“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 … More Be prepared to be hated
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved You. Continue You in my love.” (John 15:9) John MacArthur, in a message “If You Abide in Me” Here’s another way of saying the very same thing. True believers abide; true believers; therefore, bear fruit; true believers continue in love toward Christ. Their love doesn’t … More Be real; be real!
John 15:7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. John Piper asks, in a sermon “Praying From The Fullness of The Word” ….what does that mean? What does it mean in experience, not just in talk, but in action and life? … More Free steak dinner! …or candy and pie?
John MacArthur ties together our reading in John 14 and Revelation 2:1-17, in a message “When Love Grows Cold” Knowing God and being a Christian involves loving the Lord Jesus Christ. Again in John chapter 14 verse 21 says, Jesus is speaking again here, “He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is … More How’s Your Love Meter?
John 14:28-31 You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place … More Jesus’ love demonstrated
Think of Christmas carols and songs, especially the ones people like to sing the most, and the people and events surrounding Jesus’ birth. We sing of angels, shepherds, Mary and Joseph, the stable, Bethlehem, Wise Men, and all the familiar details. How often do we really think about the doctrine or theology of Jesus’ birth? … More Veiled in flesh the Godhead see,Hail, the incarnate deity….
John Piper, in a sermon, “The Holy Spirit: He Is God!” At least three things in these chapters [John 14-16] confirm that Jesus thinks of the Holy Spirit as a person not a mere force. 1) Jesus calls him “another Counselor” in 14:16, “I will pray the Father and he will give you another Counselor … More HE, not “the force”, will be WITH you!
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6 One passion of mine is international ministry. One year, I had a Chinese couple in my Bible study group who were intrigued with the Christian message and especially with the … More One-Way Jiaozi
John Piper, in a sermon, The New Commandment of Christ: Love One Another As I Have Loved You”: If you are a follower of Jesus, a Christian, a child of God through faith in Christ, you are a person under authority. You are not your own. You do not call the shots any more. Jesus … More What’s new about the command to love?
John Piper, in a sermon, “The Sovereign Sacrifice: Foreknown, Foretold, for Faith” What I want you to see in this verse is the connection between your faith, and Jesus’ foreknowledge. “I am telling you before it comes to pass, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am He.” [John 13:19] In … More Connection: our faith, Jesus’ foreknowledge
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