Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples. John 8:31 WEB These words of Jesus clarify the difference between those who profess a shallow faith in Christ and those who truly submit to the Lord. Obedience to the word and will...
who also said, “You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who was received up from you into the sky, will come back in the same way as you saw him going into the sky.” Acts 1:11 WEB This statement about heaven receiving Christ into the sky is part of the description of...
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another. John 13:34 WEB When we think of commandments in scripture, we often think of the Ten Commandments Moses received from God to give to the people of Israel. In addition, when we think of...
Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I...
When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment. John 16:8 WEB With these words, Jesus continues to explain the significance of the coming of the Holy Spirit. Several times in the gospel of John, Jesus speaks of the Holy Spirit and his role in helping...
But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 WEB...
Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. John 5:24 NIV With these words concerning the crossing over from death to life, Jesus continues his teaching about the authority given to him...
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”...
