John 1 –10 Questions and Answers

Q. When was the Book of John A. 85 — 90 AD

written?
Q. What was first, the creation A. John 1:1 = The Word.
or the Word?
Q.Define "the Word." A. John 1:1 = The Word is Jesus.
Q. What was Jesus doing before A. John 1:1 = He was with God and He was God.
He became man?
Q. What had Jesus to do with A. John 1:3 = He created it!
creation?
Q. What about all the details of A. John 1:3 = Jesus made every detail of creation. Nothing exists
creation? Who made them? that He didn't make.
Q. Where does life come from? A. John 1:4 = Jesus.
Q. What does life do? A. John 1:4 = Life gives light.
Q. To whom? A. John 1:4 = To everyone!
Q. What effect does darkness A. John 1:5 = None. DArkness cannot extinguish light.
have on light? Note: The most depressed person, the most heinous criminal, is not
so far gone that light cannot reach him.
Q. Who brings new birth to A. John 1:13 = God does.
people?
Q. So when believers talk about A. John 1:13 = Yes.
being born again, they are
claiming that God gave them
new birth?
Q. Jesus is the Word? A. John 1:14 = Yes.The Word became human.
Q. What did Jesus have? A. John 1:14 = Unfailing love and faithfulness.
Q. Does God have other divine A. ohn 1:14 = No.
sons?
Q. How did Jesus gain A. John 1:15 = John the Baptist heralded Him.
popularity?
Q. Is Jesus God? A. John 1:18 = Yes.
Q. Who has seen God? A. John 1:18 = Only Jesus has seen God.
Q. Where is Jesus in relation to A. John 1:18 = Near to God's heart. That is how Jesus could tell us
God? about God.
Q. Who was Jesus? A. John 1:29 = The Lamb of God, who took away the sins of the
world.
Q. Who baptizes with the Holy A. John 1:33 = Jesus does.
Spirit?
Q. How did Andrew learn A. John 1:37, 40 = He was previously one of John the Baptist's
about Jesus? followers.
Q. What does 'Messiah' mean? A. John 1:41 = Christ.
Q. How did Simon Peter learn A. John 1:42 =From Andrew, who was his own brother.
about Jesus?
Q. When did Simon's name get A. John 1:42 = Jesus changed Simon's name upon meeting him.
changed to Cephas (i.e., Peter)?
Q. When did Philip learn of A. John 1:43 = When Jesus went to Galilee, he found Philip and
Jesus? asked him to follow Him.
Q. Where were Andrew, Peter A. John 1:44 = Bethsaida.
and Philip from?
Q. How did Nathaniel learn of A. John 1:45 = Philip, who was Nathaniel's friend, told him about
Jesus? Jesus.
Q. Who doubted Jesus because A. John 1:46 = Nathaniel.
of his home town?
Q. Did Jesus' mother know that A. John 1:3–5 = Yes.
He was to do miracles?
Q. At what point did the A. John 2:11 = After Jesus turned water into wine at the wedding in
disciples believe Jesus was Cana.
Messiah?
Q. Do people believe the Good A. John 2:24–25 = Not always.
News after witnessing
miracles?
Q. Should we trust all A. John 2:24–25 = No. Trust God. He is the only One who is able to
believers? be true.
Note: We give people the benefit of the doubt. But human nature is
self–seeking and we tend to befriend people who can personally
benefit us. Jesus knows who is committed for the long haul we
know as a life of yielding to Him and of service to mankind.
Q. Is it enough to know God A. John 3:2 –3 = No. Being born again is the only step to becoming a
sent Jesus to teach us about child of God.
Him, to see miracles as proof of
His Messiahship?
Q. What does being 'born again' A. John 3:5 = Born by water and the Holy Spirit.
mean?
Q. What does the Holy Spirit A. John 3:6 = The Holy Spirit gives us new life from Heaven.
do?
Q. Who was Nicodemus? A. John 3:10 = A respected Jewish teacher.
Q. Why doesn't everyone love A. John 3:19 = They love their sin more than the truth.
Jesus?
Q. Do sinners like darkness? A. John 3:20 = Yes.
Q. Why? A. John 3:20 = They fear light, being exposed and punished for
their sins.
Q. Do believers practicing right A. John 3:21 = Yes. They gladly come into the light so everyone can
living like God's light? see that they are doing what God wants.
Q. Who appoints our work in A. John 3:27 = Only God does.
the Kingdom of Heaven?
Q. How does understanding of A. John 3:32–34 = 1) You hear God's Word, which speaks of who
the Good News happen? God is
2) Jesus teaches us through the Word what He has witnessed and
heard of God's character
3) We obey the Son, Jesus. 4) Understanding is the result.
Q. What must I do to get A. John 3:36 = Believe what Jesus has revealed, that all of the Word
eternal life? of God is true, that Jesus is the Messiah.
Q. What is it that grants me A. John 3:36 = Yes. 1) I refuse to hear God's Word, or else I hear it
eternal Hell? and
2) I don't believe it speaks of who God is
3) I conclude that God's Word is just another truth
4) I don't obey the Son; understanding is not mine
5) God's wrath is upon me.
Q. What are born again A. John 4:13–14 = We have a spring of living water inside us that
Christians like? takes away all thirst. This spring gives us eternal life.
Q. What is true about how A. John 4:35–38 = Rarely does the same believer work with a
God's Kingdom work is done? nonbeliever through to salvation. God uses many believers to touch
people.
Note 1: I am always excited to see what God has done with people
that I have prayed for in the past, folks I've worked with, folks I've
run into in seeming coincidence, etc. God uses a variety of believers
in one person's life, to show Himself to that person who is not yet
His. God keeps doing it throughout their lives, chasing them until
they either give in or else rebel openly and reject Him.
Note 2: Sometimes one believer insists he is the only person God
uses in a new believer's decision to choose Jesus. He is mistaken!
Celebrate God's ways, how He moves in mystery, exactly as we
need to be blessed by others and to bless them too. Salvation work
is not a competition between believers!
Q. Is it enough to hear the A. John 4:40–41 = No. You must believe it too.
Good News? Note: I have a friend who has heard the Good News, but doesn't
believe it. She thinks it is enough to say she believes. Yet the
outcome of her life indicates bad fruit, i.e., her behavior is rotten to
the core! She doesn't know the difference between right and wrong
actions. What is missing? Believing the Good News. Let me
explain:
1) To say you believe that God provides for all your needs, and
then ask friends to bail you out all the time, shows that you don't
believe God provides.
2) To say you love everyone unconditionally and then look for
ways to cause them trouble is evident that you haven't experienced
God's unconditional love.
3) To exact a small debt from a poor friend while you receive
forgiveness on a larger debt you owe shows that you haven't
learned a thing about forgiveness.
4) To call someone only when you need their cash is not friendship.

On the other hand, to know that God is your Provider is evident in

your behavior toward others:
1) To know God's mercy is evident in how you show mercy to
others.
2) If you are a good counselor, you show your counselees God's
love and they experience healing and the ability to move on.
3) If you are indeed past trouble: Emotionally, spiritually, mentally,
or psychologically, the fruit of your life is evident.

