Daily Bread Pastor Mike Anderson

John 16 - NIV Enduring Word Commentary I forgot to mention that John 14-17 is commonly referred to the Upper Room Discourse .  "The Upper Room Discourse, found in John 13-17, is a series of teachings and prayers that Jesus delivered to his disciples in an upper room just before his crucifixion. It's often called the "Farewell Discourse" because it marks Jesus' final words to his disciples before his death. This discourse reveals Jesus' love, patience, and his preparation of the disciples for his departure and the coming of the Holy Spirit." (AI Overview) 16 “All this I have told you so that you will not fall away. 2 They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. 3 They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me. 4 I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from...

John 15 - NIV Enduring Word Commentary The Vine and the Branches 15 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. In his gospel John is the master of metaphor. The living water, light and darkness, the bread of life, the gate for the sheep, and today, the vine and branches. In the Old Testament Israel is called the True Vine of God. God planted Israel in the middle of the world to bear fruit to the nations of God's love. In yet another "I am" statement from Jesus, He says he is the " true vine " and we are the " branches ". The Father is the " gardener" and he prunes every ...

John 14 - NIV Enduring Word Commentary Jesus Comforts His Disciples 14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God[a]; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.” I use these verses probably 90% of the time when I do a funeral. Why? Because these are some of the most comforting words in all of scripture. Jesus is preparing to go to the cross, and he knows the disciples will betray him and will be left discouraged and saddened by his death on the cross.  Jesus tells them that when he goes back to the Father there will be many rooms in His Father's house. God wants his mansion full. Jesus was going there to prepare a room with their name on it. I think they may have been confused by this, but later it...

John 13 - NIV Enduring Word Commentary Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet 13 It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.  2 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; 4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him. We often use the phrase about someone giving their, " famous last words" . Today, we read about, " Jesus' last actions ". This is one of the last nights Jesus is going to have with his disciples, so he does something they will...

John 12 - NIV   Enduring Word Commentary Jesus Anointed at Bethany 12 Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. 3 Then Mary took about a pint[a] of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. It is pretty amazing that right after Lazarus is raised from the dead, he and his sisters throw a party for Jesus and his disciples. As usual Martha was attending to details, but Mary took a pint of expensive perfume and poured it on Jesus' feet. This was an extremely bold act for a woman to do for a man much less a rabbi in a public setting. Like today, someone's feet was a very personal part of their body.  Mary’s gift was remarkably humble. When a guest entered the home, usually the guest’...

John 11 - NIV Enduring Word Commentary The Death of Lazarus 11 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) 3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.” 4 When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days, 7 and then he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.” This is one of the most dramatic and remarkable miracles that Jesus ever performed, which is why it is surprising it is not in any of the other three gospels. Bethany was a place Jesus visited more than once ,and also was the home of Simon the Leper.  Jesus stayed in the home of Mary, Ma...