ITW Week 25 Resources.

A commentary on this week's verses!

Hello Friends,

This is week 25 of our journey through the Gospel of John. This week we are inscribing John 8:45 to John 9:9.

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June 19. John 8:48-50

At this point, the dialogue between Jesus and his Jewish audience took a decidedly angry turn. Since they had no answer for his clear diagnosis of their spiritual sickness, Jesus’ audience reacted with a verbal attack against him. They charged him with two of the most offensive terms at their disposal: “Samaritan” and “demon-possessed.” Name-calling usually indicates that a person or group has run out of intelligent comments. Up until this point, Jesus’ opponents reserved one final accusation against him: blasphemy.

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June 20. John 8:51-53

“What glorious gospel brilliance Christ suddenly flashes upon these men! He promises even to them that, if they will keep his saying, they shall live for ever, they shall be partakers of an eternal, unquenchable life. It might have seemed to us to be like casting pearls before swine to proclaim that great truth to such hearers; but our Master’s infinite wisdom does not permit us to think so....The sting of it shall be taken away; he may fall asleep; he will do so, but he shall not see death.”

- Charles Spurgeon