To hear the gospel is to understand God's ways, to make them

yours. To really believe that God is right is to yield and let Him
change people and their wrong behaviors, so they can live up to
His Word.
Believing is real freedom to do right by others, to apply God's
wisdom to every situation, and to not trouble your friends with the
same, undealth with problems repeatedly. In believing God, we lay
it all down at the foot of the cross as we seek God's wisdom in
handling the smallest detail of our lives. Read the Word, pray and
fast, listen for the answers you seek. God is always delighted to
hear from you!
Q. Why do people decide to A. John 4:42 = They hear God's voice. We bring them the Good
believe the Good News? News but God saves them.
Note: Jesus preaches the Word to them.
Q. How do I pray when I need A. John 4:49–50 = Believing God will answer me, just for asking,
a miracle or an answer to and thanking Him for answering, even before I have evidence of it.
prayer?
Q. For example? A. Here is a sample prayer:
"Father God, thank you for creation, for brintging Your forgiveness
to earth through Jesus. You are an awesome and wonderful Father
and Provider. I give you my trouble right now (fill in the blank). I
thank you that You have heard me and will give me the perfect
answer. In Jesus' name, Amen." Even as we pray, God answers!
Q. Why do some people A. John 5:14 = It is a result of their sin.
experience ill health?
Q. For such a one receiving A. John 5:14 = To repent or even worst things may happen to him
healing, what must he in the future!
remember?
Q. What happens sometimes in A. John 5:15–16 = Leaders harrass you!
church when God uses you to Note: Ah, the leader/sheep God loves anyway! If you are going to
heal a person? begin a church, stand by and watch! God uses whom He wishes to
fulfill His purposes. This is foundational truth to new churches. He
will bless your ministry if He gets to call the shots!
Q. Are we as believers A. John 5:24 = No.
condemned for our sins?
Q. Why? A. John 5:24 = We passed from death into life when we believed the
Good News and believed in God too. All our sins are paid for.
Q. Why don't most Jews believe A. John 5:45–47 = Because tthey rejected Moses' words about
in Jesus, the Messiah? Messiah.
Q. Which words? A. Deuteronomy 18:15, 18 = (God is speaking) "The Lord your God
will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your fellow
Israelites, and you must listen to that prophet."...
"I will raise up a prophet like you from among their fellow
Israelites. I will tell that prophet what to say, and He will tell the
people everything I command Him."
Q. Could Jesus have been A. John 6:11–16 = Yes. He had to escape to avoid it! The Israelites
crowned king in Jerusalem? wanted Him crowned.
Q. How do I handle someone A. John 6:26–36 = Tell him not to be so concerned about provision,
who keeps asking me for to spend his energy seeking the eternal life that Jesus can give him.
provision? It is God's purpose for him to do this. Tell him to believe Jesus, the
one God sent, and to believe God is Provider, not you.
Q. Can I lose my salvation? A. John 6:39 = No. Father God gives believers to Jesus as a gift to
His Son. Jesus doesn't lose anyone God gives Him!
Q. Does God aporove of Jesus' A. John 6:39–40 = Yes.
hold on us?
Q. How can I know God? A. John 6:44–46 = 1) God draws you to Himself
2) He teaches you the Scriptures
3) You hear and learn from Father God
4) and the Father sends you to His Son Jesus.
Q. Who gives eternal life? A. John 6:63 = The Holy Spirit.
Q. Can my good deeds, A. John 6:63 =No. Human effort accomplishes no salvation work.
ministry and mission work Only Jesus can do that.
grant me eternal life?
Q. Why is God's Word so A. John 6:63 = God's Word is spirit and life to it.
important to this world? Note: God's Word is alive!
Q. Who doesn't believe in A. John 6:65 = Those who can't because the Father didn't bring
Jesus? them to Jesus.
Q. How did the crowd respond A. John 6:66 = Many of them turned and walked away.
to that truth when Jesus spoke Note: Speak the truth. God's Word is for believers and unbelievers
it to them? who are brought to the Son by God. Those who won't listen will
not waste your time because you don't give them the secular
answers they seek.
Q. Did Jesus' brothers believe in A. John 7:3–5 = No.
Him before His death?
Q. Why did the world hate A. John 7:7 = Because Jesus accused it of sin and evil.
Jesus? Note: Jesus never told them they failed God. Jesus came to die for
all sin and evil.
Q. What keeps people out of A. John 8:12 = Following Jesus fervently.
trouble?
Q. Without Jesus, what is left? A. John 8:12 = Stumbling in the dark.
Q. And Jesus is light? A. John 8:12 = Yes. Jesus' light keeps us from stumbling in the
darkness, while leading to real life.
Note:Life is having God's wisdom at hand in making decisions that
will benefit even those I don't know!
Q. Why is the Word so A. John 8:31–32 = True disciples obey God's Word. It sets us free!
important for believers to learn
really know?
Q. What state was every man in A. John 8:34 = A slave to sin. An actual slave!
before Jesus came?
Q. What is a slave? A. John 8:35 = Not a permanent member of the family, but rather
just a hand.
Q. What did Jesus do? A. John 8:36 = He set all slaves free and made them sons, so they
could be permanent members of God's family.
Q. Why did the Israelites try to A. John 8:37 = Because Jesus' message could not find a place in their
kill Jesus?
Q. What is characteristic of a
true believer?
Q. What is characteristic of a
person who still doesn't really
know God?
Q. Why are people born blind? A. John 9:3 = So that thepower of God could be seen in them.
Note: God shines best in our weakness.
Q. What was one thing Jesus
did?
hearts. They chose to follow the advice of their true father (i.e., v.44:
the devil).
A. 1) John 8:35 = He is a son and part of the family of God forever.
2) John 8:37 = Jesus' message has a place in his heart. Jesus has
revealed Heavenly things to him in His Word.
3) John 8:39 = He follows Abraham's good example of faith.
4) John 8:42 = God is his Father.
5) John 8 42 = He loves Jesus because He came from God.
6) John 8:43 = He is able to understand the Word.
7) John 8:47 =He listens gladly to the Word of God.
8) John 8:49 = He honors God.
9) John 8:50 = He has no wish for personal glory.
10) John 8:51 = Because he obeys God's teaching, he will never die
(needlessly)
11) John 8:55 = He knows God and obeys Him.
A. 1) John 8:34 = He is a slave to sin.
2) John 8:35 = He is on the outside of the family of God.
3) John 8:37 = Murder is in his heart because he rejects Jesus'
message.
4) John 8:38 = His father is the devil.
5) John 8:42 = He doesn't know God, so he rejects His Son too.
6) John 8:43 = He doesn't understand the Good News because he
follows the devil.
7) John 8:44 = He loves to do the evil things the devil does.
8) John 8:44 = He murders (at least in his heart)
9) John 8:44 = He hates the truth.
10) John 8:44 = There is no truth in him.
11) JOhn 8:44 = Lying is consistent with his character.
12) John 8:45 = Unbelief is natural to him.
13) John 8:46 = He falsely accuses the innocent.
14) John 8:47 = He is disobedient to the spoken Word of God.
15) John 8:49 = He dishonors Jesus, calling Him names.
16) John 8:50 = God will judge him.
17) John 8:54 = He boasts of belonging to God, but doesn't even
know Him.
18) John John 8:55 = He is a great liar.
Note: Notice how complicated it is to be a person who doesn't
really know God! What a tormented life is his!
A. John 9:39 = He gave sight to the blind to show people who
thought they could see God move on the earth, that they were
 actually blind.
Q. What makes a man guilty A. John 9:41 = Claiming he knows all about something he knows
before God? really nothing about.
Q. What makes a man A. John 9:41 = Being truly ignorant of the truth.
innocent?
Q. What if I have trouble A. John 10:37–38 = I can believe in what Jesus has done and a
believing in Jesus? seeker of God will realize the truth out of that.
Q. Did John the Baptist do A. John 10:41 = No.
miracles?
Q. How do some people A. John 10:41 = Study prophecy, upon which time they find Jesus to
become believers? have fulfilled over 100 prophesies.
John 11 – 21 Questions and Answers
Q. Who poured expensive perfume on the A. John 11:2 = Mary, sister of Martha and Lazarus.
Lord's feet and then wiped His feet with
her hair?
Q. Who was Lazarus? A. John 11:3 = The one whom Jesus loved.
Note: Wouldn't you like to be known as the one whom
Jesus loved? We have no idea what relationship Jesus had
with Lazarus, but just think about what it takes to be that
close to Jesus. Such a good friend was he!
Q. Why did Lazarus get sick? A. John 11:4 = For the glory of God.
Q. How so? A. John 11:15 = 1) What Jesus would do would give His
disciples another opportunity to believe in Him:
2) v.40 = through seeing God's glory at work
3) v.44 = when Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead
4) v.45 = and believe in Jesus.
Q. So when a miracle happens, it gives A. John 11:40 = Yes.
God glory?
Q. Who gets to see miracles? A. John 11:10 = Those who believe God does the
impossible.
Q. What happens to those who witness A. John 11:46 =They completely miss the miracle, or else
miracles without believing? they use it against the healer.
Q. People will actually kill a healer for A. John 11:47–50 = Yes.
being God's vessel for performing a Note: We always expect more respect after doing
miracle? something great for God. But that is the point where the
devil is allowed to manipulate the unbeliever, which is
always for our testing. Will wed shrink or will we exalt
God in testing? More people get saved after the
aftershock of a miracle. All the apostles were martyred

Q. What does it take to be capable of
believing a miracle when it happens right God.
before a person's eyes?
Q. Jesus received glory, too, when He
raised Lazarus from the dead?
Q. What obstacles did the disciples find to A. John 11:6 = 1) Jesus waited two days after receiving
keep Jesus from going to Judea to see His the message of his friend's illness. It would take 2 more
sick friend?
Q. Jesus told Martha about His true
nature: that He was the Bread of Life.
Wonderful truths about Himself! Did she
tell her sister?
and the church blossomed.
A. John 11:45 = Accepting that it is a good thing sent from
Note: Not explaining it away! It is human nature to look
for natural causes for what your eyes have beheld. I'd
rather keep my eyes up and praise God for it than waste
my time looking for a new reason to doubt God.
A. John 11:4 = Yes.
days to get there.
2) v.8 = Jesus' life was in danger and He would be
vulnerable in Judea
3) v.16 = The disciples were sure they all would die
trying to get to Lazarus, but they were willing to do so if
they had to
4) v.21 = The disciples supposed that God could work a
miracle outside of their own time frame.
A. John 11:29 = No.
Note 1: Why do people keep good news to themselves?
Mary could have rejoiced with hearing Jesus' words. She
was the one who sat at Jesus' feet to hear Him. Martha
knew this. I wonder if Martha wasn't alrady envious of
her sister's faith.
Note 2: I have a personal example of this. I prayed for a
miracle to happen on behalf of a special person who was
laying in a hospital bed in a coma for a month. I told his
relative that I would be praying for him. But this person
already believed that he would die and therefore to
prayer for a miracle would go against God's will. I
prayed for four months. Not having received an update, I
called his relative to check on his condition. She
stammered and confessed that he had woken up six
weeks ago! Why did she keep the good news from me?
God has been glorified! Many witnessed God work on
earth! Her own unbelief kept her from asking miracle–
believing people to pray, which was a subtle attempt to
manipulate Heaven in order to confirm the lies about
God that she had accepted many years before. Lies that
claim that God does not do miracles in our time. Yet this
miracle was for her eyes, so that she could believe in

