In addition to improvements in the appearance of the Bible study, some facts have been updated. He here leaves no room for anyone to see Jesus Christ as less than God in some way, or to some degree. a series of "I am" claims on Jesus' lips echoes God's naming of himself in
over Who He Is (chs. What are the keys that make these groups succeed, causing the local church to grow? It is here that the Arian controversy of the early church and some contemporary pseudo-Christian cults deviate from the biblical perspective. However, in recent years some of us have come to the position that John wrote his epistles last. Literally, this phrase is ‘the Word was towards God’; the thought is repeated in verse 2. 7 Then Herod 11 privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared. John 1 – The Word and the Witness A. John: The fourth Gospel. By this simple introductory phrase John throws us right into the debate which permeates his Gospel: Did Jesus Christ have the right to make the claims he made, or did he not? Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor. For we saw his star when it rose. to Jesus goes its own way, highlighting matters that in the other Gospels remain
Consider this effective means of evangelism. Strikingly,
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By it he introduces Jesus as nothing less than God, as we shall see in the rest of the verse. Bible Study Church Discipleship Evangelism Fasting God's Will Gossip Integrity Missions & Service Money Morality Prayer Pride Rest Sabbath Spiritual Gifts Temptation Worship Christianity Bible Creation Crucifixion End Times of John has many touches that appear to reflect the recollections of an eyewitness -- such
Make a list of the truths from John 1:1-4 that are significant for you. 8 He 12 sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and look carefully for the child. A basic presentation of the Gospel V. A basic plan of follow-up A. there]; 19:26; 20:2; 21:7,20,24). What he hears himself saying about Jesus' claims will be remembered long after he forgets what someone else tells him. God's Word For You is a free Bible Study site committed to bringing you teaching and studies firmly grounded in the Bible, and the Bible's answers to your questions. 17 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: and she did not want to be comforted, because they were 30 gone.” 31, 19 After Herod 32 had died, an 33 angel of the Lord 34 appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt 20 saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.” 21 So 35 he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel. Learn Christian Latin, Self-Directed: How I am Doi... Evangelism Is Still the Solution and This World, I... A One Issue Conception Against Biden/Harris and Fo... WHAT IS TRUTH (AND JACKHAMMER) INDEX BY EITHER SUBJECT OR SCRIPTURE PASSAGE, WHAT IS TRUTH, SCRIPTURE INDEX, GENESIS to REVELATION (In Order), WHAT IS TRUTH, INDEX BY SPECIFIC TOPIC: BAPTISTS AND CHURCH, WHAT IS TRUTH, INDEX BY SPECIFIC TOPIC: BEAUTY, MUSIC, WORLDLINESS, AND WORSHIP, WHAT IS TRUTH, INDEX BY SPECIFIC TOPIC: CERTAINTY, CULTURE, EPISTEMOLOGY, MEANING, TRUTH, WORLDVIEW, WHAT IS TRUTH, INDEX BY SPECIFIC TOPIC: CHURCH GROWTH, PANDERING, PRAGMATISM, WHAT IS TRUTH, INDEX BY SPECIFIC TOPIC: CONTINUATIONISM AND CESSATIONISM, HOLY SPIRIT, AND SPIRITUALITY, WHAT IS TRUTH, INDEX BY SPECIFIC TOPIC: DIVORCE, GENDER OR SEX, MARRIAGE, COMPLEMENTARIANISM, WHAT IS TRUTH, INDEX BY SPECIFIC TOPIC: DRESS OR APPEARANCE, WHAT IS TRUTH, INDEX BY SPECIFIC TOPIC: EVANGELICALISM AND FUNDAMENTALISM, WHAT IS TRUTH, INDEX BY SPECIFIC TOPIC: EVANGELISM AND PREACHING, WHAT IS TRUTH, INDEX BY SPECIFIC TOPIC: OBTAINING A LIFE'S PARTNER, WHAT IS TRUTH, INDEX BY SPECIFIC TOPIC: PRAYER, WHAT IS TRUTH, INDEX BY SPECIFIC TOPIC: PRESERVATION OF SCRIPTURE AND VERSIONS, WHAT IS TRUTH, INDEX BY SPECIFIC TOPIC: SALVATION, WHAT IS TRUTH, INDEX BY SPECIFIC TOPIC: SANCTIFICATION, WHAT IS TRUTH, INDEX BY SPECIFIC TOPIC: SCRIPTURE, WHAT IS TRUTH, INDEX BY SPECIFIC TOPIC: SEPARATION OR UNITY, Bethel Baptist Church (my church), El Sobrante, CA, Carson River Baptist Church, Carson City, NV, Headwaters Baptist Church, Shelburne, Ontario, Canada, SCRIPTURAL TEACHING ON SALVATION FROM SIN AND HELL. The Jew will remember that ‘by the Word of the Lord were the heavens made’; the Greek will think of the rational principle of which all natural laws are particular expressions. (chs. Although a variety of
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. to 1 John: Author). 6 He will encourage fathers and their children to return to me, 10 so that I will not come and strike the earth with judgment.” 11. (J), 5 This is the message we have heard(K) from him and declare to you: God is light;(L) in him there is no darkness at all. In any event, his witness
Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.”. It has been the belief of the church down through the years that John wrote his Gospel first, his epistles second, and finally the Revelation just before his death. in him shall not perish but have eternal life" (3:16). 15 He stayed there until Herod 24 died. Groups with too many "experts" do not appeal to raw beginners. Also,
For we saw his star when it rose 6 and have come to worship him.” 3 When King Herod 7 heard this he was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him. In particular John here introduces a concept that dominates his entire Gospel: that God is a self-revealing God, a God who speaks, a God who makes himself known to us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. And when unchurched participants become serious about the Christian faith, they normally begin attending church—often the church of their group's initiator. You must be born again – John 3:1-21 (John 1:12-13) (John 3:35-36) 6. In this way what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet was fulfilled: “I called my Son out of Egypt.” 25. 2 He was in the beginning with God. After dessert and coffee, the host or hostess explains how the group will function, using the method of inductive (investigative) study. Rather he was already there, already in a state of eternal existence, ‘with God’, ‘in the beginning’.