"Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
Luke 8:40-56 (GNT) 40 When Jesus returned to the other side of the lake, the people welcomed him, because they had all been waiting for him. 41 Then a man named Jairus arrived; he was an official in the local synagogue. He threw himself down at Jesus' feet and begged him to go to his home, 42 because his only daughter, who was twelve years old, was dying. As Jesus went along, the people were crowding him from every side. 43 Among them was a woman who had suffered from severe bleeding for twelve years; she had spent all she had on doctors, but no one had been able to cure her. 44 She came up in the crowd behind Jesus and touched the edge of his cloak, and her bleeding stopped at once. 45 Jesus asked, "Who touched me?" Everyone denied it, and Peter said, "Master, the people are all around you and crowding in on you." 46 But Jesus said, "Someone touched me, for I knew it when power went out of me." 47 The woman saw that she had been found o...
John 8.12-30
Jesus Is the Light for the World
Once again Jesus spoke to the people. This time he said, "I am the
light for the world! Follow me, and you won't be walking in the dark.
You will have the light that gives life." The Pharisees objected, "You
are the only one speaking for yourself, and what you say isn't true!"
Jesus replied: Even if I do speak for myself, what I say is true! I
know where I came from and where I am going. But you don't know where
I am from or where I am going. You judge in the same way that
everyone else does, but I don't judge anyone. If I did judge, I would
judge fairly, because I would not be doing it alone. The Father who
sent me is here with me. Your Law requires two witnesses to prove
that something is true. I am one of my witnesses, and the Father who
sent me is the other one. "Where is your Father?" they asked. "You
don't know me or my Father!" Jesus answered. "If yo...
1 Thessalonians 4.9-18
"We don't have to write you about the need to love each other. God has
taught you to do this, and you already have shown your love for all
of his people in Macedonia. But, my dear friends, we ask you to do
even more. Try your best to live quietly, to mind your own business,
and to work hard, just as we taught you to do. Then you will be
respected by people who are not followers of the Lord, and you won't
have to depend on anyone.
The Lord's Coming
My friends, we want you to understand how it will be for those
followers who have already died. Then you won't grieve over them and
be like people who don't have any hope. We believe that Jesus died
and was raised to life. We also believe that when God brings Jesus
back again, he will bring with him all who had faith in Jesus before
they died. Our Lord Jesus told us that when he comes, we won't go up
to meet him ahead of his followers who have already died. With a l...
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