Q. Only one sister went with Jesus to
Lazarus' tomb expecting a miracle and
believing God for it. Which sister was it?
Q. Where was Martha?
Q. Why was Jesus crucified?
Q. Who scolded Mary for pouring the
twelve–ounce jar of perfume on Jesus'
feet?
Q. What was Judas Iscariot like?
Q. Jesus, knowing that Judas Iscariot for
the evil man he was, responded how to
his scolding of Mary?
Q. Why did the leading priests decide to
kill Lazarus too?
Q. When did the disciples realize that
God's miracles for today, despite the many brethren
around her who don't know that God still moves today. I
love it when God changes hearts. We cannot decide for
someone else the outcome of their lives. God touches
hearts in His own time, and they draw nearer as a result
of seeing miracles, or seeing a Scripture verse in a new
light. If you keep your eyes up, God will always draw
you near. If you subtly pull away in unbelief, you may
stall and miss what God is doing.
A. John 11:45 = Mary.
A. John 11:39 = Martha was with them too. The lat thing
she said to Jesus was a comment on how smelly Lazarus'
body would be four days after his death.
Note: Do you protest when God is moving? Please don't!
Mary is remembered for her faith. That's the way I want
to be remembered!
A. John 11:50–53 = Caiaphas, the high priest, was
inspired by God to declare that Jesus should die for the
whole world of believers scattered all over.
Note: Without God's prompting, they would not have
killed Jesus this way. They tried to murder Him quietly.
God's sovereignty made it happen exactly as the
Scriptures prophesied, without their even realizing it!
A. John 12:4 = Judas Iscariot.
A. John 12:6 = 1) He didn't care for the poor.
2) He was a hypocrite.
3) He stole from their funds.
A. John 12:6 = Jesus defended Mary's actions and said
nothing to him about his hypocrisy.
Note: Let God deal with wicked men in charge of things
at church. If you practice wickedness, you will be ripe for
Satan's manipulations.
A. Jon 12:10–11 = Because of Lazarus' having been raised
from the dead by Jesus, many more Israelites believed in
Jesus.
A. John 12:15 = After Jesus died and entered into His
prophecy ws being fulfilled when Jesus
entered Jerusalem on the donkey's colt?
Q. Why did crowds gather when Jesus
arrived in Jerusalem?
Q. What did the Pharisees think of
Lazarus alive now?
Q. Who else attended Passover meals?
Q. What did Jesus' death do?
Q. What if Jesus' hadn't died for us?
Q. What is true of every man?
Q. What should my attitude be?
Q. How do I know I am where I should be A. John 12:26 = God is moving in my life, in my church,
in my life?
Q. If I do this, what will result?
Q. Does my soul want to do God's will?
Q. How do I get past that?
Q. How does God speak out loud?
glory.
A. John 12:18 = To see Lazarus alive for themselves; to
witness his miracle.
A. John 12:19 = That the crowds gathered for Jesus, and
they had lost the Israelites to Him.
A. John 12:20 = Greeks.
A. John 12:24 = It was a seed that produced many new
kernels; a plentiful harvest of new lives.
A. John 12:24 = He would have died alone, and we'd all
perish.
A. John 12:25 = Nothing is worth cherishing in a world
without Jesus.
A. John 12:25 = To despise my life on earth; I look
forward to eternal life.
and I follow Jesus wherever I see Him actively working.
A. John 12:26 = God will honor me.
A. John 12:27–28 = No. It is apprehensive to experience
pain and suffering.
A. John 12:27–28 = Pray, declaring a choice to follow God,
no matter what happens.
Note: We choose to follow God, in spite of our feelings.
A. John 12:29 = God's voice sounds different to different
people. Sometimes like thunder, and to others, like an
angel speaking.
Note: How good are your spitirual ears? Remember that
God never speaks things opposite to what He has already
stated is true in His Word. If you hear a supernatural
voice speaking opposite things (commonly known as
lies!), rebuke it, bind it, and tell it to be silent. It might be
an archetype spoken by a ruling demon (otherwise
known as a principality). You can silence it in a whisper if
other people are around. Do not allow it to speak, nor ask
its name. You can read more about it at this
link: archetypes
Every intercessor should familiarize himself with the
common strategies of Hell. Once known, move on.
Remember to maintain an innocence about evil and
 pursue wisdom in what is good.
Q. Why did God speak out loud at this A. John 12:30 = For the benefit of the people who were
time? with Jesus.
Q. When was Satan dethroned from ruling A. John 12:31 = With the crucifixion.
the earth legally? Note: Such an awesome time in history was this! Before
now, Satan had control of the world as its legal king, ever
since the fall of man in the Garden of Eden. Jesus took it
back now, spilling His blood to cover Adam and Eve's
sin, once for all. Every sin is covered to eternity by Jesus'
blood on that cross. Such power released, miracles and
healings experienced since that cross.
Satan can only work his schemes from under rocks now,
but he's not an idiot. He uses archetypes with ruling
demons to brain–dirty (I don't like the word 'brainwash')
entire societies. Believers snatch people out of his grip
and God sets them free.
What an amazing God we have! It was always the
Israelites' job to tell the world about their God, to be
giving Him glory in front of the world, so tht they would
want God too. It's all happpening, folks! Our Israelite
apostles brought God to the world by the power of the
Holy Spirit. The ability to think and reason comes from
knowing God's Word.
Archetypes can only harm those who they can snatch
reasoning from. I love God's Word. Through it, I have
courage to confront darkness when it is near. Hallelujah!
Q. The Israelites before Jesus' death, could A. John 12:32 = Jesus' death on the cross opened up the
draw near God, only with ceremonial rites New Covenant of Love, which automatically cancelled
performed right before the attempt, and the Old Covenant of the Law.
those rites could only be performed by the
high priest. This was about to change.
How?
Q. How? A. Instead of the high priest, the offerings in the
ceremony, served to cleanse people from sin and made it
possible to approach God. Jesus' death on the cross was
the final offering under the Law. He served as high
priest, offering Himself for sins, one time for all sins. This
spotless Lamb of God would now draw everyone to
Himself. Everyone who had ever lived and would ever
live.
Q. What did the people believe about the A. John 12:34= That when He came, he would live forever
Messiah?
Q. Why did they reject Jesus?
Q. Did God cause their unbelief through
supernatural blindness?
Q. Who was Isaiah referring to in Isaiah
6:1?
Q. What had the Temple become a symbol A. John 12:42–43 = Human praise of one other over God.
of by this time?
Q. Did some leaders believe in Jesus?
Q. Did Jesus represent God fully?
Q. What did Jesus teach the disciples?
Q. Why?
Q. Is this an old teaching?
(Ezekiel 37:25–28), which hadn't come true yet.
A. John 12:37–41 = Unbelief. They saw God's miracles for
three years. But then God knew that, prophesying about
their unbelief in Isaiah 53:1; 6:10; and 6:1.
A. John 12:40 = Yes, but only on the ones who rejected
Him, and only after they rejected Him.
Note: There is a window of opporunity given any man.
Reject God enough and He will take your capacity to
reason and think, and you'll be in darkness forever. No
one goes to Hell simply because God kicks him into it.
We go freely where we wish. Choose God, choose
Heaven; choose anyone or anything else, God is not
there. You choose Hell when you choose not to be with
God.
A. John 12:41 = Jesus.
A. John 12:42 = Many did, but they loved their seats in
the synagogue more than praise for God.
Note: This baffles me. All those leaders professed loving
God and serving Him as leaders of God. But in facing
God Himself in Jesus, they looked at Him and chose their
puny human praise over Him. What is their message but
to follow God? Total contradictions. God blinded their
eyes because in their heart of hearts, they sat in those
places of honor only for the prestige those seats offered
them on earth.
A. John 12:45 = Yes. See Jesus, know God.
A. John 13:5 = To wash each other's feet.
Note: This means to care about each other, be concerned
for one another.
A. John 13:35 = Our love for one another proves to the
world that we belong to God.
Note: It is the New Covenant of Love revealed.
A. Yes. Write down Leviticus 19:18 = "Never seek
revenge or bear a grudge against anyone, but love your
neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord."
Note: This is so key to displaying God's power in the
world! 1 Corinthians 13 is the love chapter. Read it too.
 Christians are good at talking about love, but in the
everyday, they just don't let God give them the power to
do it under every circumstance. We mouth off, get
offended, judge each other and yet we are on display
before the world in all our sin, acting like we don't know
better. Be focused. Ask yourself WWJD? In a three year
ministry, not one time did Jesus give anyone any reason
to hate Him. He died innocent. Let God's agape,
unconditional love into your heart and let it flow back
out into every crevice of your world. This is pure
evangelism. Hallelujah!
Q. What is true of Jesus? A. John 13:36–38 = Jesus knows we fail, even before it
happens. Be honest with yourself. God knows you best.
Q. What did Jesus tell Peter to assure him A. John 14:1–3 = 1) That He was going to leave to get His
that in spite of Peter's weakness, all will be new Heavenly home ready
well? 2) Not to worry about failure, for failure has no effect on
God's plans.
Note: Cool! We tend to judge ourselves for failure. Not
even God does that! His plans are fixed and nothing we
can do wrong can cause even a ripple in them.
Q. Who did Jesus portray? A. John 14:8–9 = Father God living in Him. Jesus is living
in Father God. He still is!
Q. Was that hard to comprehend for the A. John 14:11 = Yes. It had to be believed by faith in Jesus'
disciples? words.
Q. If my faith was too little to believe, A. John 14:11 = Considering the evidence of God's power
what would help me believe? as evidenced around me.
Note: It was hard to comprehend that Jesus was God the
Father too. The miracles for three years, giving power to
the disciples to do these miracles too, was what they
needed to believe in Jesus. People still need to see God
work to have the slightest faith!
Q. Was Jesus the greatest miracle worker? A. John 14:12 = No. Anyone who believes in Him can do
greater things than He did, and by the same power
source, God the Father.
Note: Jesus' miracles were a tiny display of God's power.
There is so much depth to eternity and God's plan that
Jesus is still, 2000 years later, preparing the Father's house
for our arival.
Q. Why does God answer our prayers in A. John 14:13 = Because the work of answering prayers
Jesus' name? belongs to Jesus and anything He does brings glory to the
Father, who loves that!
Q. How do I prove my love for God?
Q. Why doesn't the world recognize the
Holy Spirit?
Q. How does the believer recognize and
know the Holy Spirit?
Q. Did Jesus abandon His followers?
Q. Who did Jesus show Himself to after
His resurrection?
Q. Why did He show Himself to them?
Q.When did the disciples know and
understand the verses, "I in My Father,
you in Me, etc."?
Q. Who does Jesus reveal Himself to in
particular, after His resurrection?
A. John 14:15 = By obeying His commandments.
A. John 14:17 = Because they aren't looking for Him.
A. John 14:17 = He lives within me and makes Himself
known to me.
A. John 14:18 = No.
A. John 14:19 = Only believers.
A. John 14:20 = To remove all doubt of who He is.
A. John 14:20 = After His resurrection.
Note: After salvation, these words also make sense to the
believer.
A. John 14:21 = Those who loved and obeyed Him.
Note: To obey is to obey His Word. You cannot know
how to obey God unless you know what He asks of you.
You cannot praise God unless you understand the depths
of His Word, and His love for us since the beginning of
mankind, and all His merciful and loving dealings with
our very disobedient race. The more you read about the
Father, the more you'll praise Him. Nobody has given
anything significant for God, really. God, however, saves
and gives up everything for everybody.

