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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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This is the second of three times that Jesus spoke of Himself being "lifted up" (1st - Jn. 3:14; 3rd - Jn. 12:32-33). As the scripture explains in John 12:33, this was a reference to crucifixion as the means of His death. The lifting up is speaking of being lifted up from the earth and suspended on a cross in crucifixion. The Jews understood that Jesus was speaking of death.
The crucifixion didn't just happen. It was planned by God. Does this mean that God bears all responsibility and those who were actually instrumental in the rejection and crucifixion of Jesus are not guilty? Not at all. Jesus came to the earth to die in our place and thereby purchase redemption for...
I LOOK UP A LOT OF WORDS IN THE DICTIONARY WHEN I AM WRITING MY MESSAGES AND A LOT OF TIMES I SHARE THOSE DEFINITIONS WITH YOU. I DO THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO BE SURE I AM RIGHT ABOUT WHAT I AM SAYING. HERE IS A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT PATIENCE MEANT TO JUST COOL IT AND SEE IF IT HAPPENS. WOW, DID I MISS THIS ONE. I LOOKED IT UP IN WEBSTER'S 1828 DICTIONARY AND FOUND THIS "The suffering of afflictions, pain, toil, calamity, provocation or other evil, with a calm, unruffled temper; endurance without murmuring or fretfulness." NOW WHEN I THINK OF PATIENCE I THINK OF JESUS. I ALSO THINK OF LOVE BECAUSE HE HAD TO REALLY LOVE US TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT FOR US AND HE KNEW EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO HIM.
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,...
IN LUKE 9:56 IT TALKS ABOUT JESUS NOT HAVING A PLACE TO LAY HIS HEAD. (And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.) I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THAT JESUS AND THE DISCIPLES WERE POOR AND THEY TAKE IT FROM THIS PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE. DID YOU THINK THIS MEANT THAT JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES LIVED IN POVERTY? THIS VERSE IS TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE WAS GOING TO JERUSALEM AND THE SAMARITANS, BECAUSE OF A RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE, REFUSED HIM HOSPITALITY. I THINK HE WAS TRYING TO GET HIS DISCIPLES TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WOULD BE PERSECUTION IF THEY FOLLOWED HIM.
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 KNOW I HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT THIS BEFORE BUT I GET SO TIRED OF SEEING THOSE ORPHANS ON TV FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AND NOTHING IS SAID ABOUT THE LITTLE ONES HERE IN THE STATES GOING TO BED HUNGRY EVERY NIGHT. THE ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING THOSE KIDS IN THOSE COUNTRIES ARE ALWAYS ASKING FOR DONATIONS AND IT IS GOOD TO SUPPORT THEM, IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT, BUT IF YOU CAN'T, AT LEAST PRAY FOR THEM.
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...
Jack Wellman is a Christian author, freelance writer who holds a BA in history, as well as degrees in science and education. He looks at the lack of physical and scientific evidence for evolution and provides scientific, mathematical, biological,...
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...