“…Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.” 1 Corinthians 6:13 The natural desires of the body are powerful. They are not inherently evil, but created by God. However, these desires fulfilled in illegitimate ways, are destructive and sinful. Our bodies are either under our own […]

“The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.” Psalm 34:18 God would be justified to stay as far away from sinners as possible. He would be justified never to offer one hint of hope or mercy for those who have rebelled against […]

“Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.” John 19:25 One has to read all of chapter 18 and 19 to get the full picture of this scene. Jesus was arrested, given an unjust trial and then physically beaten. Imagine the […]

“Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name. Then came a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.” John 12:27, 28 Jesus had been talking to those around […]

“I must work the works of Him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.” John 9:4 Jesus was focused on the mission the Father had given to Him. He didn’t once follow foolish distractions or take a day off from His great calling. He was committed to […]

“Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” John 4:13,14 The grace of Jesus […]

“Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of Him that sent me, and to finish His work.” John 4:34 We gain insight here into the passion and heart of the man Jesus Christ while He was here on earth. He didn’t come on a political crusade, as if He were trying […]

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1 The other gospels begin with events surrounding the birth of Jesus or the beginning of His earthly ministry. John’s gospel begins before that. This man we call Jesus is also God. While His human existence had […]

“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.” John 19:30 Jesus had a mission to fulfill. He was sent by the Father into the world not with a vauge purpose, but the clear mandate to save His people from their sins. God the […]

“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?…For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and feet.” Psalm 22:1,16 These are the words of Jesus the Messiah as He suffered […]