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So, how do we enter/receive this saving love of God? According to God’s word, though God’s love is poured upon the world/us in compassion, there is a proper human response that is essential in our...
John 15: 9, 13-17 (NIV) - “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends...
This love - He gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. “The Greek construction puts some emphasis on the actuality of the gift: it is not...
John 3:17-18 (NIV) - “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe...
John 3:16 (NIV) - “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” If we were to try to summarize the...
For today’s transmission begin reading the following passage in Philippians 2 (it will also help us to prepare for the upcoming conference). Also, it is recommended that you memorize verses 6-11....
Luke 10:36 - “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go...
When studying scripture, we are often told to know the context in which a passage is presented. In the case of the parable of the Good Samaritan, the context can be ascertained from Luke 10.1-3,...
The definition of ‘neighbor’ was very different in the bible compared to how Americans have come to understand and define the word ‘neighbor.’ In our present day context, a neighbor is someone who...
When we read Exodus 32-34, the passage places compassion and mercy at the very heart of who God is—and therefore who we are called to be in our very identity as God’s people. Exodus 34.6 says...