The Power of God

John 18:5-7  “They answered him, ‘Jesus of Nazareth.’  Jesus said to them, ‘I am He.’  Judas, who betrayed Him, was standing with them.  When Jesus said to them, ‘I am He,’ they drew back and fell to the ground.” We can imagine the scene like this: the world’s...

Foreknowledge & Freewill

John 18:4-5 “Then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, “Whom do you seek?” They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Modern man is no more sinful than men in previous generations and cultures.  True, he has today a vastly...

Prayer & Trusting God

John 18:4 “Then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, “Whom do you seek?” Many of us have an issue with God’s sovereignty and omniscience.  Indeed, it’s a puzzling – even scary thing to...

Judas vs. Jesus

“…having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons.” Let’s look at the division between God’s elect and that son of perdition.  The other...

The Idols of our Hearts

John 18:3 So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons. We know the earlier statement from Jesus where he asks what it will profit a man to gain the whole...