After [his confrontation with the Jewish leaders], Jesus crossed over to the far side of the Sea of Galilee, also known as the Sea of Tiberias. A huge crowd kept following him wherever he went, because they saw his miraculous signs as he healed the sick. —John 6:1-2 NLT Key Thought Folks follow the show, …
[Talking to Jewish leaders who opposed him, Jesus continued,] “Yet it isn’t I who will accuse you before the Father. Moses will accuse you! Yes, Moses, in whom you put your hopes. If you really believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me. But since you don’t believe what he wrote, how …
[Talking to Jewish leaders who opposed him, Jesus continued,] “Your approval means nothing to me, because I know you don’t have God’s love within you. For I have come to you in my Father’s name, and you have rejected me. Yet if others come in their own name, you gladly welcome them. No wonder you …
[Jesus continued,] “You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me! Yet you refuse to come to me to receive this life.” —John 5:39-40 NLT Key Thought As important as the Scriptures are, Jesus is very much more important. He is the message to whom Scripture …
[Jesus said,] “And the Father who sent me has testified about me himself. You have never heard his voice or seen him face to face, and you do not have his message in your hearts, because you do not believe me — the one he sent to you.” —John 5:37-38 NLT Key Thought God sent …
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[Jesus said,] “John [the Baptizer] was like a burning and shining lamp, and you were excited for a while about his message. But I have a greater witness than John — my teachings and my miracles. The Father gave me these works to accomplish, and they prove that he sent me.” —John 5:35-36 NLT Key …
[Jesus continued addressing the Jewish leaders:] “In fact, you sent investigators to listen to John the [Baptizer], and his testimony about me was true. Of course, I have no need of human witnesses, but I say these things so you might be saved.” —John 5:33-34 NLT Key Thought John the Baptizer told the truth. John …
[Jesus continued,] “If I were to testify on my own behalf, my testimony would not be valid. But someone else is also testifying about me, and I assure you that everything he says about me is true.” —John 5:31-32 NLT Key Thought Jesus didn’t claim his authority as Son of God just on his own. …
[Jesus continued,] “I can do nothing on my own. I judge as God tells me. Therefore, my judgment is just, because I carry out the will of the one who sent me, not my own will.” —John 5:30 NLT Key Thought When businesses or key business leaders get in a bind or try to decide …
[Jesus continued,] “Don’t be so surprised! Indeed, the time is coming when all the dead in their graves will hear the voice of God’s Son, and they will rise again. Those who have done good will rise to experience eternal life, and those who have continued in evil will rise to experience judgment.” —John 5:28-29 …