See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you. (John 5:14). In a general understanding of Scripture, all of our human weaknesses, diseases and infirmities are a result of sin entering the human race, though not all diseases are a result of personal sin (see Genesis 3:16-19, c.f. John 9:1-2). In the opening text, Jesus heals a man and commands …

After the two days he departed for Galilee (John 4:43) Without the context, this text means nothing. After what two days? Who departed for Galilee? The text is simply telling us a journey Jesus undertook.  Now, in the opening words of John Chapter 4, we are told Jesus initially set off on a journey to Galilee: Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard …

John 4:28-42 I think it is natural with us humans. When we encounter a good fortune; we love to share, talk about it and if it is something others can also experience, we recommend it to them. We see this phenomenon happening in our opening text. Jesus was in a conversation with the Samaritan woman ( who we saw in our previous post). When Jesus …