John Chapter Thirteen: Glorification in Servitude With Brenda Gray

2025 November 16th Streaming

The Apostle John and his younger brother James were called “The sons of thunder,” likely because of their fiery temperament.

Early in Jesus’ ministry, John wanted to call down fire from heaven to destroy a Samaritan village that rejected Jesus.

John was passionate, sometimes reckless but he was deeply devoted to Jesus and the Gospel of the Kingdom of God.

But something happened to John over the years walking with Jesus. The hot-teered young fisherman was transformed into the “Apostle of Love”. He became known as the disciple Jesus loved, not because Jesus loved him more than the others, but because John understood and received that love in a way that changed everything about him.

John 13 is one of the most intimate and Spiritually rich chapters in the Gospel of John.

It marks a major transition in Jesus’ ministry—from His public teaching to His private preparation of the disciples for His death and their future mission.

The chapter reveals Jesus’ humility, love, and foreknowledge, paving the way for His sacrificial death and resurrection, in which He and the Father would be glorified.

I trust the Father that through His Spirit, He will continue to reveal Himself to us as “Father” and who we are to Him as His “Spiritual Son”.