JESUS— BELIEVING HIM OR NOT For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God His own Father, making himself equal with God. —John 5:18 Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. —John 5:24 You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life.  These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life. —John 5:39-40 Then they…

MY SIN IS GONE! For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. —Psalm 103:11-12             I am utterly amazed, astounded at the love God has for us!  The human race rebelled against Him and He still loves us.  For those who call on His name, “as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”  In other words, our sin is gone forever.  Thank You, Dear Father, for this wonderful work You…

JESUS… In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. —John 1:1-3 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of…

MANIPULATION OF THE CROWDS   Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified. —Mark 15:15   Unruly crowds seek to force their ways on others. These crowds cannot get their way through communication of words and ideas, so instead they use stirring up crowds to actions that many times the crowd doesn’t even know why they are doing what they are doing. They have been manipulated. This is how riots occur which we have seen in our own country and around the world.   Yes, Pilate wanted to release Jesus, “knowing it was out of self-interest that…

BE READY TO MEET JESUS! And the gospel must first be preached to all nations. —Mark 13:10 “But in those days, following that distress, ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’“ At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens. —Mark 13:24-27 Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the…

SPEAK AND LIVE ACCORDING TO THE TRUTH! The chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this and began looking for a way to kill him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching. —Mark 11:11:18 Jesus replied, “Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God? —Mark 12:24 While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he asked, “Why do the teachers of the law say that the Messiah is the son of David? David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit, declared: “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under…

BE JESUS’ DISCIPLE! Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”  They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”  “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”  Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.” —Mark 8:27:29 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will…

FREED! As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed. —Mark 5:18-20             In Mark 5:1-20 we read of Jesus coming into contact with a man who was severely possessed with many demons.  His strength was such that he could not even be bound with a chain— “For…

ALL CREATION WILL REJOICE AT THE COMING OF JESUS! Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth.  He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his faithfulness. —Psalm 96:13             All creation will rejoice before the Lord! This will happen… “For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God. …

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