Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

New Testament

Salvation’s Greatest Benefit

1 JOHN 5:1-3 – Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And…

The Big Deal Of Love

1 JOHN 4:7-12 – Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we…

The Fruitful Christian Life

JOHN 12:23-26 – And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will…

Having Love For Hurting People

JOHN 11:33-37 – When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled. And he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” Jesus wept. So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” But some of them said, “Could not…

Don’t Forget

2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 – Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come THEME OF THE DAY. DON’T FORGET. The greatest challenge Christians face in this world is not the allurements of the world, the enticement of the flesh, or the deceitfulness of the devil. Those are very real and…