Tag: John
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Brought Near by Grace – Genesis 46:14-20
Genesis 46:14-20 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri,…
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Go to Jesus, the Greater than Joseph – Genesis 41:55
Genesis 41:55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do. When the famine got real, the people cried out. That is usually when people start looking for answers. As long as…
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Living Water in the Valley – Genesis 26:19
Genesis 26:19And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. That phrase, “springing water,” carries the idea of living water. And when you hear that, it is hard not to think of Jesus saying in John 7:38 39 that out of the one who believes on Him would flow…
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Everything Finds Its Place in Him – Genesis 25:5
Genesis 25:5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. This verse is short, but it carries a lot. Abraham gave everything to Isaac. He did not split it up. He did not hold the best part back. He gave all that he had to the son of promise. That is a beautiful picture…
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The Lord Is Watching for Us – Genesis 24:61-62
Genesis 24:61-62 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country. I love what is happening here because Isaac does not go…
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The Judge Who Always Gets It Right – Genesis 18:23-25
Genesis 18:23-25 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous…
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Shut In by the Lord – Genesis 7:14-16
Genesis 7:14-16 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein…
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The Guarded Way and the Open Way – Genesis 3:24
Genesis 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. Genesis 3 closes with a guarded way. Man is outside. The garden is shut. Cherubim stand watch. The…
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The Door Is Still Open – Revelation 22:12-14
Revelation 22:12-14 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life,…
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Revelation 19:9
And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. Revelation 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy…
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When Sickness Rides Out – Revelation 6:7-8
Revelation 6:7, 8 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part…
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A Starving World at a Full Table – Revelation 6:5-6
Revelation 6:5-6 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A…
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Turning to See – Revelation 1:12
Revelation 1:12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me.And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks. When John heard the voice behind him, he turned to see what it meant. He did not shrug it off. He did not say, “That can wait.” He turned. And in that simple response, I…
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More Than Information – Revelation 1:10
Revelation 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, John was not only a pastor and a theologian. He was also a poet. Under the inspiration of the Spirit, he painted pictures that could reach the heart of people living through crushing…
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Together on Patmos – Revelation 1:9
Revelation 1:9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. John does not write here like a distant celebrity apostle, speaking down from…
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Open Hands, Open Heart – Revelation 1:2
Revelation 1:2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. John was entrusted with Revelation because he was the kind of man who did not keep truth locked up inside himself. He bore record of the Word of God, of the…
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Ready for the Revealing – Revelation 1:1
Revelation 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: As you open the Book of Revelation, you may notice that some Bibles place a heading over it…
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A Heart Too Full for Paper – 3 John 13-14
3 John 13, 14 I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee: But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name. John closes this little letter the…
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Mercy While There Is Still Breath – 1 John 5:16
1 John 5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. This is one of those verses that…
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Loved Into the Family – 1 John 3:1
1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. John is opening a fresh section here. In the first two chapters, he has been talking about walking in the light…
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The God Who Took the Blow – 1 John 2:21-23
1 John 2:21-23 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son,…
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The Lie of Sinless Claims – 1 John 1:8
1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. John is fearless here. He does not soften the edge of this verse, because the danger is too great. He says plainly that if we claim to have no sin, we are not merely…
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Don’t Forget the Cleansing – 2 Peter 1:9
2 Peter 1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. Peter says the problem is not merely weakness. It is forgetfulness. A man stops growing in virtue and patience and godliness because he loses sight of what Jesus…