Jesus’ identity and authority are clearly confirmed, but prideful independence, desire for acceptance, and doubt prevent people from coming to Him by faith and receiving His word for life.
Jesus manifested His glory in many ways, and the people’s responses to Him ranged from eager acceptance to self-preserving hostility— and nothing has changed.
Jesus radically transformed worship of the Father by becoming the better place of worship, by establishing a better basis for worship, and by making possible a better way to worship.
The gracious gift of God is offered to the world without distinction and when received by faith results in eternal salvation and in enduring satisfaction.
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, the source of life, and to Him all authority in heaven and on earth has been given and to Him full faith…
God’s unfathomable love is most clearly revealed by His act of giving His one and only Son for the redemption of a people corrupted and condemned by sin.
Belonging to God’s kingdom requires a fundamental change of identity that results from a spiritual re-birth through the gospel and that produces the fruit of a new life.
Jesus’ bold act of clearing the temple was a declaration of His identity and a demand for true belief.
At a simple wedding in Cana, Jesus manifested His glory as the LORD of all creation, as the Provision for purification, and as the Bridegroom of the ages.