Category: Scripture

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“”So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got into the boats and went across to Capernam to look for Him. They found Him on the other side of the lake and asked, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”

Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, you want to be with Me because I fed you, not because you understood the miraculous signs. But don’t be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man can give you. For God the Father has given me the seal of His approval.”

They replied, ” We want to perform God’s works, too. What should we do?”

Jesus tool them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the One He has sent.”

They answered, “Show us a miraculous sign if You want us to believe in You. What can you do? After all our ancestors ate manna while they journeyed through the wilderness: The Scriptures say, ‘Moses gave then bread from heaven to eat.’

Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, Moses didn’t give you the bread from heaven. My Father did. And now He offers you the true bread from heaven. The true bread of God is the One who came down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
(John 6: vv. 25-33, NLT)

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“”That evening Jesus’ disciples went down to the shore to wait for Him. But as darkness fell and Jesus still hadn’t come back, they got into the boat and headed across the lake toward Capernaum. Soon a gale swept down upon them, and the sea grew very rough. They rowed three or four miles when suddenly they saw Jesus walking on the water toward the boat. They were terrified, but He called out to them, “Don’t be afraid. I am here!” Then they were eager to let him in the boat, and immediately they arrived as their destination!”” (John 6:vv. 16-21, NLT)

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“”So the Jewish leaders began harassing Jesus for breaking the Sabbath rules. But Jesus replied, “My Father is always working, and so am I. So the Jewish leaders tried all the harder to find a way to kill him. For He not only broke the Sabbath, he called God His Father, thereby making himself equal with God.”

So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by Himself. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does. For the Father loves the Son and shows Him everything He is doing. In fact, the Father will show Him how to do even greater works that healing this man. Then you will truly be astonished. For just as the Father gives life to those He raises from the dead, so the Son gives life to anyone He wants.”

“In addition, the Father judges no one. Instead, He has given the Son absolute authority to judge, so that everyone will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son is certainly not honoring the Father who sent Him.”

“I tell you the truth, those who listen to My message and believe in God who sent Me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.”

“And, I assure you that the time is coming, indeed it’s here now, when the dead will hear My voice – the voice of the Son of God. An those who listen will live. The Father has life in Himself, and He has granted the same life-giving power to hHis Son. And He has given Him authority to judge everyone because He is the Son or Man. Don’t be so surprised! Indeed, the time is coming when all the dead in their graves will hear the voice of God’s Son, and they will rise again. Those who have done good will rise to experience eternal life, and those who have continued in evil will rise to experience judgment. I can do nothing on My own. I judge as God tells me. Therefore, my judgment is just, because I carry out the will of the one who sent Me, not My own will.”” (John 5:VV, 16-30, NLT)

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“”Then Jesus and His disciples left Jerusalem and went into the Judea countryside. Jesus spent some time with them here, baptizing people.

At this time John the Baptist was baptizing at Aeon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there; and people kept coming to him for baptism (This was before John was thrown into prison). A debate broke out between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over ceremonial cleansing. So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Rabbi, the man you met on the other side of the Jordan River, the one you identified as the Messiah, is also baptizing people. And everybody is going to Him instead of coming to us.”

John replied, “No man can receive anything unless God gives it from heaven. You yourselves know how plainly I told you, I am not the Messiah. I am only here to prepare the way for Him. It is the bridegroom who marries the bride, and the best man is simply glad to stand with Him and hear His views. Therefore, I am filled with joy at His success. He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.”

“He has come from above and is greater than anyone else. We are of the earth, and we speak of earthly things, but He has come from heaven and is greater than anyone else. He testifies about what He has seen and heard, but how few believe what He tells them! He speaks God’s words, for God gave Him the Spirit without limit. The Father loves His Son and has put everything into His hands. An anyone who doesn’t obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God’s angry judgment.”” (John 3: vv. 22-36, NLT)

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“”There was a man named Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader who was a Pharisee. After dark one evening, he came to speak with Jesus, “Rabbi,” he said, “we all know that God has sent You to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you.”

Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”

“What do You mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus. “How can an old man go back into ones mother’s womb and be worn again?”

Jesus replied,” I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life. So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but you can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.”

“How are these thins possible? Nicodemus asked.