The following table contains truths about all relationships between man and his Creator: Father, Son
and Holy Spirit. They constantly intermingle in the Book of John. Ponder on each one.

Jesus is in the Father Father is in Jesus Jesus is with the Father

I am in Jesus Jesus answers me Jesus glorifies His Father

Jesus asks His Father to give us Father gives us the Holy Spirit
I obey the Word
the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit gives me truth The Holy Spirit is in me I recognize the Holy Spirit

I know Jesus is in my Father I am in Jesus Jesus is in Me

Obedient me loves Jesus Father loves me Jesus loves me

Jesus reveals Himself to me

I obey the Word (Jesus) Father loves me Father and Son are in me

Father sent Jesus Jesus gives me His Father's Father sent the Holy Spirit as
message Jesus' representative
 Holy Spirit teaches me Holy Spirit reminds me of Jesus'
Words

Jesus gives me peace of mind Jesus returned to Father

Father is greater than Jesus
and heart

Jesus loves Father Jesus obeys Father

Father gardens the Vine (Jesus) Father cuts dead branches of the Father prunes Vine (Jesus)
Vine (Jesus) branches (I am one of them)

Father prunes me; I grow (bear Jesus' Word prunes me I stay in the Vine (Jesus)
fruit)

Jesus (the Vine) stays in me I grow (produce fruit) in the

Vine (Jesus)

Jesus is the Vine; I am a branch I stay in Jesus Jesus stays in me

I produce much fruit I stay joined to Jesus Jesus stays in me

I ask; Jesus answers me I am a true disciple; I produce My fruit gives God great glory
much fruit

Jesus loves me Father loves Jesus I stay in Jesus' love

I obey Jesus I stay in Jesus' love Jesus obeys Father

Jesus sstays in His Father's love

I am filled to overflowing with I love people Jesus loves me

Jesus' joy

I sacrifice for people I obey Jesus; I am Jesus' friend

Father tells Jesus Jesus tells me I am Jesus' friend

Jesus chose me Jesus appointed me to go Jesus appointed me to produce

fruit

I ask Father for good fruit in Jesus tells me to love everyone

Father answers me
Jesus' name

World hates Jesus World hates those who belong World hates me (alien)
to Jesus

World persecuted Jesus World persecutes me

World doesn't listen to Jesus World doesn't listen to me

 World doesn't know that God World hates me because I
I belong to Jesus
sent Jesus belong to Jesus

World hates Father and Son

without cause.

Jesus sent Holy Spirit of truth Holy Spirit is from God Holy Spirit tells me all about
Jesus

I tell people about Jesus The Word keeps me from

falling away

World kills us because they I remember Jesus' words in

have never known Father or persecution
Jesus

Jesus went back to Father Holy Spirit is Jesus rep. Jesus sent Holy Spirit to us

Holy Spirit reveals and convicts Holy Spirit convinces world of

world of sin (unbelief) God's righteousness

Holy Spirit convinces world of Righteousness is available

coming judgment because Jesus went back to
Father

Satan has been judged World will be judged

Holy Spirit tells of the future;

Holy Spirit guides me in all
Holy Spirit presents Jesus' ideas He gives us understanding of
truth
God's Word on future events.

Holy Spirit gives Jesus glory Holy Spirit reveals Jesus'

words.

Father's revelations belong to Holy Spirit reveals to me Jesus'

Jesus revelations

World rejoices in Jesus' death I rejoice in Jesus' resurrection My joy is permanent

World cannot steal my joy I go directly to Father in Jesus'

Father answers me
name

Father's answers bring me

abundant joy

Jesus speaks to us in His Word Jesus now speaks to me plainly

in parables about His Father about the Father

I love Jesus I believe Jesus came from God Father loves me dearly
Jesus came from His Father into Jesus left the world and
the world returned to His Father

Jesus was in the world with His

I have peace in Jesus
Father

Jesus had sorrows and trials; He I have sorrows and trials; I

overcame them overcome them

Father glorified Jesus Jesus gave back Father's glory Father gave Jesus all authority
over everyone and everything
on earth

Father gave me to Jesus Jesus gave me eternal life Live eternal life now by
knowing Father and Jesus

Jesus obeyed Father Jesus gave Father glory Father brought Jesus into glory
again

Father and Jesus shared glory

before the world began

Jesus tells us of Father We were in the world until I have always belonged to
Father gave us to Jesus Father God, who then gave me
to Jesus

I keep Father God's Word Everything Jesus has is a gift Jesus gave me Father's gift of
from Father God His Word.

I accept Jesus' Words I know and accept that Jesus

came from Father.

Jesus prays for me because I I belong to Father; I belong to Father gave me back to Jesus
belong to Father Jesus

I am Jesus' glory Father keeps and cares for me

because I belong to Jesus and
His care keeps me and my
brethren united.

Father and Son are united. Believers are united like Father
and Son.

Jesus kept safe (guarded) His Jesus lost Judas Iscariot to fulfill
disciples prophecy.

Jesus' Words gives me Jesus' joy Jesus spoke God's Word Father keeps me safe from Satan

I am not part of this world Jesus was not part of this world I need God's protection
 I am made pure and holy by
Father's teaching me His Words
of truth

Father sent Jesus into the world Jesus sent me into the world

Jesus gave Himself entirely to I am entirely the Father's

the Father

Jesus prayed for those who Jesus prays for our unity
Jesus prayed for disciples
believed the disciples

Jesus is in Father Believers are in Father and Jesus The world believes us because
of our unity

Father gave Jesus His glory Jesus gives us His Father's glory Father's glory unites us

Jesus is in me Father is in Jesus Our unity brings salvation for

many

Father loves world Father loves Jesus

To be with Jesus is to see Jesus' God's glory is given to me out

glory of love

Jesus knows Father Disciples know that Father sent Jesus revealed Father to them
Jesus

Jesus keeps revealing Father Jesus' continual revealing Jesus reveals Father
Father gives us Father's love for
Jesus and puts Jesus in us.

