“For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” —John 3:16 The battle rages over the souls of men, and while Satan lures us with lies, God lures us with love. God’s ultimate motivation …
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22010.076.84 All in God’s Good Time
“Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that he was winning and baptizing more disciples than John (although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were), he left Judea and set out once more for Galilee” —John 4:1-3 The Pharisees were irritated over Jesus’ growing ministry, and He was well aware of …
22010.076.83 Two Options
“The Father loves the Son and has placed all things under his authority. The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. The one who rejects the Son will not see life, but God’s wrath remains on him.” —John 3:35-36 John penned similar words in 1 John: “And this is the testimony: God has …
22010.076.82 The Truth About Jesus
“The one who comes from above is superior to all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is superior to all. He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. The one who has …
22010.076.81 Making Jesus Known
“You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but rather, ‘I have been sent before him.’ The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and …
22010.076.80 Pointing People to Christ
“John replied, “No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.” —John 3:27 Responding to his disciples’ complaint in regards to Jesus’ following surpassing that of his own, John speaks of the sovereignty of God. Unmoved in the face of the world’s fickle opinions, there was not a hint of …
22010.076.79 Glorify God
“After this, Jesus and his disciples came into Judean territory, and there he spent time with them and was baptizing. John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming to him and being baptized. (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.) Now a dispute came …
22010.076.78 Jesus Is the Light
“Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed. But the …
22010.076.77 Jesus Came to Save!
“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him. The one who believes in him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only …
22010.075.2 Look to Jesus!
“No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven – the Son of Man. Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.” —John 3:13-15 In our verses for today …