One more commonly heard is luke 11:1-4: "Lord teach us to pray just as john taught his disciples. ... John the Baptist was filled with the Holy Spirit even before he was born (Luke 1:15). John's mother Elizabeth also spoke of the Holy Spirit quite frequently (Luke 1:41) and so on. ...
A man named John wrote the book of Revelation on an island in the Argean Sea named Patmos. This person is believed to be John the Apostle of Jesus Christ, author of the fourth gospel. ... In 480 AD five passages written by Iraneous mentioned John specifically as the author, and in the middle of the 2nd century Justin Marty quoted verbatim "attributing the authorship to John, an apostle of Christ." ... If this book was not written by John the Apostle, it was written by a John never before heard of or mentioned. ... In these seven letter John sends messages to the seven churches in Asia. ...
Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full" (John 16:23). ... John the Baptist said, "He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire." ... The outpouring was also foretold by John the Baptist in Matthew 3:11. ... Peter and the six Jewish Christians who went with him to Ceasarea knew that the Gentiles had received the Holy Ghost, not because of their temperance, gentleness, love, or peace, but because they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God (Acts 10:46). ... The Holy Ghost is God and "God is a Spirit" (John 4:24). ...
The Christian movement had been initiated during the ministries of John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth. ... Now when the Jews from many foreign nations that were staying in Jerusalem heard these men speaking and recognized the languages of their native tongues, "All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "What does this mean?"... The people whom heard what Peter had said to them were cut to the heart and asked Peter " What should we do?" ...
Look, now you have heard the blasphemy. ... In Luke 27, Jesus is brought before Herod, who is pleased to see him, since he has heard many things about him and wishes to see him perform a miracle. ... In John, Mary Magdalene arrives first and runs to Simon to tell him that someone has taken Jesus" body. By John's account, they do not understand that this is in accordance with the Scripture. ... In John, he mentions "doubting" Thomas, who actually puts his hands in Jesus" wounds for proof that it is actually Jesus. ...
There are four different Gospel writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and each has their own unique vision of Jesus's life. ... The Pharisee's became angered when they heard this and when the disciples told Jesus this he replied that all the plants that are not firmly rooted [in faith] will be uprooted . ... John the Baptist even calls them a brood of vipers. ...
"I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full" (John 10:10) Christ came to conquer death. ... John says, "This is the message you have heard from the beginning: we should love one another, unlike Cain who belonged to the evil one and slaughtered his brother" (1 John 3:11-12). ... " (1 john 4)...
One day Francis way praying to God and heard God respond, "Repair my church.... In the book of John, Andrew picks of Peter and says, "We have found the Messiah," (Jonh 1: 40) which translates to "the Christ". When Andrew took Peter to Jesus he said, "You are Simon the son of Jonah, you shall be called Cephas," (John 1: 42) which translates to peter. ...
John Calvin's development of Calvinism is so concise and perfected that it is hard to believe someone could come along and change the views of everyone. ... John Calvin is not to blame for the pilgrims and puritans beliefs and disbeliefs but I do feel that they were not knowledgeable enough anyways to think otherwise at the time. ... Maybe they chose to believe John's theory simply because eternal security of God sounds pretty promising and makes you feel better about where your life is leading you. ... "I heard two sisters reason on, things that are past and things to come; on...
The Apostle John defines sin as lawlessness (1 John 3:4). ... In the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery. ... In perhaps the most known of all Bible verses, John 3:16-16 states: "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. ...
.# This insight helps in understanding passages such as Hebrews 4:2: "For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it." ...
Though Ananias had heard much about Saul and was just a little scared, he took it with a grain assault and obeyed the Lord and took Saul in. ... (Acts 15) In this chapter they discussed the idea of taking the young John Mark with them on their next journey. John Mark had abandoned them during the first missionary journey and Paul did not want to give him a second chance. ... This was when John Mark left the group. ...
The blind man of John 9 had neighbors to support him. ... A model prayer in Colossians 1.9-12, " For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. ...
Work Theological Reflections Paper "Work for the night is coming, Work thro" the morning hours; Work while the dew is sparkling, Work "mid springing flowers; Work, when the day grows brighter, Work in the glowing sun; Work for the night is coming, When man's work is done." The above words are from a poem written by Anna L. Coggill in 1860. There are two more verses, and Lowell Mason set the words to music in 1864. I remember singing this hymn as a young person in Sunday school. ...