Q. What does Jesus' revelation A. John 17:26 = 1) It lets us know the Father's love for Jesus
of the Father give us? 2) It puts Jesus in us.
NOte: When you read your bible, do it always for the purpose of
knowing God better.
Q. I grew up with bible stories A. John 14:26 = Yes! Only the Holy Spirit teaches us the Word of
in my head. Do I have to go God. Only He reminds us of Jesus' words. There is a big gap
back and learn them again? between the flesh's view of God's Word (as just bible stories) and the
treasures buried deep in its pages, which have to be searched
diligently for. We learn line upon line, precept upon precept, here a
little, there a little, as the Holy Spirit teaches and in His time only!
Q. I think I have peace of mind A. John 14:27 = If you are troubled or afraid, this is only the world's
and herat. So why do I worry fake peace you have in you. Jesus' peace of mind and heart are
and why am I troubled? exactly that, with no fear or trouble.
Note: If you are a believer, and desire peace, take heart. All you
have to do is lay your burdens down at the foot of the cross (all of
 them!), entrust all the details of your life to God, and ask Him for
peace. God loves to bless us with good things. Remember, He has
only thousands of good thoughts for you!
Q. Should I be glad about what A. John 14:28 = Real love for Jesus makes you glad about the cross.
Jesus went through for me?
Q. Why? A. John 14:28 = Because afterward, Jesus returned to God!
Q. Why did Jesus tell the A. John 14:29 = So that when it hapened, they would know it was
disciples of the coming event of planned by God and was meant to happen, and they could rejoice
His death? that God was moving.
Q. Did Satan ever have any A. John 14:30 = No.
power over Jesus? NOte: Movies depicting the struggle between Jesus and Satan in
battle for control of the universe always sets them as equals in
strength, with Jesus barely winning. This is a lie from Hell. Jesus'
power is unmatched. Satan is merely a created and fallen angel.
When he fell, he was immediately cast out of Heaven. There was no
battle at all. He was merely stripped of all beauty and fell instantly
to his doom God's angels battle, but Jesus is no angel. Jesus created
angels with merely a thought. He gifted each one as He wished.
Jesus doesn't battle for His own; He already has them. They are a
gift to Him from His Father. Angels guard and serve mankind,
taking their orders from God, as we live out very short lives and
work out our salvation in making everyday choices to live and do
things God's way.
Q. Why did Jesus choose to A. John 14:31 = So the world would know He loved His Father.
obey His Father? Note: When we obey God, we show the world we love Him.
Q. What analogy does Jesus use A. John 15:1 = Jesus is the Vine, God is the Gardener.
to describe His relationship
with His Father?
Q. So how do they function? A. John 15:2 = God prunes and cuts the Vine. He separates believers
from unbelievers. We are actually pruned within the Vine.
Q. How does God prune us? A. John 15:3 = 1) By the Word entering our hearts, causing us to bear
more fruit
2) By remaining in the Vine by abiding in His Word.
Q. I need to choose to remain in A. John 15:7 = Yes.
the Vine and to receive God's Note: Do you see the importance of knowing God's Word? Abiding
Word? in it means we never get to a point where we don't need it anymore.
When you go on vacation, take your bible. The Holy Spirit will
remind you and continue to mature you as you relax. Vacation is an
excellent time for spiritual refreshment as well as physical
regeneration.
Q. If I remain in God's Word, A. John 15:7 = Answered prayers.
what will result?
Q. How do I remain in Jesus?
Q. What does this result in?
Q. How do I love my brother?
Q. How do I become Jesus'
friend?
Q. What happens when I am a
friend of Jesus?
Q. Why do we pray in Jesus'
name?
Q. Is loving my brother
optional?
Q. What is hard about being
God's appointed one?
Q. Why do they hate us?
Note: If I am right with God, I will ask out of a heart in submission
to Him. If I ask without knowing and being in His Word, and
remaining in the Vine, I'll ask for wrong things and my prayers will
deceive me, and God won't answer because of the harm the wrong
prayers may bring me.
For example, I may think I am lonely and need new friends. God's
Word constantly reminds us that God longs for my fellowship with
Him. I think I need new friends, but it is God who is calling me to
fellowship that brings on my feelings of loneliness.
Here is another example: I feel overwhelmed in my life. I can never
get it all done, my house isn't clean enough, or improved enough. I
pray for a housekeeper. What I really need is to stop rushing and
adjust my life to a slower pace. I hurry because something is wrong
inside me and end up cleaning house all the time, instead of
cleaning my soul. Impulsive behavior is a blatant cry for help that
the soul is in need of prompt attention. Stop and be with God. "Be
still and know that I am God" (Psalm 46:10). Accept no substitutes:
"God has called us to peace" (1 Corinthians 7:15).
A. John 15:9–10 = 1) I choose to remain in Jesus' love 2) I obey the
Word, which tells me to love God and my brother as myself.
A. John 15:11 = Overflowing joy!
A. John 15:12–13 = As Jesus lovs me, willing to lay my life down for
him.
A. John 15:14 = By obeying His Word.
A. John 15:15 = 1) Jesus confides in me
2) Jesus tells me the things on the Father's mind.
Note: Jesus reveals the treasures hidden in His Word. The things
that God is concerned about are in the Word, but only those who
obey it are shown these truths.
A. John 15:16 = Because we ask the Father for what we need and
Jesus has appointed us to go and produce fruit.
Note: As an abassador represents his country, so we the appointed
believers, represent Jesus as His ambassadors of His country,
Heaven.
A. John 15:17 = No. It is an order from God!
A. John 15:18 = Guaranteed, the world will hate you, as Jesus was
hated; and He was perfect and always loving!
A. John 15:19–21 = They know we are chosen by Jesus and since
they rejected Jesus, they reject also that He came from God.
Q. Can one hate Jesus and love A. John 15:23–24 = No. The miracles that Jesus performed came from
the Father at the same time?
Q. Did unbelievers hate Jesus
for good reason?
Q. So why did they hate Jesus? A. John 15:25 = Psalm 35:19; 69:4 = So that prophecy would be
Q. Which prophecies?
Q. How does the Christian
endure persecutions?
Q. Why were the disciples
special to Jesus?
Q. Why did Jesus tell His
disciples all that would
happen?
Q.How did this truth help the
the Father. They rejected the miracles of the Father, so they rejected
the Father.
A. John 15:25 = No.
fulfilled.
A. 1) Psalm 35:19 = "Don't let my trecherous enemies rejoice over my
defeat. Don't let those who hate Me without cause gloat over my
sorrow."
2) Psalm 69:4 = "Those who hate Me without cause are more
numerous than the hairs on my head. These enemies who seek to
destroy me are doing so without cause. They attack me with lies,
demanding that I give back what I didn't steal."
A. John 15:26 = Jesus sent the Holy Spirit, who reminds us of who
Jesus is and we learn to conform to Jesus character and therefore
survive.
A. John 15:27 = The disciples were with Jesus three years, from the
beginning of His adult ministry years.
A. John 16:1 = So they wouldn't fall away.
Note: The Word keeps us aware of the enemy's tactics. We should be
watchful and vigilant or else we slip up as the enemy watches for
any weakness in us, in order to manipulate us to play an ugly part
in his ugly and continual anti–God plots. And knowing that Father,
Son and Holy Spirit are in me keeps me focused on what is real.
Look at how important to God you are! How precious, how
different our relationship is in this Age of the Cross. God used to
fellowship with man on a limited basis, all from the outside of man's
being, and after many ceremonial preparations to prep us for
surviving in His presence. Now, the blood replaces the rituals, the
washings, and God is in us forever. So Jesus tells us this amazing
fact over and over again in John, Chapters 14 to 17. Our amazing,
intimate fellowship with the true God is broken only when we fall
away. God won't leave us. We are the ones who surrender to sin and
blow God off.
Did you know that if you remembered this very truth every day that
it will help you to not fall away in succumbing to sin? God in me,
Jesus in Me, Holy Spirit in me. Me in God, me in Jesus, me in the
Holy Spirit. Meditate on this truth when you find an idle moment,
or when your flesh is running wild!
A. John 16:2 = Under persecution, the very men, the religious
disciples?
Q. How could someone claim to A. John 16:3 = Whatever they were devoted to wasn't God. They
know God their whole lives,
devoting themselves to Him, do Note: If you are compelled to go after a brother in Christ, you are
such an evil thing?
Q. If Jesus didn't die, what
would have happened to
mankind?
Q. What is the world's sin?
Q. What does it take to be
righteous?
Q. What does it mean to be
righteous?
Q. What judgment on this
world has already taken place?
Q. What does Satan's doom tell A. John 16:11 = Satan's doom guarantees the world's judgment is
us?
Q. Define "world."
Q. Did Jesus tell us everything A. John 16:12 = No.
we need to know while He was
on earth?
Q. Why not?
Pharisees and leaders who claimed to represent and carry out God's
commands, would put them under the tremendous suffering and
death in God's name. Jesus assured the disciples that their
persecutions would bring God glory.
were deceived by Hell.
being duped by Hell. Do you care what God has said in His Word
about loving your brother unconditionally? Or do you act on a gut
instinct that defies God's teachings on the subject? The world sees
God through us. The New Covenant of Love is in force. To go after a
brother in order to destroy him or cause him any kind of harm sets
the New Covenant of Love aside and makes you a stumbling block
to many. Don't be fooled. Obey God in this.
A. John 16:6 = 1) The Holy Spirit wouldn't have come
2) The world wouldn't have been convinced of its own sin problem
3) The world wouldn't have been convinced of God's righteousness
4) The world wound't be concerned about the coming judgment.
A. John 16:9 = Unbelief in Jesus.
A. John 16:10 = 1) God accepting Jesus' sacrifice for us.
2) Jesus going back to the Father via the cross.
3) Righteousness became available to all people because of the cross.
Note: We are not righteous on our own. We live under Jesus'
rightousness, claim His sacrifice as our own. By do that, God makes
us righteous; all of us, past, present and future.
A. 1) No ceremonial preparations
2) No Old Testament Law to follow
3) No priest to officiate on our behalf
4) Only believing that Jesus makes righteousness available makes us
righteous.
A. John 16:11 = The judgment on Satan himself.
coming.
A. John 16:11 = All men who reject Christ: Past, present and future.
A. John 16:12–13 = We couldn't bear it until He was gone and the
Holy Spirit could teach and guide us.
Note: This also foretold of the ones who wrote the New Testament.
 They were inspired to write just as the Old Testament writers were.
Q. Why inspire the writers to A. John 16:13–15 = Father God revealed His plan to Jesus, His Son,
write? who revealed His plan to the Hoy Spirit, who revealed it to the
writers of the Bible and to us as well. (Isn't that amazing?)
Q. How do I know when God is A. God will never contradict Himself. Any word you hear that a
speaking through someone? man or woman claims is impressed upon him, and which
contradicts God's Word, is not from God at all. It is either from the
flesh and that person is screening his spiritual ears through negative
experiences, or else he is iinfluenced by Hell for its own purposes.
Get in the Word, learn it, know it, let God touch your mind in all
things biblical, and you will stay on track and not be fooled. Keep a
pure heart, most importantly of all. Our hearts need daily cleansing
to keep the lines to Heaven open and clear of static down here!
Q. How do I get my heart pure? A. Hook up with Cleansing Stream, or better still, Elijah House.
Cleansing Stream is good for the beginner and Elijah House, which
requires a lot of reading as a prerequisite to taking the seminar, will
take you the rest of the way. They operate on the same premise. You
can also find a church who have trained Elijah House counselors
who can guide you through your own inner healing. There are
trained Elijah House counselors worldwide, but they are based in
Idaho, USA.
Q. I need healing? A. We all do. It is an imperfect world we live in. We need the tools
to deal with it as it touches our lives. These ministries will show you
how to deal with your personal history and help you to rid yourself
of hiden and known inner battles that still affect you today.
In my own experience, the first time through Cleansing Stream was
a tedious process of remembering in order to say goodbye. The
second time through is maintenance. The average person goes
through a Cleansing Stream Seminar about six times, then moves
on. God is gracious and will only reveal to you what you can handle
each time through. Other less important things will wait until the
next seminar.
For me, I wanted more, and was introduced to Elijah House, who
greatly influenced Cleansing Stream. It is a much older ministry and
is packed with God's Word and wisdom from its creators. I
recommend it to every believer.
Note: Look at these verses again. See how Father, Son and Holy
spirit work together to teach us about our Heavenly Father? We
only need to let Him!
Q. What is true of Jesus' death A. John 16:22 = Jesus' death brought terrible sorrow and then life
and resurrection? again in inexplicable joy.
Note: False people have made a huge religion out of Jesus' death.

Q. What should Jesus'
resurrection give us?
Q. What does the resurrection
give us?
Q. What else does false religion A. That's easy! Think of everything that is biblically true of God.
teach?
We have endured millennias of blaming the Jews for killing Jesus,
which has divided mankind in a terrible way. But why? Jesus
testified that He would go to the cross on His own accord, though
able to be rescued from it by God's angels. But that would have left
mankind still unredeemed. God's Word is clear. Man's reasonings
are full of deceit. And there are storehouses of false religions to
choose from, or else you can choose to see what the Bible itself has
to say about it. Wouldn't it be easier to read the truth in God's Word
than choose yet another man–written essay on the death and
resurrection of Jesus? I am weary of man's long wind. There is
nothing more refreshing than God's mighty wind!
A. John 16:22 = Joy that no man can ever take away.
Note: Get caught up in Jesus' death and you can't move in to
resurrection joy. Ah, the freedom of true religion!
A. John 16:22–23 = 1) Joy
2) Entry into the Father's presence.
Note: With Jesus' death, there was weeping. With His resurrection
from the dead, there is joy.
False religion is weepy and blaming. True religion remembers Jesus'
sacrifice and is overcome with joy at His resurrection.
Now twist it just a little and you have false religion. See the chart
below:

False religion says… True religion says…

1) I am not worthy to come to God as I am. It 1) Jesus' death and resurrection was preplanned
takes a lifetime of good deeds to cause God to for all mankind. It made us worthy 2,000 years
even consider having me in His Kingdom. ago.

