“Maundy” means mandate, or commandment. We name this day of Holy Week not after the foot washing Jesus gave His disciples, not after the last supper Jesus shared with His disciples that turned into the Lord’s Supper, but after the “new commandment” Jesus spoke to His disciples, then and now. 

The Gospel of John was written so that people would believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and become His disciple. There is no theological nor practical distance between becoming a believer and being a disciple. It is a synonymous experience, for a person of true belief is immediately transformed into a true disciple.

The aged Apostle John got it right when he wrote, “In the beginning was O Logos … and O Logos was God.” God is the transcendent, divine, Creator and Sovereign Regulator of all life. The imperfect indicative “was” means there was, is, and always will be God, the God who is always present and always at work.

Jesus Christ is the King of many things. Jesus is the King of creation, having spoken the universe into existence. Jesus is the King of salvation, for no one can be saved apart from Him. Jesus is the King of the consummation, and all will see Him at His second coming.  

Election and evangelism are a seemingly contradictory pair of competing values.  They are a peculiar paradox, an apparent antinomy.  Is it God who chooses His own people to save forever, or do people make their own free and willing choice on the day they are forever saved?  

A beautiful picture of the Holy Trinity emerges from the upper room discourse in John’s Gospel (ref. John 16:5-15). There the one true and living God speaks to His disciples of the mystery of the Trinity. Each person of the Godhead is identified.  

Today is Resurrection Sunday, the highest and holiest day of the Christian year. It is the capstone of the holy gospel: Jesus Christ was born, Jesus Christ died, Jesus Christ is risen, He is risen indeed!

What if Jesus of Nazareth had never been born? What if He had not lived and died and lived again to fulfill the promises of Holy Scripture? Can you imagine what kind of life we would have without the Lord Jesus Christ?

The word “Christian” is not found in the Gospel of John, even though followers of the Lord Jesus Christ were called Christians by the time it was written.

Simon Peter found himself in a hopeless situation in need of some redemption. His Lord and leader had been dragged away for execution.