This is weekly Bible Study produced for Sweetwater, TN’s First United Methodist Church, with Dr Brad Scott, pastor, leading.
Jesus is pursued by the authorities for raising Lazarus. Mary anoints him, the crowd acclaims him as Messiah, the Greeks come looking for him.
Jesus teaches and the crowds and the leaders have controversy over who he is. But they cannot arrest him for his hour had not yet come.
Jesus continues teaching on the Bread of Life, talking about the need to consume him so that we may live forever. Some of his disciples leave. Another will betray him
John 6: 22-51. Jesus talks about his relationship with the Father and the life-giving bread he offers.
John 5: 19-47. A theological discourse about the authority of the Son, and the keys to life in Him.
Jesus heals a man by the pool of Bethzatha in Jerusalem, and the leaders get mad because it happens on the Sabbath.
Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritans leads to many believers. Then he heals the official’s son in Capernaum without even being there in person.
Nicodemus, a leader of the Jewish people, comes to Jesus by night and is told of why Jesus was sent. He came to save us. Do you think Nicodemus became a Christian?
Jesus creates chaos at the temple by driving out the animals and turning over the tables of the money changers. Then he says something about raising the dead.
This section is filled with titles, for Jesus, for the disciples, and the invitation is richly provocative: “Come and See.”
We study the first 18 verses of John Chapter 1. We talk about the Word; light; life; grace and truth. Join us for this important introduction to who Jesus is.