“Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live even if he dies, and the one who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?’” —John 11:25–26 God has firmly established a plan of salvation for all mankind which both begins …
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“The Jewish leaders replied, “We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are claiming to be God.” —John 10:33 In our verse for today, we see Jesus’ enemies attempting to justify their actions because of their zeal for the law. In an effort to gloss over …
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” —John 10:11 Jesus is the good Shepherd—the chief of all shepherds. None so faithful, so gentle, so loving, so skillful, so tender, so kind as He. I am reminded of the words in Isaiah picturing God as the compassionate shepherd …
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.” —John 10:10 One thing we can be sure of … Satan is our vicious adversary whose goal is to seek and to destroy. If he cannot keep us from being saved, …
“Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him, ‘If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.’” —John 8:31–32 Jesus, the one who frees the captive. Jesus, the great liberator, sets us free from bondage—bondage to sin, …
“We must perform the deeds of the one who sent me as long as it is daytime. Night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” —John 9:4–5 In these verses, our Lord Jesus is teaching us a valuable lesson on …
“Then Jesus spoke out again, ‘I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.’” —John 8:12 For the moral and spiritual darkness which covers the earth, for the darkness plaguing humankind, Jesus declares He is the only remedy—He is the …
“On the last day of the feast, the greatest day, Jesus stood up and shouted out, ‘If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. Just as the scripture says, “From within him will flow rivers of living water.’” (Now he said this about the Spirit, …
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“My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me. If anyone wants to do God’s will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority. The person who speaks on his own authority desires to receive honor for himself; the one …
“I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that has come down from heaven, so that a person may eat from it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread he …