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“I say only what the Father has taught Me.” –John 8:28 Jesus only said what the Father taught Him (Jn 8:28). Jesus spent a lot of time being taught by His Father. He arose early to listen to His Father (Mk 1:35), stayed up very late to be with Him (Lk 6:12), and spent forty days in the desert to hear His Father’s plans for His public ministry (Mt 4:1ff). Jesus only told us what He heard from His Father (Jn 8:26). In fact, Jesus mentioned that the Father “has commanded Me what to say and how to speak” (Jn...
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” ‘I am completely trapped,’ Susanna groaned…’Yet it is better for me to fall into your power without guilt than to sin before the Lord.’ ” –Daniel 13:22, 23 We need many more Susannas in our culture of death. These Susannas will refuse to compromise with the sinful ways of the world, the flesh, and the devil. They will “live by the Spirit” (Gal 5:25) and defeat the temptations of the devil through the Spirit working within them (Gal 5:17). These Susannas will have an indefatigable hope, which will never leave them disappointed (Rm 5:5). They will trust in the...
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“They were posing this question to trap Him, so that they could have something to accuse Him of.” –John 8:6 Jesus saved an adulteress from being executed (Jn 8:1ff). He made sure that justice was not done. In doing this, He did nothing for the victims of the adulteress’ sin-crime. Jesus seems to have disregarded the broken hearts of the spouse or spouses cheated on, the disturbed and confused families traumatized by the adultery, and the moral climate of that society further warped by sin. Jesus’ mercy to the adulteress seems unjust to, and even merciless to, her victims. However,...
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“One of their own number, Nicodemus (the man who had come to Him), spoke up to say, ‘Since when does our law condemn any man without first hearing him and knowing the facts?’ ” –John 7:50-51 In John’s Gospel, Nicodemus is introduced as “a member of the Jewish Sanhedrin” who came to Jesus at night (Jn 3:1-2). Later, Nicodemus is referred to more briefly and discreetly as “the man who had come to [Jesus]” (Jn 7:50). After Jesus’ death, Nicodemus came to bury Jesus and is again referred to as “the man who had first come to Jesus at night”...
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Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!” Acts 8:20 Many people believe that money can buy them everything. While this may be true of material possessions, it cannot buy things like peace, joy and fullness of life. These qualities have no price tags. They are God’s gifts of grace to us. We enjoy everything that is good and worthwhile by the grace of God. We don’t deserve these things, we cannot earn them and we are not worthy of them, but we receive them because of Christ’s...
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