J.C.Ryle, with some beautiful words of encouragement from John 20:24-31 Nowhere, perhaps, in all the four Gospels, do we find this part of our Lord’s character so beautifully illustrated as in the story before our eyes. It is hard to imagine anything more tiresome and provoking than the conduct of Thomas, when even the testimony [...]
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Jesus: Love that passes knowledge, and a patience that passes understanding.
Posted: December 23, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, JohnTags: and a patience that passes understanding., Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Charles Spurgeon, Faith and Doubt, God's love, J.C.Ryle, Jesus: Love that passes knowledge, John, Scripture, thomas
J.C.Ryle: First words from the Master’s lips
Posted: December 22, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, JohnTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, J.C.Ryle, John, Peace be with you, resurrection of Jesus, Scripture
John 20:19 -21 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then [...]
J.C. Ryle: No just cause for anxiety
Posted: December 21, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, JohnTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, J.C. Ryle: No just cause for anxiety, J.C.Ryle, Scripture
J. C. Ryle comments on John 20:11-18 fears and sorrows of believers are often quite needless. We are told that Mary stood at the sepulcher weeping, and wept as if nothing could comfort her. She wept when the angels spoke to her; “Woman,” they said, “why are you weeping?” She was weeping still when our [...]
Different from Lazarus
Posted: December 20, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, JohnTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Different from Lazarus, Dr. John Piper, John, Lazarus, Scripture, sermon, victory over death
John 20:1 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They [...]
J.C. Ryle: There are some servants of Christ whose latter end is better than their beginning
Posted: December 19, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, JohnTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, J.C. Ryle: There are some servants of Christ whose latter end is better than their beginning, J.C.Ryle, John, Nicodemus, Scripture
J.C. Ryle comments on John 19:38-42- The case of Nicodemus teaches that lesson very plainly. The only man who dared to help Joseph in his holy work of burying our Lord, was one who at first “came to Jesus by night,” and was nothing better than an ignorant inquirer after truth. At a later period [...]
He was thirsty so we don’t need to be thirsty!
Posted: December 18, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, JohnTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, He was thirsty so we don't need to be thirsty!, John, Scripture, Thirsty for God?
After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he [...]
Our Eager, and powerful, Provider
Posted: December 17, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, JohnTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Death of Jesus, Dr. John Piper, John, Our Eager and powerful Provider, providence of God, Scripture
John 19:26-27 So Jesus, seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, said to his mother, “Woman, behold your son.” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her into his family. John Piper, in a sermon “The Third Word From the Cross” [...]
Ultimate Power vs Pilates “power”
Posted: December 16, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, JohnTags: A.W. Pink, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, God is sovereign, God's sovereignty, John, Pilate, Power of God, Scripture, Ultimate Power vs Pilates "power"
When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid. He entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer. So Pilate said to him, “You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you and authority to crucify [...]
How would you answer? Christmas exists because….
Posted: December 15, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, JohnTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Christmas, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, How would you answer? Christmas exists because...., John, Scripture, Truth
John 18:37 Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Every one who is of the truth hears my voice.” Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” John Piper, in a Christmas sermon, “Jesus [...]
J.C. Ryle: There is enough and to spare.
Posted: December 25, 2011 by Pam Larson in December, Devotionals/Commentaries, JohnTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, J.C. Ryle: There is enough and to spare., J.C.Ryle, Jesus, John, Scripture
Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. John 21:25 J.C. Ryle wraps up our reading of John: As much of Christ’s sayings and doings is recorded as the mind [...]