Maybe you’ve asked questions recently about power and authority. In a world where everything seems to be going wrong, who is in charge? Who holds the power? And what does that look like? In this passage we see that true power and authority doesn’t look like what the world thinks it does. In God’s world, true power and authority looks very different — which is something we should embody as Christians.
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God is infinite in power. Unlike us, he is never lacking in power to do what he plans. What does that mean for us?
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Who has true authority and power in the world? And who has true authority and power over us? This passage from John’s gospel challenges us to put our trust where true power can be found.
This is the first of a short, three-part series in the run-up to Easter looking at the passion narrative in John’s Gospel.
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