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Jesus mention a resurrection of life and a resurrection of condemnation. We look at this and find out which one will be the best to be part of. It is clear that there are two with different timings and judgements.

John write this in verse 16 of chapter 5. What reason? This is a miracle. Why would the Jews persecute Jesus. This is more than just a miracle story. It is a look into what religion do. The sad fact at the end of this is this man reject Jesus. There are three people we are looking at: Compassionate Jesus, Contempt of the Jews and complacency of this man.

You hear so many people quote this verse. So easy, but do you really know what it means? We will put this back in context and then explore 4 tests to Faith. One: Are what you are doing for the Glory of God? Two: Are you willing to wait? Three: Is what you are doing grounded in the Word? Four: Is what you are doing giving you Peace and Joy? We explore all of this.

Jesus said these words to a nobleman. This man came to Jesus because his son was dying. I wonder what you world do if you were in his shoes and Jesus give you this answer. He is desperate and teach us a few things in our time of need. Come listen what he did and why.

You listen to people talking about Jesus. Telling their testimonies. You've heard the sermons, week after week. The question is have you heard yourself from Him? What does this even mean? We answer this looking at the response from these Samaritans. There is 2 kinds of faith described in this passage - Saving faith and testimony based faith. What is the difference?

We find Jesus encountering a Samaritan woman at a well. They were deemed half breed people by the Jews for them mixing with Assyrians. This sermon take you to the origin of the Samaritans. Jesus break through every reasoning of Religion in order to bring this woman to Christ. We have the same in our lifetime where people know Jesus either as a Jew, Great man, Prophet or Christ.

Jealousy, we are addressing this issue. It is something that touch everyone. Two words comes to mind when we read John 3:26. Envy and jealousy. There is a difference between them and appear both in this verse. Envy is that unhappy angry feeling of wanting what others has. Jealousy on the other hand is the fear of loosing something you have to someone else. We look at four ways you will know you are jealous and deal with them in a biblical way.

There are many different baptisms mentioned in the Bible. One of the most controversial ones is the water baptism. This is not new as we see in our text John 3:25 that a dispute happened around this subject. We unpack this and discover four water baptisms throughout the Bible. What does this mean for us today?

Jesus is talking about being born - again with one of the Pharisees, called Nicodemus. A Jew with a Greek name. Nicodemus ask a question which a lot of people are still asking today. "How can these things be?" Come listen live or online when we discuss the sayings and questions of Nicodemus.