Jesus replied, “You re a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand the things? I assure you, we tell you what we know and have seen, and yet you won’t believe our testimony. But if you don’t believe me when it tell you about earthly things, how can you possibly believe if I tell you about heavenly tings?No one has ever gone to heaven and returned. But the Son of Man has come down from heaven. And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in Him will have eternal life.”

“For God loved the world so much that He gave His one and only Son , so that who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent His Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world though Him.”

“There is no judgement against anyone who believes in Him. But anyone who does not believe in Him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son. And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. But those who do what is right come into the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants.”” (John 3: vv1-21, NLT)

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“”The following day John as again standing with two of his disciples. As Jesus walked by, John looked up at him and declared, “Look! There is the Lamb of God!” When John’s two disciples heard this, they followed Jesus.

Jesus looked around and saw them following. “What do you want?” He asked them.

They replied, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are You staying?”

“Come and see,” He said. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon when they went with Him to a place where He was staying, and they remained with Him the rest of the day.

Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother was one of these men who heard what John said and then followed Jesus. Andrew went to find his bother, Simon, and told him “We have found the Messiah” (which means “Christ”).

Then Andrew brought Simon to meet Jesus. Looking intently at Simon, Jesus said, “Your name is Simon, son of John – but you will be called Cephas” (which means “Peter”).

The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip was from Bethsaida, Andrew and Peter’s hometown.

Phillip went to look for Nathanael and told him, “We have found the very person Moses and the prophets wrote about! His name is Jesus, the son of Joseph from Nazareth.”

“Nazareth!” exclaimed Nathanael. “Can anything good come from Nazareth?”

“Come see for yourself,” Philip replied.

As they approached, Jesus said, “Now here is a genuine son of Israel – a man of complete integrity.:

“How do you know about me?”Nathanael asked.

Jesus replied, “I could see you under the fig tree before Philip found you.”

Then Nathanael exclaimed, “Rabbi, you are the Sone of God – the King of Israel!”

Jesus asked him, “Do you believe this just because I told you I had seen you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.” Then He said, “I tell you the truth, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God going up and down on the S0n of Man, the One who is the stairway between heaven and earth.” (John 1: vv. 35-50, NLT)

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“”This was John’t testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Temple assistants from Jerusalem to ask John, “Who are you, Elijah?”

“No”, he replied.

“Are you the Prophet we are expecting?”

“No.”

“Then who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you have to say for yourself?” John replied in the words of the prophet Isaiah:

“I am the voice shouting in the wilderness, Clear the way for the Lord’s coming!”

Then the Pharisees who had been sent asked him, “If you aren’t the Messiah or Elijah or the Prophet, what right do you have to baptize?”

John told them, “I baptize with water, but right here in the crowd is someone you do not recognize. Though His ministry follows mine, I’m not even worthy to be His slave and untie the straps of His sandal.”

This encounter took place in Bethany, an area east of the Jordan River, where John was baptizing.”” (John 1: vv. 119-28, NLT)

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“”So the Word became human and made His home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen His glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.

John testified about Him when he shouted to the crowds, “This is the One I was talking about when I said, ‘Someone is coming after me who is far greater than I am, for He existed long before me.'”

From His abundance we have all received one gracious blessing after another. For the law was given through Moses, but God’s unfailing love and faithfulness came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God. But the unique One, who is Himself God, is near to the Father’s heart. He has revealed God to us.””

(John 1: vv 14-18, NLT)

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“In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through Him, and nothing was created except through Him. The Word gave light to everything that was created, and His light brought light to everyone. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.

God sent a man , John the Baptist, to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony. John himself was not the light; he was simply a witness to tell about the light. The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming to the world.

He came into the very wold He created, but the world didn’t recognize Him. He came to His own people, and even they rejected Him. But to all who believed Him, and accepted Him, He gave the right to become children of God. They are reborn – not with a physical birth resulting form human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God. (John 1: vv. 13, NLT)

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“Then Jesus led them to Bethany, and lifting his hands to heaven, He blessed them. While He was blessing them, He left them and was taken up to heaven. So they worshipped Him and then returned to Jerusalem filled with great joy. And they spend all of their time in the Temple, praising God.” (Luke 24:vv 50-52, NLT)