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When the light of the gospel lights up our hearts ...
Text: John 9: 35-41 Text verse: John 9:36 To understand this conversation, it is important to see that Jesus is dealing with two groups...

Dr. PJ de Bruyn
Oct 19, 20202 min read
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Faith in Jesus our Christ
Text: John 9: 13-34 Text verse: John 9: 31 & 32 This is the first account recorded by a disciple who was excluded because he decided to...

Dr. PJ de Bruyn
Oct 18, 20203 min read
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Suffering? So that God may be glorified
Text: John 9: 1-12 Text verse: John 9:3 The question the disciples ask is important because it is an incorrect implication that believers...

Dr. PJ de Bruyn
Oct 15, 20203 min read
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The power to deal with humiliation and insults
Text: John 8: 48-59 Text verse: Joh. 8:48 In the previous chapter Jesus points out to us that the Jews think they are children of God,...

Dr. PJ de Bruyn
Oct 14, 20203 min read
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Redeemed with His precious blood
Text: John 8: 31-47 Text verse: John 8:32 The truth referred to here is Jesus as a person. The more you know Jesus’ words and redemptive...

Dr. PJ de Bruyn
Oct 13, 20203 min read
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Break with sin and look to the future
Text: John 8: 21-30 Text verse: John 8:21 In this passage, four characteristics of someone who dies in sin are presented. The result is...

Dr. PJ de Bruyn
Oct 12, 20202 min read
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Jesus, the light that gives us life
Text: John 8: 12-20 Text verse: John 8:12 This passage mentions that Jesus was in the courtyard of the temple where the sacrificial...

Dr. PJ de Bruyn
Oct 11, 20202 min read
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Jesus loves the sinner, not the sin
Text: John 8: 1-11 Focus: John 8: 7 The purpose of these events was to cast doubt on Jesus’ credibility. If He, against the law of Moses,...

Dr. PJ de Bruyn
Oct 8, 20203 min read
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Seek the truth with sincerity
Text: John 7: 40-52 Focus: John 7:42 This passage shows how blind man can be to spiritual truth. Jesus is from the descendants of David...

Dr. PJ de Bruyn
Oct 7, 20202 min read
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When the Spirit bubbles from you like streams of living water ...
Text: John 7: 37-39 Focus: John 7:38 What is interesting in this passage, is the deep symbolism that emerges. The Jews had a tradition...

Dr. PJ de Bruyn
Oct 6, 20203 min read
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Hold fast to what you have received in Christ
Text: John 7: 32-36 Focus: John 7:34 Here we are dealing with Jesus’ resolve. He looks beyond the persecution (plans made to kill Him),...

Dr. PJ de Bruyn
Oct 5, 20202 min read
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Jesus is the Messiah
Text: John 7: 25-31 Focus: John 7:29 Although the Jewish Council was convinced that Jesus was a false prophet, they could not give any...

Dr. PJ de Bruyn
Oct 4, 20202 min read
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Prayerfully seek the will and glory of God
Text: John 7: 10-24 Focus: John 7:17 Sometimes we are faced with choices we simply don’t know the answer to. Should I continue with a...

Dr. PJ de Bruyn
Oct 1, 20202 min read
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Use your time in the service of God
Text: John 7: 1-9 Focus: John 7: 7 & 8 This conversation follows between Jesus and his brothers. In verse 6 Jesus tells them that the...

Dr. PJ de Bruyn
Sep 30, 20202 min read
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There is no alternative ...
Text: John 6: 60-71 Focus: John 6: 68 The crowd that followed Jesus to see Him perform miracles, have come to a crossroad. They found...

Dr. PJ de Bruyn
Sep 29, 20202 min read
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Jesus, the bread that gives life
Text: John 6:41-59 What is interesting about this passage is the strong resemblance between the Jews in these verses and the Israelites...

Dr. PJ de Bruyn
Sep 28, 20202 min read
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Jesus is all we need!
Text: John 6: 22-40 Text verse: John 6:30 In verse 30 the crowd asks Jesus to perform a miracle so that they can believe in Him. This is...

Dr. PJ de Bruyn
Sep 27, 20202 min read
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Jesus gives us peace
Text: John 6: 16-21 Text verse John 6:20 This passage tells us of an occasion when the disciples’ hearts are filled with fear. Fear...

Dr. PJ de Bruyn
Sep 23, 20202 min read
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Give us our daily bread
Text: John 6: 1-15 Text verse: John 6: 6 Verse 1 emphasises once again that multitudes followed Jesus due to the miracles He performed....

Dr. PJ de Bruyn
Sep 22, 20202 min read
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The search for honour! An obstacle to faith…
Text: John 5: 30-47 Focus: John 5: 44 Jesus reveals a remarkable obstacle to faith here. He says that the Pharisees will not be able to...

Dr. PJ de Bruyn
Sep 21, 20202 min read
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