Some thoughts on Scripture

John 18:36-38a--"Jesus answered, 'My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here.' Pilate therefore said to Him, 'Are You a king then?' Jesus answered, 'You say rightly... Sign in to see full entry.

John 17:3-- " And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent."\ In my church hangs this verse on a placard hanging on the front of the altar. It has centrality of meaning to it. Heaven is not a what but a whom. Heaven in its essence is not... Sign in to see full entry.

John 16:13-- "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority; but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come."\ In Jesus' last hours before His trial and crucifixion, He told His disciples how to... Sign in to see full entry.

John 15:4-5-- "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing." Jesus gives a clear... Sign in to see full entry.

John 14:1-4,6b-- "Let not your heart be trouble; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions, if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that were... Sign in to see full entry.

John 13:8b-- "If I do not wash you, you have no part of me." Christians understand that we are not saved because of how good we are (we're not), but because we had called upon Jesus to save us. It is He who cleanses us. We cannot do that ourselves. We can never be good enough. Only in Jesus can we... Sign in to see full entry.

John 12:23-24,27,32-33--"But Jesus answered them, saying, 'The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified. Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain.... "Now My soul is troubled, and what... Sign in to see full entry.

John 11:25-26--"Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life, He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?' " The context in which Jesus speaks above is His visit to Bethany to resurrect Lazarus--an... Sign in to see full entry.

John 10:1-5-- "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own... Sign in to see full entry.

John 9:25b--"One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see." At the time the healed man made this statement, he still did not have a clear idea who Jesus was. He simply knew that something miraculous and wonderful had happened to him. He sensed that God had answered his prayers for healing,... Sign in to see full entry.