Author: Audrey Bauman (Audrey Bauman)

Before we start reading today, I want to mention a couple of things that will make the reading easier. In verse 18, John writes, “You have heard that the Antichrist is coming, and already many such antichrists have appeared.”  What is he talking about when he says antichrist, and why is one capitalized and the...

1 John 2: 12 – 14     NLT “I am writing to you who are God’s children    because your sins have been forgiven through Jesus.13 I am writing to you who are mature in the faith    because you know Christ, who existed from the beginning.I am writing to you who are young in the faith    because you have won your...

1 John 2: 1 – 11  NLT “My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous. 2 He himself is the sacrifice that atones for...

1 John 1: 5 – 10  NLT “This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all. 6 So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth. 7 But...

Today, we begin going through 1 John. There are 3 different scriptures that you will read today that tell us who Jesus is.  Read those verses slowly. Absorb what they say; they make such a huge difference in our lives. 1 John 1: 1 – 4  NLT “We proclaim to you the one who existed...

In my work life, I was a secondary school English teacher. One of the key things I taught in the senior grades was how to write an essay. You need to know the main point you are trying to prove – the thesis. Then you explain why that statement is correct. Finally, you sum up...

We all have things in our lives that we regret, things we wish we had the chance to do over again. Some of us have more serious regrets – decisions we’ve made that had horrible consequences, and are really difficult to get over. Peter is facing regret.  He told Jesus at the last supper that...

John 21: 1 – 12   (NLT) “Later, Jesus appeared again to the disciples beside the Sea of Galilee. This is how it happened. 2 Several of the disciples were there—Simon Peter, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples. 3 Simon Peter said, “I’m going fishing.” “We’ll come, too,” they all...

John 19: 19 – 36  NLT Jesus Appears to His Disciples 19 That Sunday evening the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them! “Peace be with you,” he said. 20 As he spoke, he showed them the wounds in his hands and his side. They were filled...

John 20: 11 – 18  (NLT) Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene “Mary was standing outside the tomb crying, and as she wept, she stooped and looked in. 12 She saw two white-robed angels, one sitting at the head and the other at the foot of the place where the body of Jesus had been lying. 13 “Dear woman, why...

John 20: 1 – 10   (NLT) Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. 2 She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, “They have taken the Lord’s body out...

John 19: 16 – 42  (NLT) The Crucifixion So they took Jesus away. 17 Carrying the cross by himself, he went to the place called Place of the Skull (in Hebrew, Golgotha). 18 There they nailed him to the cross. Two others were crucified with him, one on either side, with Jesus between them. 19 And Pilate posted a sign on the...

John 19: 1 – 16  NLT “Then Pilate had Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip. 2 The soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him. 3 “Hail! King of the Jews!” they mocked, as they slapped him across the face. 4 Pilate went outside again and said to...

John 18: 12 – 40   (NLT) “So the soldiers, their commanding officer, and the Temple guards arrested Jesus and tied him up. 13 First they took him to Annas, since he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest at that time.14 Caiaphas was the one who had told the other Jewish leaders, “It’s better that one man...

John 18: 1 – 11      (NLT)  “After saying these things, Jesus crossed the Kidron Valley with his disciples and entered a grove of olive trees. 2 Judas, the betrayer, knew this place, because Jesus had often gone there with his disciples. 3 The leading priests and Pharisees had given Judas a contingent of Roman soldiers and Temple guards to...

Before you start reading the verses that conclude Jesus’ last words before His arrest and crucifixion, I want to post a sentence from the end of Jesus’ prayer.  As you read these verses, keep this sentence in mind: “I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in...

This not the Lord’s Prayer that we are accustomed to hearing – the one that starts “Our Father who are in heaven, hallowed by Thy name”.  That was a prayer Jesus taught the disciples to pray when they asked Him to show them how to pray.  The prayer we are going to look at over...

In the verses you are going to read today, Jesus gets down to the ‘nitty gritty’ of what is going to happen soon.  Jesus knows His death is about to occur, and He wants His disciples to be as prepared as much as someone who really doesn’t get it, can be prepared.  Even though Jesus...

John 16: 1 – 15   (NLT) “I have told you these things so that you won’t abandon your faith.2 For you will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing a holy service for God.3 This is because they have never known the Father or...

John 13: 18 – 38   (NLT) “I am not saying these things to all of you; I know the ones I have chosen. But this fulfills the Scripture that says, ‘The one who eats my food has turned against me.’ (Psalm 41:9) 19 I tell you this beforehand, so that when it happens you will believe that I...