Jesus Christ had just been crucified on a cross by the people who hated him and wanted him dead. But this was the will of God that Jesus should die on that cross, for in his death he put our sins to death with him so that by genuine faith in him we might die … Continue reading Go and Tell Them
Year: 2023
The King of the Jews
Jesus Christ is God, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He always was and he always will be. And he is our creator God. But he left his throne in heaven, and he came to earth, and he was born as a baby to a human mother but … Continue reading The King of the Jews
Stand Strong in the Face of Rejection
I am reading in John 18:1-27. It is a long passage so I am going to summarize much of it. So, please read it for yourselves. Judas Iscariot, who was one of Jesus’ 12 disciples, who had traveled with him in ministry for 3-3 ½ years, had just betrayed Jesus to the authorities. So he … Continue reading Stand Strong in the Face of Rejection
Conviction of Sin, Righteousness, and Judgment
I am reading now in John, chapter 16. Jesus was speaking to his disciples, preparing their hearts for the time when Jesus would leave them via his death and resurrection and ascension back to heaven. And he let them know that, as his disciples, they would be put out of the synagogues, and whoever killed … Continue reading Conviction of Sin, Righteousness, and Judgment
If We Were of the World
“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I … Continue reading If We Were of the World
Kind is Not Lying to People
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what … Continue reading Kind is Not Lying to People
Unless We Abide in Christ
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, … Continue reading Unless We Abide in Christ
If We Love Jesus Christ
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will … Continue reading If We Love Jesus Christ
To Wash the Disciples’ Feet
“Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God, rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the … Continue reading To Wash the Disciples’ Feet
Run With It 