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The scriptures teach Jesus' oneness with the Father. This oneness is more than singleness of purpose and actually denotes "a single one to the exclusion of others" as in the statement, "There is one God" (1 Tim. 2:5).
This truth is so well established in scripture that some people make no distinction between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit but believe they are simply one God expressing Himself in three different ways. However, Jesus makes a distinction between Himself and His Father here and uses Himself and His Father as two different witnesses to fulfill the requirement of Deuteronomy 17:6. Jesus would have been deceiving these Jews if there was no distinction between His Father and Himself; and yet,...
THE BIBLE IS SO INTERESTING AND IT HAS GREAT PROMISES FOR ALL OF US. HOWEVER, I ENJOY SEARCHING OUT THINGS THAT ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY POINTED OUT. I AM TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS YOU CAN LEARN FROM THE GENEALOGIES. I AM WRITING THIS BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD SO MANY TIMES THAT READING THE GENEALOGIES IS BORING AND A WASTE OF TIME. LET ME SAY A FEW THINGS ABOUT THAT.
This was possibly the most potentially damaging temptation the scribes and Pharisees ever presented to Jesus. Much of Jesus' widespread popularity with the people was because of His examples of and teachings about God's mercy and forgiveness towards sinners. This was received with great enthusiasm by the people who, before this time had been presented with only a harsh, legalistic, judgmental picture of God.
The scribes and Pharisees had often tried to portray Jesus as condoning or practicing sin because of His association with sinners and His ministry to them when it violated Jewish traditions, such as the Sabbath. However, Jesus had successfully turned every attack into a victory for the side...
I HAVE BEEN STUDYING ALL THE PLACES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT WHERE JESUS IS TELLING US TO "ASK" AND FOUND IT EXCITING. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU DO THE SAME. I KNOW YOU WILL ENJOY IT. JUST READ AND THINK ON THEM. HE IS TELLING US TO ASK ALTHOUGH HE KNOWS WHAT WE NEED EVEN BEFORE WE ASK. HOWEVER, IF HE SAYS ASK, THEN WE SHOULD ASK.
WE JUST NEED TO REMEMBER TO ASK IN HIS NAME. THAT IS WHAT HE TELLS US IN JOHN 14:13-14 WHERE HE SAYS "And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do...
These rivers of living water are referring to the Holy Spirit and the effects He produces in the life of the believer. Galatians 5:22-23 says, "the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance." These qualities should flow out of us as an artesian well. They should not have to be pumped. They will flow as we conform our thinking to God's Word.
Jesus speaks of bearing fruit in John 15 and declares that ". . . without me ye can do nothing" (Jn. 15:5). This fruit is the product of the Holy Spirit, not our effort. However, since "he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit" (1 Cor. 6:17), then this fruit of the Spirit is also what our born- again spirit produces. Our spirit always has these...
and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man."The covenant of circumcision was given to Abram in Gen. 17:9-14. In v. 14, the Lord said that any man who did not carry this sign of the covenant in his flesh was to be killed. This placed a great importance on the act of circumcision. Paul says in Rom. 4:3-13, that Abraham had already been justified by faith before he was circumcised. It was Abram's faith that saved him at least 13 years before the Lord commanded Abram to be circumcised. The Jews had focused on the outward act of obedience instead of the inward act of faith that caused Abraham to be obedient. This was the source of the contention between Jesus and the...
These Jews prided themselves on their observance of the law, but they were keeping the letter of the law and missing its true intent. The greatest of all the Old Testament laws was to love God and then to love your neighbor as yourself. The Jews were violating these laws by having hatred in their hearts toward Jesus and wanting to kill Him. They denied that they desired to kill Him, but the scriptures declare that they had already plotted or tried to kill Him three times.
They also knew much about God. It was required of the Jewish men to memorize large portions of the Torah (the first five books of the Bible). Their whole society revolved around God's moral standards and countless religious observances. However, they did not know God.
There is a...
HAVE YOU EVER JUST SAT ALONE SOMEWHERE AND SANG PRAISES TO JESUS? WHAT A WONDERFUL FEELING IT IS TO JUST BE CAUGHT UP IN HIS LOVE. EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT THIS BRINGS TO MIND A WONDERFUL FRIEND OF MINE THAT I HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT BEFORE. I CAN STILL SEE HER SITTING ON HER FRONT PORCH ON HER "HILL TOP", LIFTING HER HANDS TO THE LORD AND SINGING PRAISES TO HIM. WE SHOULD ALL FIND OUR "HILL TOP" AND DO THIS.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE THAT GOD COMES TO LIVES INSIDE US WHEN WE ARE BORN AGAIN. THEY WILL QUOTE THE VERSE IN 2ND CHRONICLES 6:18 WHICH SAYS "But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!" WHAT THEY HAVE TO REALIZE IS THAT GOD IS A SPIRIT AND HE EXISTS IN THREE PERSONALITIES, GOD (THE FATHER), GOD THE SON (JESUS) AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT (THE COMFORTER), STILL ONLY ONE GOD. (JOHN 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.)