Category: Gospel of John

This past Saturday night at Refuge.Church we continued our study through John’s Gospel as we looked at Chapter 10; Jesus final public teaching.

The illustration of sheep and shepherd has become so familiar to most of us, that its power. We hear Psalm 23 and we feel comforted, yet if we’re honest most of us struggle in submitting to a Shepherd, who desires access to every aspect of our lives.

We don’t HAVE TO follow a shepherd … we GET TO. It’s a perspective shift that can be life changing. Our Shepherd didn’t come to give us a miserable existence, he came, that we might have abundant life.

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This past Saturday night at Refuge, worship pastor Jaime Taveras got the night off from leading worship to teach through the story of Lazarus from John 11. He spoke a lot of faith. Of considering what we are believing in God for. Of trust and hope. 4

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This past Saturday night at Refuge.Church we continued our study through the Gospel of John, by looking at a story most believe was not included in the original gospel, nor written by John; The Woman Caught in Adultery.

She is not only caught, but caught in the act. But where is the man? What are the accusers trying to accomplish? What is the crowd thinking? What is the woman thinking? How will Jesus respond? What will be his final verdict?

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Join us as we celebrate what God is doing in SWFL through our little group of misfits and our combined resources.

This past Saturday night we continued our study through the Gospel of John as we looked at another miracle of Jesus; the healing of an invalid man at the pool of Bethesda (John 5). A man, who had been there, lying in a state of misery for 38 years. A man, who Jesus has the audacity to ask “do you want to get well?”

Why does Jesus ask that question? So he can learn, or so that this man (and all of us) can see begin to explore the depths of what it truly means to get well.

This past Saturday guest speaker Matt Podrasky continued our study through the Gospel of John. At this worship gathering our teaching came from John Chapter 9, the story of Jesus healing a man born blind. Religion had turned this man away.  Religion said to this man you’re a loser, an outcast, a misfit. Jesus took him in, and said … I came for you.

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This past Saturday we continued our study through the Gospel of John to see what Jesus best friend had to say about his life and ministry. 90% of John’s Gospel is unique, including our story tonight of the Woman at the Well from Chapter 4.

We’re all thirsty.  We keep lugging our jugs to the well, looking for something to quench our thirst.  On the Cross, Jesus made a way for us to come to the well and take the water with us. 

This past Saturday we continued our study through the Gospel of John. Of all the gospel writers, John had the most time to reflect. The most time to think about things Jesus had said. The most time to consider what Jesus came to do.  He wrote his Gospel for those who didn’t get to meet Jesus, for those who didn’t see the miracles. for those who didn’t hear him teach. In other words, he wrote his gospel of us.

This week we look at the familiar story of Jesus and Nicodemus and perhaps the most famous verse in all of the Bible John 3:16. Who needs to be born again? What does it mean to be born again? How do I know if I’ve been born again?

This past Saturday night we continued our study through the Gospel of John. Of all the gospel writers, John had the most time to reflect. The most time to think about things Jesus had said. The most time to consider what Jesus came to do.  He wrote his Gospel for those who didn’t get to meet Jesus, for those who didn’t see the miracles. for those who didn’t hear him teach. In other words, he wrote his gospel of us.

This week we look at the familiar story of his first miracle, turning water into wine at the wedding in Cana. A miracle he does, because Mary says the three simple words we all hate to say … I NEED HELP.

This past Saturday night we kicked off a new study through the Gospel of John. Of all the gospel writers, John had the most time to reflect. The most time to think about things Jesus had said. The most time to consider what Jesus came to do.  He for those who didn’t get to meet Jesus, for those who didn’t see the miracles. for those who didn’t hear him teach. In other words, he wrote his gospel of us.

Throughout, his gospel, John will make the argument that in Jesus is God. If we want to know what God looks like, what He acts like, what He thinks like … then look no further than when God became one of us to bring us life and light.

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NEXT WEEK

Next week (January 12th) we will look at John, chapter 2 and specifically Jesus’ first miracle of turning water into wine. I encourage you to read along each week.