Month: March 2023

Lazarus is dead, but that was not his end. Beloved, your physical death is not your end. The raising of Lazarus is the last of seven miracle signs in John’s Gospel. It shows what Jesus meant when He declared, “I am the resurrection and the life (Jn 11:25). The resurrection of the body of anyone who has died physically but who will spend eternity either in heaven or hell is one of the basic teachings in God’s Word. Those who reject this sign and teaching always have no alternative but to deny or kill Jesus, who performs the miracle...

Jesus’ passion was to save the spiritually lost, a vision with a mission far more important to Him than food and drink. The Gospel reading is about Jesus encountering the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well (Jn 4). Jesus’ conversation with the Samaritan woman reveals His commitment to His heavenly Father’s purpose and inner desire to bring people of all races, cultures, and backgrounds into a personal relationship with God.  St Augustine’s beautiful description of the episode of Christ and the Samaritan woman suggests ‘her as mystically representing the “Church not yet made righteous.” Saint Augustine writes, “She is a...

“God loved you: therefore, love and obey him:  Christ died for you: therefore, die to sin:  Christ is risen: therefore, rise in the image of God. Christ lives for evermore: Therefore, live to God till you live with Him in glory” – John Wesley. Jesus sees us as we are, not as we imagine or redefine ourselves. He knows our weak points. In the Gospel of John, we read about a discourse between Jesus and a Pharisee named Nicodemus (Jn 3:1-17). Jesus tells Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews and ruling council member, a spiritual truth that perplexes but is...