And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. (John 17:3) Introduction What does it mean to know God? This is one of the threads that Jesus weaves throughout His High Priestly Prayer. This prayer is a well threaded fabric glittering with diamonds, and […]
Death
When the Mountains Skip like Rams
When Israel went out from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language, 2 Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion. 3 The sea looked and fled; Jordan turned back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. 5 What ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back? 6 O mountains, that you skip […]
The New World Order
31 Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out. 32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” 33 He said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die. – John 12:31-33 Introduction In our modern times we have heard of the vision […]
Back from the Dead; John 11
We live in a world where dead people have come back to life. I’m not talking about video games, or zombie movies, or horror novels, or adventure fantasies. I’m not even talking about a resuscitation on an operating table. On this planet that we live on, there have been people who have really died, been buried, […]
Why the Father Loves the Son; John 10:17-21
17 For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.” 19 There was […]