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....
Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, 2 Timothy 3:16 WEB The King James version of this scripture reads, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God.” The Greek word translated here, “theopneustos”...
As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one. Romans 3:10 WEB With these words, “there is no one righteous,” Paul directs our attention to a famous Psalm of King David. David wrote in Psalm 14:1, “The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God.’ They are corrupt. They have done...
Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;’ and, ‘Because I go to the Father’?” John 16:17 WEB The promised Messiah came into the world and the world rejected him...
Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place where he was about to come. Luke 10:1 WEB With these words, Luke describes the Lord Jeus Christ sending out herolds in groups. The Lord sent them two by two to announce...
Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!” John 6:7 NIV This scripture comes to us as part of the miraculous feeding of the five thousand. The bible records five thousand men in attendance on the far shore of the Sea of...
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit Ephesians 5:18 NIV Like today, alcohol use was rampant in the time of Paul’s ministry. As new believers in Christ, Paul warns the church at Ephesus against the dangers of drinking alcohol in excess. The term...
Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels; Matthew 25:41 WEB The choices we make in life determine the outcomes we receive. The scientific understanding of cause and effect, results from the...
All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should...
