Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, “I was no prophet, nor a prophet’s son, but I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs. But the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’ Now therefore hear the word of the LORD.“YouContinue reading “Amos 7: 14-17…..There is more!”
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Amos 7: 10-13…..God is specific in judgement.
Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. For thus Amos has said,“‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword,and Israel must go into exileaway from his land.’”And AmaziahContinue reading “Amos 7: 10-13…..God is specific in judgement.”
Amos 7: 1-9…..Does God really change His mind?
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: behold, he was forming locusts when the latter growth was just beginning to sprout, and behold, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings. When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said,“O Lord GOD, please forgive! How can Jacob stand? He isContinue reading “Amos 7: 1-9…..Does God really change His mind?”
John 4: 19-26….Jesus introduces Himself.
The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worshipContinue reading “John 4: 19-26….Jesus introduces Himself.”
John 4: 1-9….Is this a set-up?
Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), he left Judea and departed again for Galilee. And he had to pass through Samaria. So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, nearContinue reading “John 4: 1-9….Is this a set-up?”
John 3: 31-35…..Who is the speaker here?
He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is above all. He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony. Whoever receives his testimony sets his sealContinue reading “John 3: 31-35…..Who is the speaker here?”
John 3: 22-30…..The ‘to-be- announced’ Christ has arrived.
After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing. John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized (for John had not yet been put in prison).Now a discussion arose between some ofContinue reading “John 3: 22-30…..The ‘to-be- announced’ Christ has arrived.”
John 3: 16-21….Well known – but well understood??
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is notContinue reading “John 3: 16-21….Well known – but well understood??”
John 3: 9-15…..Build on what you know already!
Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things? Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony. If IContinue reading “John 3: 9-15…..Build on what you know already!”
John 3: 5-8….A deep answer.
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be bornContinue reading “John 3: 5-8….A deep answer.”
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