When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him. Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him. Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” Luke 14:1-3 WEB Jesus...
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 1 John 4:1 WEB With these words, John warns the faithful of false teachers who deny the divinity of Christ. He encourages believers to test...
However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming. John 16:13 WEB During the ministry of Jesus, his disciples misunderstood much of what he...
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. John 10:27 WEB Saying, “I know them and they follow me,” Jesus uses the metaphor of a shepherd keeping his flock to illustrate his relationship to repentant sinners. As the shepherd of his people, the Lord leads his flock...
looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, Titus 2:13 WEB Jesus makes many appearances in the Bible. He is present at the beginning of creation as stated in John 1:1 which reads, ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and...
The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent, Acts 17:30 WEB People everywhere should repent. These words to the people of Athens concern the worship of idols in ignorance of the God who created all things. Proclaiming the gospel...
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Romans 8:29 KJV When God created heaven and earth, he made mankind in his own image. He then gave man authority over the living creatures of this world....
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. James 2:26 KJV This statement from James, the brother of Jesus, cuts to the core of a controversy that exists in our understanding of Christian faith. Are we saved by faith or by works? Scripture teaches that our...
They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them. 1 John 4:5 WEB Chapter four of 1 John begins cautioning the reader to test all spirits to see if they are from God. It is a warning to beware of false teachers because of the many false prophets present in the...
Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” John 4:16 WEB Christ’s words, “Go, call your husband,” directed to a Samaritan woman as she draws water from a well give insight to those who worship God with a hardened heart. She knows of prophets, God and worship but is far from...
Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. Galatians 5:1 WEB In this verse of his letter to the Galatians, Paul encourages his readers to to stand firm in Christ. The liberty that the Lord gives releases us from the...
If then I don’t know the meaning of the sound, I would be to him who speaks a foreigner, and he who speaks would be a foreigner to me. 1 Corinthians 14:11 WEB In this scripture from his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul reasons about the effective use and purpose for speaking in tongues....
