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
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger helps us understand Job 25-26: In Job 25, we have the very short and final speech from Bildad, along with Job’s response. After three increasingly heated exchanges, Job and his friends have clearly run out of steam. But like trains passing on parallel tracks, Job and Eliphaz have been speaking past each … More The mysteries of God’s providence and wisdom
They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; for grain and wine they gash themselves; they rebel against me. John Calvin commentary on Hosea 7:14- Now the Prophet says here that the Israelites had not cried to God, which is yet the chief thing in repentance. But this … More Cry from the heart!
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!
Hosea 6:1 “Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up. 2 After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. 3 Let us know; let … More Let us press on to know the Lord
Dr. Kim Riddlebarger helps introduce us to the reading of Revelation this month: …it is sad that so many Christians avoid Revelation because of its difficult and mysterious nature. It is even sadder, perhaps, that so many use this book as a springboard for speculation about the Bible’s relationship to current events. This is a … More Wrapping up all of the loose ends of the story…
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
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold. Job 23:10 Job knows that God can find him anywhere, even when it appeared that he couldn’t find God. Deep down, Job knows the truth. The truth has just been obscured by the trials and tribulations … More Tested by Fire
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