SOW FAITHFULNESS! Do to others as you would have them do to you. —Luke 6:31 Forgive, and you will be forgiven. —Luke 6:37 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. —Luke 6:45 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like. They are like a man building a house,…

 TREMBLE, O EARTH, AT THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD! They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff. But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way. —Luke 4:29-30 In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an impure spirit. He cried out at the top of his voice, “Go away! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”  “Be quiet!” Jesus said sternly. “Come out of him!” Then the…

THE SAVIOR JESUS! But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. —Luke 2:10-11  When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them…  The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told. —Luke 2:17-18, 20 For my eyes have seen…

TAKE GOD AT HIS WORD! Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught. —Luke 1:1-4             Luke, as he was moved by God (II Timothy 3:16), sought “to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as…

I BELIEVE! Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”  Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”  Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. —John 20:28-31             I have not seen Jesus, but I believe and therefore, according to His Word, I am blessed!  Jesus said, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those…

TRUTH SUPPRESSORS “If I said something wrong,” Jesus replied, “testify as to what is wrong.  But if I spoke the truth, why did you strike me?” —John 18:23             There are those who do not want to hear the truth.  “If I said something wrong,” Jesus replied, “testify as to what is wrong.  But if I spoke the truth, why did you strike me?”  The “godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness” any way they can.  In the case of Jesus, it began with striking Him and ended in crucifying Him.  This is how the wickedness of the godless seeks to suppress the truth.            …

SATANIC PROMPTING OF EVIL The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. —John 13:2 For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean. —John 13:11 “I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill this passage of Scripture: ‘He who shared my bread has turned against me.’ —John 13:18 “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.” —John 13:21 Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of…

BELIEVING SERVANTS OF JESUS… Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.” —John 11:25-27 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me. —John 12:26             When Martha was told by Jesus that He was “the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me…

I BELIEVE! Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”  “Who is he, sir?” the man asked. “Tell me so that I may believe in him.”  Jesus said, “You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”  Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him. —John 9:35-38  I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. —John 10:9 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of…

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…