Our Journey With God
Here in the USA and in Canada, we just celebrated our freedoms as countries on July 1 and 4. If you’re a Christian, Jesus’ death and resurrection have given you much-more-lasting freedom. That liberty is freedom FROM Satan’s dominating rule TO God’s tender and tough guidance as your adoptive Father, whom you follow willingly, thankfully, and lovingly. There is no such thing as full freedom; either we are slaves to Satan or sons and daughters of God. Like …
(Joh 19:33) But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.(Joh 19:34) But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water.(Joh 19:35) He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth—that you also may believe. Are Jesus’ death and rising from death actual historical events? Some people deny the …
This is an artist’s representation of what Jesus might have looked like. However, he was also fully God, who was hidden in his body. To learn a lot more about Jesus and the other two Persons of God, go to my Spiritual Self-Care Resources. As we have seen in the first seven blogposts, not only does Jesus claim to be God several times, but he confirms those claims with amazing miracles. The next big event for Jesus is his entrance …
Jesus said to [Martha], “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” (John 11:25-26). Of course, no one knows what Jesus looked like, but this painting is inaccurate because Jesus was a Middle Eastern Jew. If you want to know Jesus and love God more, please visit my webpage Spiritual Self-Care Resources. In John 11, …
Jesus and the crowd: “‘My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.’ The Jews picked up stones again to stone him” (John 10:27-31). To …
Many people think that Jesus was a good man who taught people well. However, the problem with that description of Jesus is that he claims to be God. For example, in John 8:58, he says in his discussion with the people, “I and the Father are one.” The people know what he is claiming because they pick up stones to kill him for blasphemy, that is, claiming he is God with the Father. If you want in-depth information about …
Jesus said to the crowd, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12). If you want to learn more-in-depth about and increase your faith in God, read my books here. Jesus, being middle-eastern, was darker-skinned; but he welcomed all sorts of people and taught them. Jesus has some exchanges with the crowd in John 7 but makes an amazing claim in John 8 that …
How much do you enjoy life? How much do you take it for granted? How much are you sure that you will be happy after you die? Why? John’s gospel about Jesus has a lot to say about life now and after we die. If you want to know more about how to have love for God and make your faith in God grow, see my books. The city is Rio De Janeiro in Brazil. On the hill overlooking Rio …
If you would like to learn how to have faith in and love God more, go to Spiritual Self-Care Resources. Jesus returned to his divine radiance in heaven after he rose from the dead and revealed himself many times to his followers. John says in chapter one of his description of Jesus’ ministry, that he and Jesus’ other followers have seen Jesus’ glory. What is it? It is the bright brilliance of God’s presence in heaven. He has shown that …
The Apostle John says a lot about faith in God and our love for God in response to God’s love for us. But, first, he makes clear as much as is humanly possible the relationship among two of the three Persons of God. You can learn to know, and have greater faith in, God by clicking on Spiritual Self-Care Resources. John starts his gospel by echoing the beginning of Genesis, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was …