Whoever Lives by the Truth Comes into the Light
John 3:21a But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, I. Lives by the truth If we borrow the matching expression in the Old Testament for ‘lives by the truth’, it would be ‘to demonstrate one’s faithfulness”, “to act faithfully”, or “to act uprightly” [3]. II. Comes into the light To remember that […]
The Test by which Men are Judged
John 3:19–20 (NIV 2011): 19 This is the verdict: light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. “This is the verdict” (19a) has often been […]
Choose Eternal Life or Condemnation
John 3:16–18 (NIV 2011) 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him […]
The Cross and Eternal Life
John 3:12–15 (NIV 2011) 12 I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? 13 No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man. 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, […]
Baptist John’s testimony about Jesus (John 1:29)
The Baptist & Witness John testified about himself (John 1:19-23) and Jesus (John 1:24-34). Today, let us study John 1:29. The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him and said, ‘Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! (John 1:29) Why is Jesus called ‘the Lamb of God’? ‘The Lamb’ […]
More about “Glory”
See Hebrews 1:3a (NIVUK). “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word.” Jesus revealed his glory through the first of the signs (changing water into wine) (John 2:11) Jesus does not accept glory from human beings (John 5:41). Jesus has come […]
What is glory and how glory is important to our faith (John 1:14c)
@johnsharingthegospel John 1:14 (NIV): We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father ##glory ##crownofglory ##ministeroflife ##godofglory ♬ original sound – John Reference
John 3:19b
@johnsharingthegospel John 3:19b (NIVUK): people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Cf. John 1:4, Romans 8:5-6 ##life ##death ##light ##God ##Jesus ♬ original sound – John
We all have gone astray
Isaiah 53:6 6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:6a says we all, like sheep, have ‘gone astray’ and each of us has ‘turned to our own way’. This happens when we […]
The True Worship
John 4:19-24 19 ‘Sir,’ the woman said, ‘I can see that you are a prophet. 20 Our ancestors worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.’ 21 ‘Woman,’ Jesus replied, ‘believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in […]
