Jesus: Love that passes knowledge, and a patience that passes understanding.

Here is J.C.Ryle, with some beautiful words of encouragement from John 20:24-31, our reading in John today. 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 … More Jesus: Love that passes knowledge, and a patience that passes understanding.

Piper: No people or tribe or tongue or nation excluded

Today we read Zechariah 6-9 in our Bible reading plan. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!         Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!     Behold, your king is coming to you;         righteous and having salvation is he,     humble and mounted on a donkey,         on a colt, the foal of … More Piper: No people or tribe or tongue or nation excluded

We can never give God anything that is not already his

Who has first given to me, that I should repay him?         Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine. —Job 41:11 ESV (in our reading plan for today)  Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid? —Romans 11:35 Answer: Nobody. In other words, you can’t give to God anything … More We can never give God anything that is not already his