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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:     John 15:12-27

We continue meditating on the eighth and final Beatitude. One of the questions that has often puzzled people concerning this matter of suffering and persecution is this: Why is it that Christians, when they do good, are often persecuted, while non-Christians who do the same kind of good are adored? One commentator...

Bible Verses: John 15:12-27Philippians 1:1-14Colossians 4:32 Timothy 1:7-8

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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:     Mark 6:45-51

Yesterday we said that we all want to be happy - and rightly so. This is a deep-rooted instinct which God has built into us. But happiness is not something you make but something you receive. You cannot make happiness any more than you can make love. You can express love but you cannot make love. So it is with happiness....

Bible Verses: Mark 6:45-51John 6:21Isaiah 61:1-10Luke 10:21John 15:11Psalms 16:11Nehemiah 8:10

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Selwyn Hughes

For Reading and Meditation:
     John 13:1-38

What other teacher has taken the Ten Commandments and had the right to add another commandment to them? But this is precisely what Jesus did, as we see from our text today. "A new command I give you," He said. "Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another."

The Old Testament and other...

Bible Verses: John 13:1-38Philippians 2:5John 15:1-17James 2:8Matthew 7:12

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James Russell Miller

John 15:1-12

When Jesus says, "I am the true vine," He means that He is the source of the spiritual life of His people, who are compared to branches. What the vine is to its branches, Christ is to all who believe on Him. The branches, down to the smallest twigs, are dependent on the vine. So every believer is dependent on Christ. He is the source of...

Bible Verses: John 15:1-12

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Samuel Bagster

God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. § The love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. § To you who believe, He is precious. § We love Him because He first loved us. § The love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.You yourselves are taught...

Bible Verses: Galatians 5:221 John 4:16Romans 5:51 Peter 2:71 John 4:192 Corinthians 5:142 Corinthians 5:151 Thessalonians 4:9John 15:121 Peter 4:8Ephesians 5:2

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Samuel Bagster

Joy in the Holy Spirit. § Inexpressible and full of glory.Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing… Exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation. § We also glory in tribulations.Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame. § These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. § As the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through...

Bible Verses: Galatians 5:22Romans 14:171 Peter 1:82 Corinthians 6:102 Corinthians 7:4Romans 5:3Hebrews 12:2John 15:112 Corinthians 1:5Philippians 4:4Nehemiah 8:10Psalms 16:11Revelation 7:17

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Samuel Bagster

Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. § The fruit of the Spirit is love.By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you...

Bible Verses: John 15:4John 15:5Galatians 5:22John 15:8John 15:9John 15:101 John 2:5John 15:12Romans 5:81 John 4:16

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