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John 14:15-17 – “If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you …
Psalm 119:19 – “I am a stranger in the earth; Do not hide Your commandments from me.” The people of God throughout scripture are known to be pilgrims, wanderers, nomads; people on a journey from one place to another. They are called aliens and strangers, not calling the earth their home. This verse reiterates that point …
John 13:3,4,8 – “Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God, rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself. Peter said to Him, “You shall never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I …
Psalm 118:22,23 – “The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing; It is marvelous in our eyes.” These verses in today’s Old Testament One Year Bible reading are quoted five times in the New Testament: Matthew 21:42; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17: Acts 4:11: and 1 Peter 2:7. Jesus references Himself three …
1 Samuel 30:6b – “…But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.” While David and his men were away on business the Amalekites had raided their home city of Ziklag, burned it with fire and carried off women and children alive. When David and the men reached Ziklag and realized what happened, the Bible says …
John 11:39,40 – “Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.” Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” “I’ll believe it …
1 Samuel 24:4-6 – “Then the men of David said to him, “This is the day of which the Lord said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do to him as it seems good to you.’ ” And David arose and secretly cut off a corner of Saul’s robe. Now …
Psalm 115:9-15 – “O Israel, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield. O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield. You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield. The Lord has been mindful of us; He …
John 9:25b – “One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see.” This chapter begins with Jesus seeing a blind man and His disciples asking if the blind man sinned or the parents sinned because he had been born blind. This thinking was prevalent in the biblical times. Jesus responded that neither …
John 8:31,32,36,37 – “Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free…36 Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. I know that you are Abraham’s descendants, but you seek to kill Me, …