2) My riches prove God loves me. 2) God gives riches to both good and evil people.

3) God causes hardship in order to teach and

3) Sin causes hardship
mature us.

4) that Jesus killed God. 4) Jesus' death was planned and brought about
according to God's plan in order to save us
forever.

5) We must atone for our own sins. 5) We are already atoned. We only need to
acknowledge sin, repent and receive forgiveness.

6) Ignore the poor 6) Take care of the poor; orphans and widows
too.

7) My outward appearance says who I am. 7) My heart and deeds say who I am.
 8) Pray on special days only 8) Pray always

9) God answers prayer on occasion 9) God always answers prayer

10) Religious leaders only ordain God's people 10) God Himself ordains people for ministry
for ministry

11) God is too busy running the universe to have 11) God listens to every prayer. Being too busy is
time to consider my prayers a human problem, but not something God
struggles with.

12) I can sin over and over again, and I'm 12) God's discipline comes to those who refuse to
forgiven, so long as I confess it afterward. repent.

13) God speaks only to certain clergy members. 13) God speaks to us through creation, believers
and unbelievers alike.

14) God is far away. column 2 e 14) God is here!

15) Let leaders interpet the Bible 15) All men should learn the Bible, which is
taught to us by the Holy Spirit for the asking.

16) The Holy Spirit is an "it" 16) The Holy Spirit is a "He."

17) God's miracles and gifts for us stopped in the

17) God's miracles and gives never stopped.
first century, AD.

18) Kills saints 18) Honors all saints.

19) Declares people righteous 19) Only God declares people righteous and
every one is made righteous by the cross.

20) We struggle alone. 20) The Holy Spirit makes our lives a joy.

21) Man is stuck in his sinful ways because of his

21) God transforms lives and makes man godly.
personal history.

22) Position in the church speaks of my maturity. 22) The fruit of the Spirit in my life speaks of my
maturity.

23) It is impossible to love unconditionally 23) Agape (unconditional) love is God's gift to us
so we can love anyone.

24) I love only those who please me 24) I love everyone

25) My sins condemn me 25) My unbelief in the cross and resurrection

condemn me

26) The Holy Spirit's power changes me for the

26) I have no power to change
asking.
 27) I have no choice but to sin
28) God is too busy running the universe to
attent to me
29) God doesn't interact with me personally.
30) The Holy Spirit is just an extension of Jesus,
lessening God's triune nature.
31) Divorce is a good option
32) You can have it all as a woman: A career
outside the home and being a wife and mother.
33) Mental illness should be left to the
"professionals."
34) Leave it to Sunday School to make Christians
out of our kids.
35) We live by chance
36) Religion is hard.
37) We judge everyone
38) Look at the money one donates to determine
spirituality
39) Let hurtful people be
40) It's just me and you, kid.
41) Criticizes other churches
42) Honoring parents depends on their
worthiness of it.
27) My life is a constant array of my own choices.
28) God attends to me personally
29) God interacts with me personally and has
thousands of good thoughts about me besides.
30) The Holy Spirit is 1/3 of the Godhead, one
full entity and deity, representing Father and Son
fully in His own work amongst us.
31) Divorce makes us miserable because we are
severed from the one we joined to in our youth
by covenant.
32) Homemaker ks full time and something to
pour one's whole life into. It is an important role,
according to God's Word.
33) Mental illness should be left to prayer
warriors, who can deliver permanently in a few
weeks' time. "Professionals" are not seekers after
God. Why would I throw a mentally ill person to
the dogs?
34) Only parents can teach children God's ways,
and that, by example.
35) We live by every Word that proceeds out of
the mouth of God.
36) Religion delivers us from the hard life.
37) We judge ourselves only (me on me)
38) Look at the fruit one displays in his life to
determine spirituality
39) Confront hurtful people with their sins
40) It's God, me and you, kid.
41) Is concerned about unity as churches for the
sake of testimony.
42) Honoring parents is essential to one's
happiness, all other relationships and blessings
granted me by God.
 43) Professional counseling training comes only 43) Professional counseling is taught in every
from medical schools. page of God's Word.

44) We hear from God only rarely 44) God speaks to us 24/7.

45) We put up with ignorant brothers. 45) Humility causes unity. There is no "putting
up with" a brother. Only acceptance of
shortcomings, of which we all share in.

46) Hide unresolved disputes 46) Love covers all disputes.

Q. So when Jesus died, all prayers, A. John 16:24 = Yes. Jesus clarified that before He went to His
all relationships with God became death!
personal and up front?
Q. Why did Jesus speak of most A. John 16:25 = It was necessary.
coming events in parables? Note: So they wouldn't crown Him as king of Israel before the
event of the cross took place. Jesus would have been king, but
salvation would not have happened and we'd still be under
Old Testament Law.
Q. What also would be different after A. John 16:24 = Prayers answered with the addition of
the cross? abundant joy!
Q. Did Jesus clarify anything else A. John 16:25 = Yes. He made God the Father plainly known to
after the cross? them.
Q. We can know God plainly now, A. Yes.
but not before understanding and
accepting the cross?
Q. What changed after the cross? A. The Holy Spirit is the only one who can accurately teach us
the Scriptures. Through Him, the Word became truly alive to
us, though it always was before then. People who come out of
false religion in which they were taught the Scriptures, taught
to study them, need to declare themselves to be totally ignorant
of them in order that the Holy Spirit can teach it to them anew.
Q. When did people start bringing to A. John 16:26 = When Jesus died on the cross.
God their requests in Jesus' name?
Q. Why does Father God answer our A. John 16:26–27 = Because He loves us.
prayers?
Q. Why does God love us? A. John 16:26–27 = Because we love Jesus, and believe He came
to us from the Father.
Q. Did Jesus exist before He was A. John 16:28 = Yes. He was with the Father before and then
born on earth? returned to Him afterward.
Note: See the plan as designed and fully controlled by God?
Salvation happened by divine plan. Hallelujah!
Q. Did the disciples understand this A. John 16:29–30 = Yes. They were in the presence of God
truth?
Q. What did Jesus know about the
disciples?
Q. How would Jesus cope with the
coming terror?
Q. So through the worst events, my
worst nightmare, I can have peace?
Q. Even when all the suffereintgs
were occurring to Jesus, I could have
peace in Him?
Q. Knowing God's peace beforehand, A. John 16:33 = Yes.
when something terrible occurs, I
recognize and experience peace in it?
Q. What is this peace?
Q. So it is important to let the Holy
Spirit teach me the Word because in
its pages are the knowledge of
repeated victories through suffering?
Q. What did the cross bring to God? A. John 17:1 = Glory.
Q. How?
Q. What did God give to Jesus that
brought Jesus glory?
Q. What else did the Father give out A. John 17:2 = Eternal life to everyone.
at the cross?
Q. What is part of knowing eternal
life?
Q. JHow did Jesus bring the Father
glory while He was on earth?
Q. How were the disciples chosen?
Himself and God would take care of everything.
A. John 16:31–32 = Beleving the truth would not be enough to
keep them from the panic they would feel when Jesus was
taken from them.
A. John 16:32 = He knew Father God was with Him and that
He wouldn't be in this predicament alone.
Note: I was in a terrible place in December '04. God swooped
down so solidly into my heart and I knew I wasn't alone. The
enemy brought the threat of destruction to my door, yet I never
felt so covered by God in my life than I did at that time. When
absolutely everyone turns on you, remember that God allows
the enemy to test you severely. Hold onto God; He is holding
on tightly to you! If you lost everything today, do you really
know that God's grace would be sufficient for you?
A. John 16:33 = Yes. (As in the eye of the tornado, all really is
still!)
A. John 16:33 = Yes.
A. John 16:33 = I know that Jesus went through worse and
overcame it.
A. John 16:33 = Yes!
NOte: It is not enough to believe there is a God. It is imperative
that we know His history and His encouraging words to us
that gets us through the inevitable trials and tribulations.
A. John 17:1 = In the cross, God gave Jesus glory, which Jesus
gave back to God.
A. John 17:2 = Authority over everyone in all the earth.
A. John 17:3 = Knowing God; knowing Jesus.
A. John 17:4 = By doing everything the Father told Him to do.
Note: When we obey God, we give Him glory!
A. John 17:6 = Father God gve them to Jesus from out of the

