John 8:31-33 – So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly My disciples; 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 33 They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, ‘You will become free’?” “So Jesus was saying to…
Continue ReadingJohn 5:24 – “Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.” A long, long time ago, at the beginning of time for all mankind, when the earth was still new, the first man…
Continue Reading1 Timothy 1:1 – Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and of Christ Jesus, who is our hope. Paul became an Apostle not because he decided to take up that trade or to get a degree in it, but because God chose Him. God commanded him and if we wonder if that is a violation of Paul’s free…
Continue ReadingJohn 8:21-30 – Then He said again to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, and will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.” 22 So the Jews were saying, “Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” 23 And He was saying to them, “You are from below,…
Continue ReadingJohn 8:1-11 – But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 And early in the morning He came again into the temple area, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down and began teaching them. 3 Now the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in the act of adultery, and after placing her in the center of the courtyard, 4 they *said…
Continue ReadingJohn 7:40-53 – Some of the people therefore, after they heard these words, were saying, “This truly is the Prophet.” 41 Others were saying, “This is the Christ.” But others were saying, “Surely the Christ is not coming from Galilee, is He? 42 Has the Scripture not said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” 43 So a dissension…
Continue ReadingHebrews 10:23 – Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; Hebrews 3:14 – For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end. Most, if not all of us, have been told at sometime, or several times, to “hold…
Continue ReadingJohn 7:32-39 – The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest Him. 33 Therefore Jesus said, “For a little while longer I am going to be with you, and then I am going to Him who sent Me. 34 You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.” 35 The…
Continue ReadingPsalm 34:18 “The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Have you ever heard a despondent person say that they hate themselves? Some will say that they hate themselves because they are ugly, or untalented, or because they always do the wrong thing or are always failing. Now, isn’t that a…
Continue ReadingJohn 7:25-31 – So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Is this man not the one whom they are seeking to kill? 26 And yet look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. The rulers do not really know that this is the Christ, do they? 27 However, we know where this man is from; but when the Christ comes,…
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