOHN 3:19
  16. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD / JOHN 3:16
  17. KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES / JOHN 13:35
  18. LOVE ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 13:34
  19. AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM HE MEANT / JOHN 13:22
  20. WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET / JOHN 13:14
  21. UNLESS I WASH YOU / JOHN 13:8
  22. WASH HIS DISCIPLES FEET /JOHN 13:5
  23. WILL BAPTIZE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 1:33
  24. LAMB OF GOD / JOHN 1:29
  25. HAS GRANTED THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF / JOHN 5:26
  26. LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS /JOHN 1:5
  27. LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN / JOHN 1:4
  28. TAKING FROM WHAT IS MINE / JOHN 16:14
  29. HE IS A LIEAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES / JOHN 8:44
  30. EVERYONE WHO SINS / JOHN 8:34
  31. HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 14:26
  32. I WILL ASK THE FATHER – COUNSELOR / JOHN 14:16
  33. JESUS HAD NOT YET BEEN GLORIFIED / JOHN 7:39
  34. AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID – STREAMS OF LIVING WATER / JOHN 7:38
  35. YOU ARE GODS? / JOHN 10:34
  36. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME / JOHN 14:24
  37. REMAIN IN MY LOVE / JOHN 15:9-10
  38. ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 17:3
  39. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD / JOHN 8:12
  40. SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH / JOHN 17:17
  41. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE / JOHN 8:32
  42. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion.
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

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