22“Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23“TrulyI tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. ...
But, never forget that we cannot obey our way into eternal life. It is first the grace of God, the death of Jesus for our breaking of the law (aka sin), and then faith in Him and His word that gives eternal life to us from a life of sin and eternal death: For it is by grace...
Jesus wept. John 11:35 Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted...
Happiness is that awesome feeling when everything just seems right in the world. In the Bible, there are verses that remind us to appreciate the good times. Like in Psalm 118:24, which says, “This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” So, when ...
This was new to me. Also new was that Jesus and his disciples claimed He was God and He existed from the beginning even before Abraham. He even claimed the name of God given to Moses at the burning bush i.e. I AM. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and...
Jesus receives the people that God The Father has sent to him, not because he, Jesus, has chosen them himself, but because they have come to him by the Father’s will. And Jesus doesn’t cast them out of his life (even if he might like to). If we truly understand that God is ...
Don’t get me wrong – the firstborn was just that. the first born child of many.In the New Testament, Paul makes a point of describing the siblings of the firstborn and the destiny of those who follow Him as brothers. Jesus is the Firstborn of course, but the purpose of his ...
Matt. 9:15; Mark 2:20; Luke 5:35 – many non-Catholics frown upon the Church’s pious practice of fasting, and say that fasting went away after the resurrection of Christ. But Jesus Himself says that His followers will fast once He is gone and does not object. ...
I see the glory of God which is the love of God.’ Brother, if you break that link, which binds the man Christ Jesus with the ever-living and the ever-loving God, I know not how you can draw from the record of His life and death a confidence, which nothing can shake, in the ...