A Nighttime Encounter (Part 3)

As we have seen in the first two parts of this Nighttime Encounter, Jesus had much to share with Nicodemus. In fact, Nicodemus said very little because Jesus could “read his mind” regarding the questions that were troubling him. If you recall, Jesus told Nicodemus that he needed to be

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A Nighttime Encounter (Part 2)

If you recall, Nicodemus, a prominent Pharisee and religious leader, had some questions for Jesus. Realizing that Jesus had surely come from God, Nicodemus wanted to know if there was more to this Rabbi than just being a great teacher and worker of miracles (Jn. 3:1-2). Jesus, knowing his sincerity,

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A Nighttime Encounter

Nicodemus, a prominent Pharisee and religious leader, had some questions for Jesus. Having seen or heard of the miracles that Jesus had been performing, he boldly confessed that Jesus had surely come from God “as a teacher,” and that God was undoubtedly “with Him.” But Nicodemus wanted to know if

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Receiving the Gift of Life

Last week, we discovered that there were those who rejected the Gift of LIFE that Jesus came to give them for two primary reasons: 1) they were looking for Life in the wrong place (the Old Testament Scriptures with its focus on obedience to the Law); and 2) they refused

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Rejecting Life – Refusing Jesus 

Last week, we spent some time looking at the Gift that Jesus came to give us – the Gift of LIFE! It was part of His essential being when He came to planet Earth. Remember how John began His Gospel by saying, “In Him was life, and the life was

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Jesus – The Giver of Life 

Over the last few weeks, we looked more closely at “The Real Jesus,” and discovered that He was in the very beginning with God, and took on human flesh when He dwelt among us as recorded in each of the four gospels. We also discovered that He was a one-of-a

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The Real Jesus (Part 3)

If you recall from my last blog, John began his Gospel by saying,  “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God” (Jn. 1:1-2). We also discovered that this Word who was God, was also

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The Real Jesus (Part 2) 

John begins his gospel by introducing the reader to “the Real Jesus” by saying,  “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God” (Jn. 1:1-2). Just what does John mean by “the Word?” In the

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The Real Jesus (Part 1)

Our “meaningful and memorable” verse for today is found in the Gospel of John, where Jesus announced,  “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life” (Jn. 3:16). This is probably the most often quoted

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Revelation

The Book of Revelation is the last book in our Bibles, and it is the last of the 5 documents written by the Apostle John which are: The Gospel of John; his three letters to the churches, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd John; and finally, the Book of Revelation. The Book

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