John 10:18 – No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.” Philippians 2:4-8 – 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have…
Continue ReadingRevelation 4:6b – In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. 7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. 8 Each of the four living creatures had six…
Continue ReadingRevelation 4:6a – Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. “Also in front of the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal.”…
Continue ReadingIsaiah 1:16-20 – Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong. 17 Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. 18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be…
Continue ReadingRevelation 4:3-6 – And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. “And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby.” What stones John is referring to is not clear. We can take jasper as just that, and the Jasper can be red,…
Continue ReadingRevelation 4:2 – At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. “At once I was in the Spirit…” The KJV uses “immediately” rather than “at once.” Immediately may be something that catches the meaning a little more for us, though we certainly need not overly contest…
Continue ReadingRevelation 4:1-5 – After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” “After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And…
Continue ReadingRevelation 3:14-22 – “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation. 15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out…
Continue ReadingJohn 13:34 – A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 1 John 4:12 – 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. Some of…
Continue ReadingRevelation 3:14-22 – “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation. 15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you…
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