Q. Were the disciples God's to give? A. John 17:6 = Yes.
Q. Where did Jesus get all He
owned?
Q. So all I own is a gift from Father
God?
Q. What are believers to Jesus?
Q. Who cares for us now that Jesus is A. John 17:11 = Father God does.
back with the Father?
Q. What is the Father's care for us
about?
Q. Who cared for the disciples while A. John 17:12 = Jesus did.
Jesus was here on earth?
Q. Why did no harm come to the
disciples while Jesus was on earth?
Q. Were there any exceptions?
Q. Why didn't Jesus get hurt by
Jedas' betrayal?
world.
A. John 17:7 = All Jesus owned was a gift from the Father.
A. John 17:7 = Yes.
Note: I've heard preachers say, "Give your tithes and offerings.
They aren't yours, they belong to God." And people suffer
financially so they can give it all back to God. Jesus teaches that
not only our money belongs to God, but all we have does as
well. Your ten percent doesn't cover the ninety percent God
still owns. Your life belongs to God. I am put at ease in
knowing believers who will yield every decision, every proper
request to God. They I know they will ive me a godly answer
when I ask. God is not interested in our tithes and offerings. He
wants obedience. Teach people to BE. 24/7. Let them give
money to God's mission according to God's revelation to them
about a specific gift. Preacher, let God asign roles in your
church according to what God has given each man and
woman, not according to their level of giving. Trust God to
provide and live by faith in God's Word. How many baby,
sinful Christians do you give roles to that should not be? Yes,
sinful people give much too. Yield to God and let Him grow
your church!
A. John 17:10 = His glory!
A. John 17:11 = Uniting us like He is united with Jesus.
Note: All issues should be solved on this principle of uniting
believers. If a solution does not bring unity, it is wrong.
A. John 17:12 = Jesus kept them safe.
A. John 17:12 = Yes. Judas Iscariot, who chose to be Jesus'
enemy, killed himself.
A. John 17:12 = The Word warned Jesus beforehand.
Note: Be warned! The ones closest to you will betray. Know
that any and all that happened to Jesus may also happen to
you. I reacted in shock and aftershocks at my closest friend's
betrayal. If I truly believed this was possible previous to it,
having been warned by God's Word, I may have reacted in
 peace as Jesus did to Judas Iscariot. Father, forgive me for
being so dense!
Q. What did Jesus give the disciples? A. John 17:14 = God's Word, the Scriptures as they never knew
it as taught by man to them previously.
Q. Why is the world repulsed by A. John 17:14 = Because we obviously do not belong to it.
believers? Note: How? We have different and opposite desires. At heart,
we are aliens in this land!
Q. And Jesus left us different and A. John 17:15–16 = Yes. He didn't ask the Father to take us
also in jeopardy? away from a hostile world, but to protect us in it.
Note: How true! Hostile world, you can give me all you got,
but God is my protector! You are the creation gone corrupt, yet
you mature me by your blows. In them, I am made aware of
God's care for me. I feel and know God's shield of protection
only when you attack me. So thank you, creation. Without you,
I wouldn't know God.
Q. With the world coming at me in A. John 17:17 = He intervenes on my behalf.
hostility, what does God do?
Q. How? A. John 17:17 = At this time, God teaches me the Word of truth!
Q. And I can't learn God's Word A. John 17:17 = Nope! Praise God for trials and testings, for
otherwise? otherwise, I remain a babe in Christ.
Q. How do I become pure and holy? A. John 17:17 = Receiving God's teaching in trials.
Note: Receive and accept God's Word in trials when the heat is
turned up; the refining fire is on! (Thanks for that, Toni!)
Q. So we are left here on a hostile A. John 17:15 = Yes.
planet to learn all about Father God
and His care for us?
Q. How does Father God protect us? A. John 17:18 = The same way Father protected Jesus.
Note: Meditation time! Think about how the Father's
relationship with Jesus was on earth. We have the same
closeness to Him available to us. Yahoo!
Q. How did Father and Jesus interact A. See the chart below:
on earth?

Father/Son Jesus Father/Me

1) Father honored Jesus 1) Father honors me

2) Father confirmed Jesus 2) Father confirms me

3) Father revealed perfect timing to Jesus 3) Father reveals perfect timing to me

4) Father protected Jesus 4) Father protects me

5) Father in Jesus 5) Father in me

 6) Father heard Jesus' prayers 6) Father hears my prayers

7) Father had compassion on Jesus' struggles 7) Father has compassion on my struggles with
with sin sin

8) Father granted Jesus miracles asked for 8) Father grants me miracles asked for

9) Father and Son were united in everything 9) Father and me are united in everything

10) Jesus drew strength from Father 10) I draw strength from Father

11) Without Father, Jesus was alone in trial 11) Without Father, I am alone in trial

12) Father gave Jesus what He needed to survive 12) Father gives me what I need to survive

13) Jesus promised Father would take care of me 13) I trust Father to take care of me like He did
like He took care of Jesus Jesus

