We need to understand this crazy world, God’s purpose and plan for our lives, and why things happen the way they do. The disciples were faced with many of the same questions. Jesus answered them, and I believe, in the process, he answered us, too! John 15: 18-21 “If the …
I know I talked about these first verses last week, but we can’t leave them until we have completed the thought process. This week we start out looking at John 15: 1-4 again I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch of mine …
For now, they are still in the upper room, they will be leaving the room in a few moments to start walking to Gethsemane but this is still a personal conversation Jesus is having with his closest friends John 14:22 Judas (not Judas Iscariot, but the other disciple with that …
See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. Revelation 3:8b God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life. For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope …
Jesus and his disciples are still together in the upper room after supper. Judas is gone on his way to the high priest. Jesus continues with his intimate, heart-to-heart conversations with his closest friends. John 14:1-4 “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. …
We must understand Jesus will go to the cross for the whole world, effectively choosing everyone, but some will reject His choosing. It is not that God is not sovereign enough or strong enough to hold him but he loves enough to give him choice. Peter totally rejected Jesus but chose to seek redemption….Judas certainly could of as well. No matter who the people are in your life, God has chosen them, they can choose to reject Him but it is our job to help them understand that God has a plan and purpose for their lives.
Jesus turned the world upside down, really right side up in so many ways. He is God, was God as he walked the face of the earth. He showed us so many aspects of the father’s heart that I hope you are seeing as we are walking through the book …
Jesus is once again explaining that in order for the Holy Spirit to be poured out on all mankind in order for people to be saved, he must surrender his life. But he is also challenging those who want to truly be his disciples that they must too, be willing to lay down their lives! Jesus said it very plainly in Luke 9:23-25
When last we left Jesus, he just raised Lazarus and had gone to Ephraim, a wilderness area outside of Jerusalem. The Jewish leaders were all plotting to kill him in fact, the high priest had effectively prophesied that it was better for one man to die for the whole nation. …
Romans 3:10 (NLT) 10 As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous— not even one. Romans 3:23 (NLT) 23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Jeremiah 17:9 (NLT) 9 “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Romans 5:8 …
