When Jesus turned the water into wine, the miracle was a sign to turn away from external ritualistic washing of the outside of the body and toward being internally washed clean by God through Jesus.

The Temple was where God dwelled and where He met with man.  Jesus is the fulfillment of the purpose of the Temple.  Jesus is the union of the divine with the human.  Through Jesus, we can meet God personally.

The decision to be spiritually reborn is the most important decision of your life.  It is free of charge and received by faith. It is a personal relation and so different from formalism.

We all take many different paths seeking satisfaction and meaning in life, but true satisfaction only comes from knowing and following God.  We may think our sin disqualifies us from knowing God, but Jesus is never surprised by our sin.  He is always pursuing us.

Growing in faith works the same today as it did in Jesus' time.  A seeking person hears the Word of God and believes and takes a step of faith.  God confirms His Word and the seeker's faith grows bigger.

We have ample evidence the Bible is trustworthy, so when God makes us an offer, we should say yes without hesitancy, excuses, or complaining.  The religious mentality is catastrophic to our spiritual life, whereas, living under grace is the best way to live.

Blind faith is believing in something for no good reason.  God does not ask us for blind faith but a reason-based faith.  He abundantly gives us good reasons to believe in Him and what He says in Scripture.

The idea of ministry can cause anxiety, especially if we attempt to serve under our own power.  Jesus feeding the five thousand demonstrates all we need to do is bring our pitiful, small offering of our availability and God will do the work.

Every person must decide on the identity of Jesus.  Was He a good man? Was He a deceiver? Was He insane? Or was He who He said He was, the Messiah?  Not making a decision IS making a decision!

How can we experience transformation from the power of sin when the Law makes us sin more?  The Law leads to condemnation and defeat whereas grace fills and frees us to pursue a different path.  Grace brings satisfaction and the power to transform.

Jesus came to give light to the world but the religious leaders refused to see that Jesus was who He said He was, the Son of God who could forgive sins.  Instead of acknowledging their Savior, they picked up stones to throw at Him.

The Pharisees proudly thought they could see and had no category for being wrong. While the man born blind knew he could not see!  Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, so that the blind will see and those who (think they) see will become blind."

Jesus is the Good Shepherd who lays down His life for His sheep who recognize His voice.  The thief comes to kill and destroy but Jesus comes to give abundant life.  Are you ready to meet the Good Shepherd?

God is not indifferent to the pain and grief we suffer at the death of a loved one.  Because He is powerfully acting even when we cannot see behind the scenes, we do not grieve like the world grieves. We have a hope that sustains us as we look to Him who is the resurrection and the life. 

The story of Mary pouring costly perfume on Jesus before His burial tells us she had made the first decision to put her trust in Jesus, but also, it tells us she had made the second decision to give everything she had to follow Jesus.  She held nothing back.

Jesus, defying the crowd's expectation of Him, enters Jerusalem riding upon a donkey.  The crowd cheers for Him this day, but in a few short days, in their disappointment, will be demanding for His crucifixion.

The same night Judas plans his betrayal of Jesus and the disciples argue who is the greatest among them, Jesus takes a basin of water and washes the disciples' feet as an example for them to follow. 

Brian Adams covers eight of the ministries of the Holy Spirit.  If you would like to be filed with the Holy Spirit, you must first meet Him by putting your faith in Him.  Then you can be filled with the Spirit as you ask Him to fill you, as you read your Bible, and as you take steps of faith.

The purpose of telling the disciples of the vine and the branches is to encourage them to abide in Him so that they will draw deeply upon His love and be fruitful in sharing that love with others. .

Jesus promised His disciples that they, too, would experience persecution, just as He did.  John lays out five principles to remember to sustain the Christian as he encounters the inevitable resistance of the world system against the message of the Gospel.

As Jesus approaches His appointment with the cross, one last time, He Prays over his disciples a long, continuous prayer.

Judas and Peter both failed Jesus in a big way, but their lives went different ways after they failed. This teaching explores why some people grow from their failures while others don't.