14) Jesus gave Himself entirely to Father 14) I am entirely God's own child

Note: See the pattern yet? Best of all, Jesus physically showed the Father human weakness and
struggle, Satan's taunting and tempting, and He became familiar with us through it and is able to
sympathize totally with us. Not that God did not sympathize before! But we now see that Jesus, by
experience, sympathizes intimately because He relates on the same level.
Q. How do I know I am A. John 17:19 = Jesus promised it. As He gave Himself entirely to
accepted by the Father, flaws God while on earth, we became entirely God's. In that order!
and all?
Q. How did Jesus give Himself A. John 17:19 = Offering Himself as a sacrifice to the Father, for the
entirely to the Father? purpose of giving us to the Father.
Q. Is that what the cross is all A. Yes! One sacrifice for all people.
about? Note: The essence of the Good News!
Q. Did Jesus pray on our A. John 17:20 = Yes. He prayed for every believer ever to live at this
behalf? time, especially those who would believe because of the testimony of
the disciples.
Q. What did Jesus pray for on A. John 17:21–23 =
our behalf? Father united with Son
Believers united in Father/Son
The results = The world believes in God.
Q. Does the world believing in A. John 17:23 = Yes.
what Jesus came for depend on Note: Perfect love bestowed as light to a corrupt world shines
the unity of believers in God? brilliantly and people desire it. Perfect love shows a unity no one can
humanly explain. Once they see it, they know God must be near and
seek Him with new hope.
Q. Why? A. John 17:23 = Understanding comes with witnessing unity in
 believers.
Q. Does Jesus look forward to A. John 17:24 = Yes. He wants us to see His glory!
being with us physically?
Q. What does the believer have A. John 17:25–26 = He knows the Father, and Jesus continually
that the world doesn't? reveals the Father to Him throughout his lifetime.
Note: The longer you've been saved, the more you learn about God,
and the more you realize you'll never reach full knowledge of
everything God is. Even if you spend all your time learning about
God, you'll never be completely knowledgeable about Him. No one
does this as people also live in conflict with their sinful natures that
rise up and try to be clever about knowing God apart from His
Word. Now imagine a life never wasted in narnality. That, my
friend, is what we have to look forward to!
Q. How did Jesus demonstrate A. John 18:6 = 1) His words, "I am He" made all the Temple guards
His total control of the along with the Roman soldiers fall backward. Twice!
situation at His arrest in the Note 1: God demonstrates His power to let us know that in the most
Garden of Gethsemane? impossible situations, He is in total control. He protects us so we
don't overreact in fear, and guards us from the enemy every time.
This is why it is so important to keep our eyes up. In chaos, we see
what is really happening when we keep our eyes on the Master. A
well–trained dog will keep his eyes on his master, even when other
dogs around him are acting up. In God's Word, we have many such
examples of men and women who kept their eyes up.
Q. Why should I keep my eyes up?
A. What is true about God is reveled when you do:
1) I remember that God only has thousands of good thoughts about me
2) I remember that God is the blessed controller of all things
3) I remember all the rest of the truths about circustances
4) God controls circumstances
5) Guardian angels protect me
6) Satan is not in control when I yield to God
7) I exercise faith in something unknown, but that God knows how to handle perfectly (Hebrews 4:1)
8) I cast all my burdens on God because He cares for me
9) My godly response brings God glory—even if it is a little late!
Note 2: As much as I am emotionally involved in my ministry, at any time, God may uproot what I'm
doing, and always for something better. I break away in faith, feel the separation, miss the ministry,
always with my eyes up, trusting God to continue what I started, and move forward. Change is just
following God's pillar of light or fire into something better. I may stagger as the changes come, resist
some, as I am not made perfect yet. But God has asked me to trust Him the best I can and that is
good enough for Him (thank God!).
Q. How else did Jesus demonstrate His control of the situation in the Garden of Gethsemane?
A. John 18:10–11 = Peter caused a commotion in slashing off Malchus' ear (reacting to the chaos) and
Jesus told him not to interfere with what was surely God's will for Him.
Note: Do you interfere with God's purpose for you? So how do you not interfere? By yielding to God
in humility every day. If you act right away, it is not from God. In traffic, we learn to safely follow
the car in front of us by staying four car lengths behind. This way, if the driver needs to stop fast, we
have plenty of time to stop. If we follow too closely, we crash into him.
In the same way, if we stay too close to a situation and something happens, we crash. Put Jesus four
car lengths between you and all situations. When something happens, Jesus helps you to stop,
buffering the blow, and is able to restore you. Putting Jesus between you and any given situation is
like the incident inthe Garden. Jesus will buffer the blow, restore peace and explain the truth again
about His being in total control of it. But you have to will Jesus to be there. Pray with me now:
"Jesus, I want You to stand between me and every circumstance in my life. You buffer each
circumstance with Your perfect abilities and skills. Without Yu, I only have my imperfect, flawed
abilities and skills to deal with life's surprises. Thank you, Jesus. Amen."
Q. How do I live every moment with Jesus between me and circumstances?
A. Pray always! Bless your enemies and friends alike. Bless soldiers and politicians, relatives and
prisoners, etc.
Note: This life lesson was demonstrated to me just yesterday.
I was on the phone with a dear woman who once knew of God, but now rejects Him completely.
While accusing the saints of being narrow–minded, she pushed her worship of mountains and
oceans (worshipping the creation instead of the creator). My sadness for her was overwhelming.
Decades ago, she walked with God closely, so I thought. She'd stand in abortion lines with girls,
talking them out of killing their unborn. The girls who changed their minds have children who grew
up calling her grandma. This woman's passion for God's Word was so real! She memorized Romans
and embraced God's Word in her arms.
Yet when the heat of the refining fire was turned up, she got out and became bitter over her trial,
throwing it all away over persecution. She was on fire for God for two years. Decades later, the
rotting effects of bitterness has taken its toll and even to her Christian grandchildren she preaches
idolatry: Idolatry born out of bitterness.
So I heard her brag about it yesterday and how comical it was to her how she hurt and confused she
made her grandchildren, and I understand God's wrath justly wrought against those who cause little
ones to stumble. Meanwhile, my soul was feeling sucked dry as she went on and on about her choice
to believe what she wished.
This is the hardest part about being in God's presence while mocking is also present. Here is
someone who hates my Heavenly Father who I can feel is standing beside me every moment. God
instructs me to pray for my enemies. Our enemies are His enemies. I finally remembered to pray. As
this woman continued on and on, I blessed her with grace, mercy, love and compassion, and asked
God to show Himself to her; to save her and wrap His arms around her, knowing that love covers a
multitude of sins. The moment I began to pray, my soul was refreshed and sadness lifted, while joy
was made new within me. Hallelujah!
Why do we pray? So we can overcome the world! In sad prayer for her, I was surprised by joy! The
burden she lay on me was totally lifted. God can handle this woman! He took her off my chest and
carried her for me. God, help me to remember to pray always.
"Father God, You move in ways I don't think of asking You to move, and do many wonderful things
each moment. Be my buffer between me and the world. Feel free to pop in and rescue me when I'm
too absent–minded to ask! Thank you for mankind, for Your patience with many, and Your
unwillingness that any should perish. Thanks for choice, that I may choose to follow You and spend
a lifetime in pursuit. Amen!"
Q. Why did Caiaphas say, A. John 18 = Caiaphas thought he would make Jesus an example and
"Beter that one should die shut up all His followers at once. God's intention, however, was that
for all"? Jesus would die for all to save all mankind.
You see, the world does what God says with no intention of obeying
Him. "What man intends for evil, God means for good." From the
beginning, God's purposes have been fulfilled perfectly. Yes, through all
acts of sinful men, God's will is inevitably made complete.
This time on earth is coming to an end. We will understand how the
history of the world fulfilled God's purpose without the noise and chaos
we too easily are captivated by. Imagine! Meditate on this truth. "I will
know as I am known."
Q. Who is our witness A. John 18:21 = Those who know us bear witness to our character.
when we are wrongfully Note: False accusers do not ask for character witnesses.
accused?
Q. How should I respond A. John 18:23 = Consider how Jesus responded when struck in the face:
when persecuted? There was no resentment, no self–righteousness evident. He instead
reasoned with the man who struck Him! He counseled him about his
actions, as if He wasn't the one hit.
Note 1: Now that's not letting persecution get in the soul! Separate
yourself from the actions of a person and counsel him instead.
Note 2: How different was Peter's response to those asking him if he was
Jesus' disciple! Notice the buffer (Jesus) was not in place, and wouldn't be
until Jesus died and rose again. Peter became a reasoner after the Holy
Spirit filled him, and then he took on thousands. Hallelujah!
Q. What did Jesus say to A. John 18:36 = He told Pilate He wasn't an earthly king.
Pilate about His Kingship? Note: Only God can transform a heart to perceive what the Christian
sees. We live on earth, yet belong to a Heavenly Kingdom. To say that to
one who cannot perceive Heaven brings immediate guilt, for he knows
he hasn't been allowed admission, and that only can mean he isn't
chosen. Woe! People resent God for not choosing them. If they resent
Him, they will resent His people too.
Q. Why did Jesus instruct A. John 18:36 = Because they would have been fighting for a kingdom
the disciples not to fight Jesus was not king of on earth.
for His life?
Q. Why did Jesus come? A. John 18:37 = To save people; to tell them the truth about all of
mankind.
 Note: Right after I wrote this down, a young prodigal person brought up
a political discussion that was oftentimes heatedly remarked upon. In
today's small world, we have an unbelieving media's close surveillance
on wars far off. So much thought and wracking of the brain, trying to
figure out what is right and wrong in one's own estimation brings on
headaches and no resolution.
Jesus came to tell us the tuth about ourselves. I humbly let Him lead.
Nothing is out of His hands. This young person was miffed at such a
simple answer and is in turmoil with his own conclusions. Father God,
show him the truth and put his busy mind at ease. Grant him peace and
keep him safe until he returns to You again.
Q. What did the Jewish A. John 18:38 = Reveal God to the world. Pilate saw many so–called
leaders in Jesus' time fail to truths in his day.
do?
Q. What else did Pilate A. John 18:38–40 = 1) A man who was obviously innocent standing
see? before him
2) A murderous people in the Israelites.
Q. Did Pilate want to kill A. John 19:8–10 = No way. He feared Jesus and tried to release Him.
Jesus?
Q. How did the Israelites A. John 19:12 = They tried to make Pilate look like a traitor to Caesar by
respond to that? his letting Jesus get away with a claim to be king.
Q. What did Pilate do in A. John 19:13–14 = He declared Jesus as the king of the Jews and gave
response? Him back to them as their king.
Q. And the Jews rejected A. John 19:15 = Yes. They yelled, "Crucify Him!"
Jesus as king?
Q. Did that shock Pilate? A. John 19:15 = Yes. They declared Caesar to be their king.
Q. So Pilate ordered Jesus A. John 19:16 = Yes.
crucified?
Q. Did Pilate acknowledge A. John 19:19–21 = Yes. On the cross above Jesus' head was, "Jesus, King
Jesus as king of the Jews? of the Jews," and it was written in three languages so many people could
know who hung there.
Q. What did the Jews think A. John 19:21 = They wanted it to say, "He said He was king of the Jews."
of that?
Q. How did Pilate respond A. John 19:22 = No way. He wanted everyone to know the Jews killed
to that request? their own rightful king.
Note: Non–believers are acutely aware of our hypocracy. God makes
sure of it. So be real!
Q. What happened to A. John 19:26–27 = John the disciple took her into his home.
Jesus' mother, Mary? Note: Jesus was serious about taking care of our old people. success
comes after recognizing our elderly as those placed in an honorable
position by God. How you treat your elderly family and others witll
 decide how you will be treated when yo get old! Your success or failure
in life begins with honoring your parents.
Q. We are all familiar with A. John 19:39 = Nicodemus brought 75 pounds of embalming ointment
Nicodemus' conversion. made from myrrh and aloes, and accompanied Joseph of Arimathea
What else is he known for? when he took Jesus' body off the cross to his own burial tomb. He helped
him wrap Jesus' body in burial cloth with spices.
Q. Where was Jesus A. John 19:41 = Near the place of crucifixion.
buried?
Q. Why there? A. John 19:42 = Because time was running short and it was Passover
soon.
Q. What did God keep hidden from the disciples until Jesus rose again?
A. John 20:19 = That Jesus would also rise again.
Note 1: It is no accident that God hides His Word from us until we are ready for it to fulfill His
purposes to us. Don't feel foolish for discovering huge truths after years of pursuing God. When it is
your time, God will reveal. Isn't it exciting to know that God is always in anticipation of surprising
us with love?
Note 2: Whatever today's chaos seems to overwhelm you, it is not chaos to God. Look for the lessons
God wants to teach yo in all of it. Don't make Him repeat a similar chaos because you didn't get the
lesson the first time. Defy a dense heart! Pursue God, even moreso now!
Note 3: I heard several illustrations from the life of a missionary to Singapore today. He learned his
lessons!
1) Wading from one small island to another in low tide, the missionary nearly drowned. He cried
out, "Jesus, help!" A surfer with a white board appeared and surfed him along with his Buddhist
aunt and uncle. The surfer disappeared. They became believers that Sunday.
2) This missionary's child, it was revealed, would be very ill at birth. The faith of his laboring wife
never halted, and she rebuked the trouble, while he commanded his child to live. A baby boy was
born, and on the weighing scale, he suddenly passed through his back end tumorous tissue from his
stomach. The child remains totally healed to this day.
3) The missionary's father was the first to be saved in his family. God saved him to save his furute
family too. Most are saved out of Buddhism now.
4) The missionary's grandmother died in her daughter's arms at age 9. She heard her mom say all her
life that she wished she was never born because she blamed her sickness on this daughter. Full–
blooded American Indian. At a tent meeting brought by missionaries, she was saved. A contest went
on. Who had the best testimony? The prize was Christian summer camp where she met her husband
o be. He is half Japanese raised in Kauai. Larry married a Chinese woman who is very different than
he. The secret of happiness they found was in praying every night together. All the conflicts are
settled before they sleep.
5) Asthma: healed of it from his dad calling the 700 Club during an asthma attack. It lifted and never
returned.
6) Three generations of men went to declare their commitment to following God. The youngest
declarred to his elders, "Even if you forsake the Lord, I will never!" A man in the front row was filled
with self–pity because he was first generation saved. Jesus spoke to him. "You are in the first choir.
Your children and grandchildren are in the other choirs."
7) Speak words of blessing. They are passed down from generation to generation.
8) Jabez means "I wish you were never born." Jabez prayed that he would not cause anyone pain. He
learned!
Q. What was Jesus' tomb A. John 19:20 = The city.
near? Note: Many people would pass by that place.
Q. When did the disciples A. John 20:22 = In the Upper Room. Jesus breathed Himself onto them.
receive the Holy Spirit?
Q. Who wasn't there with A. John 20:24–26 = Thomas. He doubted until eight days passed and
them at the time? Jesus retuned to them.
Q. Why did Thomas finally A. Jhn 20:27 = He saw Jesus for himself.
believe?
Q. What would Jesus desire A. John 20:29 = That we'd all believe the testimony of others, like the
of us? bible patriarchs.
Note: Imagine a world where people didn't doubt the testimony of one
saved by angels, or one saved from a life of crime or prostitution or
durgs. I am blesseed to hear such testimonies. Are you?
Q. What benefit is it to me to A. John 20:30 = It causes a chain reaction:
believe in miracles? 1) Miracle happens
2) I believe that Jesus is Messiah because of it
3) I have life
Q. Did Jesus appear a third A. John 21:1 = Yes.
time to the disciples?
Q. Where? A. John 21:1 = By the Sea of Galilee. Jesus made a fire for the fish they
were out catching. Jesus' fish were already frying in the fire when they
saw Him.
Q. So they ate breakfast A. John 21:12 = Yes.
together?
Q. Are all of Jesus' miracles A. John 20:30–31 = No.
recorded inthe bible? John 21:25 = There isn't enough room on earth to record all Jesus did.
Q. After Jesus made A. John 21:15–19 = Jesus asked Peter if he loved Him. Then He gave
breakfast for the disciples, Peter instructions.
what happened?
Q. What were Peter's A. John 21:15–19 = 1) If Peter loved Jesus more than his friends, he
instructions? should feed His lambs.
2) If Peter loved Jesus, he'd take care of His sheep
3) If Peter loved Jesus, he'd feed his sheep
4) When Peter lost his freedom, he should still follow Jesus, and to his
death.
Q. Should we be curious for A. John 21:22 = No. Jesus takes care of His own. He asks us not to
other believers' future? worry for others.