Category: John
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Seeing is Believing: Really?
John 3:3 “Jesus answered him, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.’” We’ve all heard the saying, “Seeing is believing.” It’s one of those old sayings that has just been passed down through the years. However, like some other old sayings that people seem to take for granted as…
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Absolute Sovereignty
John 19:28-30 “After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), ‘I thirst.’ A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth.When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, ‘It is finished,’ and he bowed his…
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To Embrace or Reject?
John 21:20 “. . . the disciple whom Jesus loved . . .” One of the thoughts that I had as I reflected on John’s description of himself in the phrase from John 21:20 above, was that although this was an expression that was unique to the apostle John, it could have been used by…
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Born Again!
John 3:7 “You must be born again.” One of the things everyone reading the above sentence has in common is that there was a time when they were born. Each one of us entered this world suddenly. We personally had nothing to do with it. We had no say in the matter. We didn’t decide…
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How Will They Know?
John 21:20 “. . . the disciple whom Jesus loved . . .” As I read again the short phrase above, the one that John used throughout Scriptures to identify himself, a question that came to my mind was this one: “How did he know?” What was it about Jesus that made it so clear…
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Jesus Loves Me, This I Know
John 21:20 “. . . the disciple whom Jesus loved . . .” One of the interesting things about the apostle John was how he identified himself in his writings. It was John who gave us the gospel of John; First, Second, and Third John; and Revelation, yet the only book in which he gives…
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The Future
Isaiah 46:8-10 “Remember this and stand firm, recall it to mind, you transgressors, remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and…
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The Greater Sins
John 19:10-11 “So Pilate said to him, “You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify you?” Jesus answered him, “You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the…
To Encourage You 