Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them, “If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple. Luke 14:25-26 WEB Jesus follows this...
Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?” John 3:4 WEB There are two distinct times of life for those who are born again in Jesus Christ. The first period of life is spent in the natural fallen state of man,...
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” James 4:6 WEB Pride, arrogance, and rebellion are nothing unusual for mankind. As fallen creatures, rebellious to the will of God, we naturally strive against one another. The envy and ambition of...
Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. John 13:1 WEB With these words, “he loved them,” John begins his description of the last supper....