Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, Mark 1:14 KJV Mark begins his gospel account of Christ with references from the books of Malachi and Isaiah. First, he quotes a portion of Malachi 3:1 which reads in full, “Behold, I will...
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them. Job 1:6 KJV Job is the oldest book of the bible. In fact, it is over four hundred years older than Genesis. We do not know who wrote Job. But, in antiquity, authors often referred...
Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped, Philippians 2:5-6 WEB The English word Christ comes from the Greek “Christos.” It is a translation of the Hebrew word for the Jewish Messiah. It means...
He also spoke this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others. “Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.” Luke 18:9-10 WEB Those who think of themselves as better than others suffer...
For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. John 4:8 WEB Verse eight in chapter four of John’s gospel sets the stage for a lesson Jesus later teaches his disciples. As Jesus encounters a Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well, his disciples were on their way to buy food in a town...
Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here.” John 18:36 WEB Chapter eighteen of John’s gospel begins with Jesus’ arrest in the Garden at...
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 1 John 1:8 WEB Jesus came to call sinners to repentance. As Christ said in Luke 5:32, “I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. WEB” But before repentance, a person first admits or confesses...
If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. 1 Corinthians 13:1 WEB The first verse of chapter thirteen in Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians introduces one of the most beautiful and thorough descriptions of love...
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 1 Peter 2:9 NIV In verse nine of chapter two in his first epistle, Peter presents four attributes of those who...
He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence. Colossians 1:18 WEB In Colossians 1:12, Paul gives thanks to God for making us fit to partake in the inheritance of the saints. In verse thirteen, Paul...
After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, “Bethesda”, having five porches. John 5:1-2 WEB In the opening lines of chapter five of his gospel, John writes of Jesus attending a...
He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up, Luke 18:1 WEB Luke begins chapter eighteen of his gospel introducing a short parable Jesus taught about the importance of prayer. In the parable, Jesus teaches of a woman who petitions a judge who does not fear God. After...
