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Jesus Talks With Nicodemus

The Jewish people were proud that they were the people of God. Because they were Abraham’s descendants, they were special, they belonged to God. This was their honor. Jesus is teaching a new honor, a new way to enter God’s family. It is not by natural birth. He says that we must be born again by re…

Jesus Visits the Temple

The temple was the house of God. Here people could meet God in the holy place. The temple was the most sacred site for the Jews. The temple was their greatest honor. When Jesus visits the temple, He sees the courtyard being used for business. He throws out the sellers. The Jewish leaders demanded t…

The Word

The gospel is a big story. God created a beautiful and good world, but darkness came into the world. Now God will do something new in this world. Jews believed that the Torah had come through the spoken word. Many Jews believed that God lived in the Temple. This is where you could meet with God. Pe…

Water of Life

Jesus offers living water to a strange woman so that she will not be thirsty again. The woman wonders who is this man? She argues about where is the right place to worship. Jesus points her to true worship, from the heart and in truth. The woman finally realizes that this Jesus is indeed the Savior…