New Hope Church

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…

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…