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The Sheepfold
Jesus sums up a way of looking at His arrival into this world, and, actually, at the world itself in the opening verses of John 10: Truly, truly I say to you, he who does not enter through the door into the sheepfold but climbs up some other way, that one is a thief and…
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Desire
Watch over your heart with all diligence,For from it are the springs of life. Proverbs 4:23 It is a great secret to have the eyes of your heart opened so you know what is really going on down there. Paul prays that it might happen to us all: I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened,…
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A New Approach
And as He was going through, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him: “Rabbi, who sinned? This man or his parents that he was born blind?” Jesus answered: “Neither this man sinned nor his parents. This is in order that the works of God should be manifest in him. We must work the works of…
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Light
12 Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; the one who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.” John 8:12 We must carry out the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming, when no one can…
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The Word
In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. John 1:1-2 So why does the apostle John under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit call Jesus the Word? God is Spirit and before anything else was, He is. We struggle to…
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Comfort
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5 For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ,…
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Taking things literally
One of the accusations often levelled against Christians who say that the Scriptures are inspired is that they take them literally. However, if you are into the words of God as spoken by Jesus then the one thing you can’t do is take some of them literally. At least He never intended that you should.…
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Heart View
In Him was life and the life was the light of men. John 1:4 If I don’t have love I am nothing. 1 Cor. 13:2 One of the most important things we can have as a believer in Jesus is a clear view of our heart. Like everything else in God, this is only available…
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The First Thing Jesus Says
In John’s gospel it is recorded in Chapter 1 verse 38: “What are you seeking?” It’s a good question. When you wake up in the morning let God ask you: “What are you really looking for?” Or “What is your heart searching for?” There is no point in saying anything but the truth since this…
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Judge Rightly
μὴ κρίνετε κατ’ ὄψιν, ἀλλὰ τὴν δικαίαν κρίσιν κρίνετε. Goodrich, Richard J.; Lukaszewski, Albert L.. A Reader’s Greek New Testament: Third Edition (p. 420). Zondervan Academic. Kindle Edition. “Do not judge according to the outward appearance but with right judgement judge.” (John 7:24) Jesus was confronting the Jews of Jerusalem with a simple truth: “Why…