Bible Verses: Luke 9:18-27John 12:17-26John 10:11Romans 5:6
Read MoreFor Reading and Meditation: John 10:1-18
I said yesterday that I subscribe to the supervisal inspiration of the Bible. I believe God led the minds and hearts of the writers of Scripture to go to the right sources for information, to come up with the required data, and in the process protected them from exposure to error, deceit, or imposture. He supervised...
Bible Verses: John 10:1-18Revelation 22:12-21Deuteronomy 4:2Deuteronomy 12:32Proverbs 30:5-6
Read MoreFor Reading and Meditation: John 5:31-47
Jesus claimed to be greater than the Scriptures. Everyone else has to put themselves under the authority of the Scriptures. In one sense, of course, Christ subjected Himself to the Scriptures, but in another sense He was superior to them. He did not emerge from the Bible; the Bible emerged from Him. The Amplified Bible...
Bible Verses: John 5:31-471 Timothy 2:5John 10:1-10John 1:4John 11:25Romans 5:211 John 5:12
Read MoreBeloved, are you in the fold of Jesus? Are you numbered with His sheep? Are you feeding and resting among them? Jesus presents Himself to us this morning, in a very lovely character; He says, "I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD."
There is no other shepherd so good or so great as He. He has the tenderest affection for His flock. He affords them His powerful protection. He finds them plenty and suitable provision. He gave His life to redeem them. He sends his spirit to sanctify them. He is preparing...
Bible Verses: John 10:11
Read MoreThe Bible is fairly full of tokens of God's marvelous care for His people. During Israel's forty-year trek through the wilderness, they ate food from heaven (Exodus 16:4), had an unfailing supply of water (1 Corinthians 10:4), and were equipped with shoes that never wore out (Deuteronomy 29:5).
It is the same in our wilderness journey. To prove this,...
Bible Verses: 1 Peter 5:7Exodus 16:41 Corinthians 10:4Deuteronomy 29:5Matthew 6:26Matthew 10:29Matthew 10:31Matthew 6:301 Corinthians 9:9Exodus 28:9-12Exodus 28:15-21Isaiah 49:16Matthew 10:30Psalms 56:8Zechariah 2:8Isaiah 54:17Isaiah 46:7Isaiah 46:4Isaiah 43:2Isaiah 63:9Psalms 121:3-4John 10:11Psalms 84:11Romans 8:32Deuteronomy 11:12Isaiah 46:4Hebrews 13:5
Read MoreIt is important to know the devices of our enemy, the Devil. Otherwise he is likely to take advantage of us.
We should know that he is a liar, and has been from the beginning. In fact, he is the father of lies (John 8:44). He lied to Eve by misrepresenting God, and he has been doing it ever since.
He is a deceiver (Revelation 20:10). He mixes a little truth with error. He imitates or...
Bible Verses: 2 Corinthians 2:11John 8:44Revelation 20:102 Corinthians 11:14-152 Thessalonians 2:92 Corinthians 11:3John 8:44John 10:101 Peter 5:8Revelation 2:10Revelation 12:102 Corinthians 2:7-11Mark 8:31-332 Corinthians 4:4
Read MoreSHEPHERD is a very rustic name for Christ, and yet as used in the Scriptures, it is wonderfully rich in its suggestiveness. In the Old Testament there are many allusions to God under this figure of a shepherd. The twenty-third psalm is a Bible classic. Perhaps no other portion of the Scriptures is so widely known, or had had such a ministry of blessing in the world, as this rustic little psalm....
Bible Verses: John 10:1-181 Corinthians 6:19-20
Read MoreChrist always wants abundant life. He is infinitely patient with the weak - but He wishes that we be strong. He accepts the feeblest service - but He desires us to serve Him with the whole heart. The smallest faith, even like a grain of mustard seed, has power with God and can remove mountains - but God is best pleased when we have a
Bible Verses: John 10:10Matthew 12:19Matthew 5:3Acts 3:6
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I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. (John 10:10 ISV)
Remember – "In Him
was life" (John 1:4). Is He different in nature from other men? Everyone can
see that He is different from other men in His very nature, and the difference
is made by this Life that is in Him. This Life brings with it a new and
different consciousness....
Bible Verses: John 10:10John 1:4John 10:30John 8:29John 10:25John 17:21
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I have come that they may have life. (John 10:10 ISV)
If, on the one hand, eternal Life operates to
cut us off from our natural life as the basis of our relationship with God, on
the other hand, it is perfectly wonderful what is done. It is "the Lord's
doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes." The Lord even comes in as our
physical life to the...
Bible Verses: John 10:10
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For Reading and Meditation: Luke 9:18-27
Suppose a tiny seed had a will of its own and decided to save itself by refusing to be buried. It would abide alone. It would save itself but would not save others. When it decided to be buried and die, then the result would be a golden harvest. Take a mother: she goes down into the valley of the shadow of death to bring...