John 1:29-31 (NIV) CONTEXT: The religious establishment had just sent a contingent to inquire whether John the Baptist, who'd been garnering massive crowds, was the coming Messiah. Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Articles 1-2 Article John the Apostle doesn't record what it was that John the Baptist was doing when he saw Jesus coming as a lamb (the other being Rev. 5:12, interestingly also written by John).

John 1:29 (NIV) The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes Summary John the Baptist boldly declared these words the day after he had told the priests and Levites This declaration of John regarding our Lord’s sacrifice as the Lamb of God for sin reminds us of one I cannot give an answer; But this I know with all my heart: His wounds have paid my ransom As John the

1 John 4:19-21 (NIV) 19  We love because he first loved us. 20  Whoever claims to love God yet hates Summary This is now the fourth time we've turned to 1 John 4 this year ( including two days ago ), But we have a way of pushing this fundamental knowledge out of the way of our own egos, so John has good So if you claim to love God - which John just reminded us is only possible because God initiated that Paul beautifully sets forth the Biblical concept of love in 1 Corinthians 13.

God's ordinary means of grace ordinarily produce extraordinary people. 1 John 4:11-17 (NIV) 11  Dear So it is with Christians, John writes here. "God lives in us, and His love is made complete in us." God's love is made complete in you, John indicates, as you " testify that the Father has sent His Son John continues, "if anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God Today: Titus 1

John 15:1-8 (NIV): “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 14: The Creation and Fall of Man it so plainly, "you were dead in your transgressions and sins" before being made alive (Ephesians 2:1) Today: Matthew 17

John 17:1–5 (NIV) CONTEXT: As His crucifixion draws near, Jesus prays to His Father. 1 After Jesus said Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 10: The Deity of Christ We believe Moses says that God “created the world”; and John says that “all things were created by the Word,” which

John 1:9-14 (NIV) 9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was John’s wording regarding Jesus speaks to the nature of who he is. Throughout the Gospel of John, the language of “truth” or “true” is used to distinguish something as The Gospel of John opens with “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word What John is attesting to with these descriptions of Jesus is God becoming man.

Faithlife.com Acts 1:1–11 (ESV) 1 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; 5 for John said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, 11 Dig Deeper Our Lord in the first part of John 16:7 says, “But very truly I tell you, it is to your

John's poetic style defines God's love and grace. 1 John 4:7-10 (NIV) 7 Dear friends, let us love one Summary It often seems like John writes in big loops, like he's repeating the same thing over and over to organize our thoughts like Paul, using an outline format like what you learned in school: Point 1 In the case of this passage, the primary message that John wishes to convey is that God is love, and Dig Deeper Ironically, it's the final line in John's passage that attracts our attention today.

1 John 5:19-20 (ESV) 19 We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil Summary The way John put it doesn't sound right, does it. or anything in the world (1 John 2:15)." The big idea that John tells you here is that "we know that we are from God." John here explains exactly what it means to have your heart/mind regenerated.