“If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:31-32 ESV). Jesus gave those who believed in Him and continued in His word three promises. The first promise was assurance of salvation. For those who abide or continue in

I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins (John 8:24 ESV). Jesus warned that those who did not believe in Him as the Christ, would die in their sins. Sin is the state of all of Adams race. It

Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” (John 8:6-7 ESV). When the religious leaders brought a woman accused of adultery

The Pharisees answered them, “Have you also been deceived? Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed. (John 7:47-49 ESV). When the Temple guards returned to the Jewish leaders empty-handed, they questioned why they hadnt arrested Jesus. But the guards replied

A gentle tongue is a tree of life (Proverbs 15:4 ESV). In our One Year Bible reading today I was looking for something to say to bless and encourage mothers. This passage from Proverbs seemed appropriate. I often remember the gentle words of my mother. She always sought to encourage her children and grandchildren with

“After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him (John 6:66 ESV). In John 6:66, the shocking statement that Jesus made concerning His body and blood as spiritual food, made many so-called disciples desert Him. Just as Moses had led a mixed multitude into the wilderness from Egypt (Ex. 12:38),

And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them (1 Samuel 8:7 ESV). Samuel had led Israel well his whole life, but now he was old and his sons

And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick (John 6:2 ESV). The apostle John reported that large crowds began to follow Jesus in the Galilee region because of the signs he was doing. John called the miracles of Jesus signs for they were given

“You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life (John 5:39-40 ESV). Jesus acknowledged that the Jews were a people of the Book, yet He challenged them to see

But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the Lord (1 Samuel 1:15 ESV). Hannah was childless. At her familys annual visit to the Tabernacle at Shiloh to worship and bring offerings, she