Effectual Grace

A blog by John Samson

Sun and Shadows

Posted on June 18, 2018 by John Samson

Text: John 3:17,18

“For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”

Jesus – The True Temple

Posted on April 23, 2018 by John Samson

Spiritual blindness is our moral, fallen condition (in Adam) and this is no more apparent than in the reaction of the Jews to Jesus’ cleansing of the temple. And yet, without the work of the Holy Spirit, all of us are also blind to the truth, even when the truth is standing right in front of us.

Text: John 2:18-22

Miracle at the Wedding

Posted on April 9, 2018 by John Samson

Text: John 2:1-11

In the Gospel of John, the signs (miracles) Jesus did point beyond themselves to a greater reality. This first sign in Jesus’ public ministry involved turning somewhere between 120 and 180 gallons of water into wine at a wedding party, and it points to something far beyond mere physical supply.