The first eighteen verses of John’s gospel has described Jesus as the eternal Word. The eternal Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us and we have seen his glory. And from his fullness we have all received grace upon grace. The author will now move forward in the story and tell us about John. We noticed in verses 6-8 of chapter 1 that John is the witness who has come to testify to the light that came into the world. In our study in this lesson we will notice two sections: John’s testimony of himself (1:19-28) and John’s testimony of Jesus (1:29-34).
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Tags: holy spirit, john 1, john the baptist
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John Bible Study (That You May Believe)
Luke continues to tell the scene as Jesus is teaching his disciples about using money to be friends of God. Jesus taught the disciples that everything we have is God’s and we are to be good managers of God’s wealth. The Pharisees were listening to Jesus’ teaching and ridiculed Jesus for teaching this message. But Luke tells us the reason why they ridiculed and rejected the message was not because the teaching was false, but because they loved money and this teaching cut them.
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Luke Bible Study (Journey with Jesus)
In the previous section of Luke 16 we noticed Jesus teaching about the need to use wealth in a way that prepares us to enter into our eternal home. The Pharisees reject Jesus because he is teaching something they do not accept. They are lovers of money (16:14) and choose to ridicule Jesus rather than listen to the clear teaching concerning who will enter the kingdom of God.
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Tags: divorce, luke 16, remarriage
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Luke Bible Study (Journey with Jesus)
For the first time in Amos’ prophecy, the message declared are words of hope and restoration. The prophecy up to this point has been descriptive for the end of the physical nation of Israel. The people are deserving of judgment because they have taken the material wealth and blessings given by God to turn their hearts away from loving and serving him. But now there are a few words of hope, a message of restoration of the people.
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Amos Bible Study (The Lord Roars)