Category: John
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Victory in Jesus Christ
(John 16:29-33) The Lord gives us great hope and a promise that all Christians should take comfort from in these few scriptures. There is also a warning, but with that warning a reminder that in Him we are safe. Is there anyone in Christ today who can say that since coming to Jesus all of…
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Parables and the Love of the Father
(John 16:25-28) Jesus is speaking here of His imminent departure from the world. He is telling His disciples that He is soon to be sacrificed and will leave this world. In these words He gives us a few interesting teachings including a revelation about the love of the Father. But before we look at that,…
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Just Ask
(John 16:23-24) Jesus gave the disciples a powerful message in this section of scripture. It is so fundamental to everything we need to do, whether to receive anything, learn anything or understand anything. The simplicity of Jesus’ words here is that we must do one thing if we want to find out or receive all…
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The Joy of Jesus
(John 16:16-22) Jesus in this section of scripture is preparing the disciples for his impending death and resurrection. He is telling them they will be struck down with sorrow as a result of His death. But He also tells them that in due course they will be filled with the joy of Jesus, which no…
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The Spirit of Truth
(John 16:12-15) Jesus speaks in this section about the Spirit of truth who He sends and who will come to the disciples. The Spirit of truth is the same Counselor Jesus speaks of in earlier sections of this chapter and it is the Holy Spirit that He will send as a gift to man after…
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Holy Spirit Convicts
(John 16:8-11) This scripture looks at how the Holy Spirit convicts or convinces the world of three important matters. When Jesus left the world He said that it was to our advantage for He would send the Holy Spirit to us and the Holy Spirit would convict and convince the world concerning sin, righteousness and…
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Why Jesus Died
(John 16:4-7) There are many advantages to being a Christian and knowing Jesus Christ. The full number of them may never be known by us as individuals. However in this section of scripture we see that Jesus points to the specific advantage that we received not through His coming, but by His going. By this…
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Martyred
(John 16:1-4) Over the centuries there have been many righteous people martyred for the sake of what they believe. In this section Jesus warns those of His followers that this would be the case. He says that some will be put to death for the sake of their faith and their service to God, just…
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Bearing Witness to Jesus
(John 15:26-27) Bearing witness is a fundamental process of life today. We see or hear something and then we tell others who may believe what we say or not. those who are sceptical may have the person telling the story say things like, “I saw it with my own eyes,” or “I heard it with…
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They Hated Me Without A Cause
(John 15:21-25) The first question that pops into my head looking at the title of today’s post is, “Why?” Why did the people of Jesus’ day hate Him without a cause? Why also do people hate him still today? There is certainly a common understanding among all people that Jesus did good things. He healed…
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A Servant is Not Greater than His Master
(John 15:18-20) There is a principle here that we can learn that will help us understand just how far we can go in our walk with Jesus Christ. There is also a warning and a reminder of what to expect as we walk with Christ in these verses. We see also that Jesus made us…
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The Friend Of God
(John 15:12-17) What do we need to know or do to be the friend of God? How should we behave? What customs should we keep? What do we give and put into a friendship with the supreme Creator of man and all that we can see and know in the universe around us? And how…
