4/25/09 John 15

In John 15, Jesus brings up many important things to the diciples.  It seems like Jesus knows that he is going to get crucified and Jesus wants to tell diciples the very important last concepts.  Jesus speaks to the diciples about vine and branches.  Meaning that if we trust in Jesus and follow his walk, we will be arriving where Jesus is because Jesus will guide us thought the journey of our lives.  Also, he strongly pointed out that we must love each other.  Lastly, Jesus talked about the hardship they are going to face from the people because they are rejecting Jesus.

I felt like Jesus was trying to cram alot of concepts that his diciples should be aware of in this chapter.  I felt like Jesus knew that he doesn't have much time, therefore, he wanted to tell everything to the diciples.

4/24/09 John 14

As I was reading through today's scripture, one of passage spoke out to me.  That passage was John 14:6 "Jesus answered, 'Iam the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me."  As I was reading through this passage, I wondered one specific thing.  I talked to one Catholic about how they were different then us "Christians"  One of the main difference was Jesus.  That person wasn't too sure what she was saying either, however, she told me that there are other ways to get to the heaven without going through Jesus.  She said Jesus wasn't the absolute way to go to heaven.  When I read about this passage, I wondered how Catholic viewed this passage.  I know that we have same bible, only that Catholic has one more book than us.  Therefore, I assume this specific scripture is in their bible too.  I was deeply wondering how would they portray this passage because it seems very straight forward from my point of perspective.

4/22/09 John 13

Many famous events happens throughout the John 13.  This is chapter where Jesus washes the diciples feet, tells diciples what Judah was going to do to him, portraying about his death, and Jesus told Peter that he will deny Jesus 3 times before roaster crows.  Everything that happened in this chapter, Jesus was preparing for his death at the cross.  Jesus was trying to show the true meaning of why Jesus is here and to prepare the diciples for the future when Jesus went back to heaven.  However, it seems like none of the diciples understood what Jesus was trying to do.  Their minds were focused on is going on infront of their eyes.  

4/17/09 John 10

In John 10, Jesus talks about the comparison about the shephard and sheeps.  Jesus referred himself as shephard and people as sheeps.  Jesus said that only the good shephard could lead sheeps to be safe and under provision.  When Jesus was talking about this comparison, Jesus meant that he is the good shephard who can give salvation to these people.  These people  did not believe what Jesus was saying, instead they tried to stone Jesus and catch him.  As I was reading through John 10, I found a very interesting verse.  

John 10:17 - The reason my father loves me is that I lay down my life - only to take it up again

After Jesus talks about the comparison about shephard and sheeps, he mentions this specific verse.  I am pretty sure that at that time, people did not understand what he meant that he lay down his own life to take it up again.  Jesus was portraying his death at the cross and his resurrection that were to come.  I found this very interesting because Jesus actually literally says that he is going to give his own life for us.  However, yet probably no one in the crowd understood him.

4/16/09 John 9

Throughout the book of John, Pharasees tries to find any faults Jesus does to prosecute him.  In John 9, one of accusation Pharasees bring up is shown.  However, it can't be really seen as fault because this accusation was from legit.  Pharasees accused Jesus because he healed blind man's eyes on Sabbath day.  To almost everyone, it is clear that what Jesus did was the righteous and correct thing.  Even the blinded man said that I can't imagine who this would be if he isn't from God.  Pharasees took the literal meaning of the Moses' Law and applied in their own ways to favor their situation.  

4/15/09 John 8

As I was reading John chapter 8, Pharasees prepared a trap so Jesus would fall into it.  They brought a woman who was caught in adultery, and asked Jesus how to take care of this woman.  When they said trap, I simplely thought they would be just accusing Jesus' thoughts but this wasn't true.  This specific trap was directly connected into the life of Jesus.  Reason was that if Jesus answered that they are suppose to stone this woman, Jesus could have been in trouble with Romans because Romans did not allow Jews to carry out a death penalty on their own.  Also, if Jesus answered that they are not suppose to stone this woman, then Jesus could have been accused because he was going against Moses' laws.  However, Jesus said to people that whoever doesn't have any sin, stone this woman.  No one was able to accuse Jesus because his answer was completely different to what they expected.

4/14/09 John 7

Throughout the John 7, many people are trying to deny Jesus Christ as Savior by asking Jesus difficult questions.  However, Jesus answers every very fluently,  just looking at the question, it is kind of hard to come up with the answer.  However, by reading about Jesus' ansewrs, we can clearly tell that he knew these questions and answers well beforehand because his answers everything fluently and everything corresponse with future upcoming.  One of interesting answers I found was that people argued that when Christ comes, no one will know where he is from.  However, they were saying that they knew where Jesus came from because they knew he was raised as carpenter's son.  When Jesus was asked this question, Jesus answers that Jesus was from God and because you people didn't know about God, they don't know where he is from.  After reading this passage, I kind of understood that why virgin Mary beared Jesus.  It was because Jesus was from God.