Feeding the 5,000
You give them something to eat. Matthew 14:16. The disciples thought they had withdrawn where they would not be discovered, but as soon as the multitude missed the divine Teacher, they inquired, “Where is he?” Some among them had noticed the direction in which Christ and His disciples had gone, and soon an immense crowd […]
Quenching the Soul’s Thirst
Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw. John 4:15. The woman was so astonished at His words that she rested her pitcher on the well, and, forgetting the thirst of the stranger and His request to give Him to drink, forgetting her errand to the well, she […]
The Water of Life
A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” John 4:7. As the world’s Redeemer, the Son of God took upon Him our human nature…. Hungry and thirsty, He tarried to rest at Jacob’s well, near the city of Sychar, while His disciples went to buy food in […]
The Blind Man Healed
Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him. John 9:3. “And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?” […]
Abundant Evidence for Faith
The man … told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. John 5:15. As the restored one went on his way with quick, elastic step, his pulses bounding with the vigor of renewed health, his countenance glowing with hope and joy, he was met by the Pharisees, who told him, with […]
Act When Opportunity Knocks
Do you want to be made well? John 5:6. The healing of the sick man at Bethesda has a lesson of priceless worth to every Christian, a lesson of solemn and fearful import to the unbelieving and the skeptical. As the paralytic lay beside the pool, helpless and well-nigh hopeless, Jesus drew near and asked, […]
