For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. John 3:16
SERVING ONE ANOTHER
You call me Teacher and Lord — and you are right, for that is what I am. So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. John … Continue reading “SERVING
ONE ANOTHER”
A STUMBLING-BLOCK
If any of you put a stumbling-block before one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for you if a great millstone were fastened around your neck and you were drowned in the depth of the sea. Matthew 18:6
SPARROWS
Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God’s sight. But even the hairs of your head are all counted. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows. Luke 12:6–7
WHOM TO FEAR
I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Luke 12:4–5
PEOPLE LOVED DARKNESS RATHER THAN LIGHT
And this is the judgement, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed. But those who do what is true … Continue reading “PEOPLE
LOVED DARKNESS RATHER THAN LIGHT”
FROM DEATH TO LIFE
Anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and does not come under judgement, but has passed from death to life. John 5:24
PUTTING ONE’S HAND TO THE PLOUGH
No one who puts a hand to the plough and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God. Luke 9:62
TO WOULD-BE FOLLOWERS OF JESUS
Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head … Let the dead bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God. Luke 9:58, 60
THE KINGDOM OF GOD
Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it. Mark 10:14–15