presence of both the Father and the Son with the believer. This promise of divine presence is a profound assurance of God's nearness and involvement in the life of a believer. It anticipates the coming of the Holy Spirit, who will dwell within believers, as further explained inJohn 14:16...
Verse 14. - (5) The incarnation of the Logos. And the Logos became flesh. The καὶ has been variously expanded, some giving it the force of "then" or "therefore," as though John was now resuming the entire argument from the beginning; others the sense of "for," as though the...
Events that are totally out of the ordinary and that cannot be adequately explained... 1416 miracles, nature of 1416 miracles, nature of Miracles may be performed directly by God or through a human agent... 1418 miracles, responses to 1418 miracles, responses to Miracles ...
There are many dwelling places in my Father’s house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you.
In verse 14, the apostle goes on to add, “For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.”Paul’s language in these verses echoes his conversion experience on the Damascus road, where a blazing encounter with the glory of Christ ...
John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, [even] to them that believe on his name:... Read verse in American Standard Version
A hired hand isn't willing to risk his life fighting off a dangerous animal like a wolf. But the owner of the sheep doesn't run. Rather he stands up to the predator, ready to "lay down his life for the sheep." We think of David as a young shepherd, who explained to Saul, just...
I explained to Dad that he was now in a teaching hospital (Wellington, having been transferred from Hutt in an ambulance the previous day). Screwing his face into a wink, he muttered: “We’ll … teach … the … doctors!” Dad started teaching doctors about the will to live in 1919....
The whole of Scripture tells the story of Jesus Christ, the ultimate expression of God’s love for us. When John refers to Jesus as “the Word,” he speaks of the Word that was made flesh, and came to live among us (John 1:14). This Word, manifested in the person of Jesus Christ...
Ellicott’s Commentaryexpands on the context of this verse in this way; on “the truth will set you free” it adds that “truth and holiness are spoken of as correlative,” as read inJohn 17:17. The verse says, “Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.”...