Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and bestselling author Dr. Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

Do you ever come across a passage in scripture and ask, why is that in the Bible?

Today, we'll open our Bibles to John 3 as we continue the gospel one sign at a time,

our year-long study in the Gospel of John.

In it, Paul looks at a curious event in the life of Jesus and what it means for our life

today.

To hear more of these Bible studies, visit Paul Tripp.com slash John.

Here's Paul Tripp from John 3.

And then he said something's just amazing.

He said, don't you know, this guy you can see in flesh and blood

has been appointed by the Father as Lord over everything.

Well, we're going to look at a rather curious situation in the life of Jesus.

And I want to encourage you again, as you study Scripture, to always ask the question,

why is this in the Bible? Why did God retain it for me? What does he want to know about me? What does he

want me to know about himself? What does he want me to know about life in a fallen world?

What does he want me to know about his grace? What do we know? What does he want me to know about

what it means to be in Christ?

There's always something for you in these passages.

This is John 3 22 to 36.

I'll just read a portion of this passage.

After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them and baptized.

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