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Giving thanks to the mighty One who hears His people
He said, “I love You, O Yahweh, my strength.”2 Yahweh is my [b]rock and my fortress and my deliverer,My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.3 I call upon Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised,And I am saved from my enemies.4 The cords of death encompassed me,And…
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Only sheep follow the shepherd
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his…
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It all belongs to God, even what belongs to you
Jesus heard that they had put him out, and after finding him, He said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” He answered and said, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?” Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him, and He is the one who is talking with you.”…
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Your testimony is not over
As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this was so that the works of God might be manifested in him. We…
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The necessity of the God-man
The Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?” Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me. But I do not seek My glory; there is One who seeks and judges. Truly, truly, I…
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Slaying the captors
So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you abide in My word, then you are truly My disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s seed and have never yet been enslaved to anyone. How is it that You say,…
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The God who delivers
Hear me, Lord, my plea is just; listen to my cry.Hear my prayer— it does not rise from deceitful lips.Let my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right.Though you probe my heart, though you examine me at night and test me,you will find that I have planned no evil; my mouth has not transgressed.Though people tried…
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Signs, prophecies, wonders, and witnesses
Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.” So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are bearing witness about Yourself; Your witness is not true.” Jesus answered and said to them, “Even…
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The eternal righteous judge
But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down and began to teach them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the…
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I’ll huff and I’ll puff and maybe I’ll just leave
The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?” The officers answered, “Never has a man spoken like this!” The Pharisees then answered them, “Have you also been led astray? Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him? But this crowd…
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Reconciling the irreconcilable
Some of the crowd therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This truly is the Prophet.” Others were saying, “This is the Christ.” Still others were saying, “No, for is the Christ going to come from Galilee? Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from Bethlehem,…
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Tradition and scripture
So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Is this not the man whom they are seeking to kill? And look, He is speaking openly, and they are saying nothing to Him. Do the rulers truly know that this is the Christ? However, we know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ…
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Be perfect as only He is perfect
Keep me, O God, for I take refuge in You.O my soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord;I have no good without You.” As for the saints who are in the earth,They are the majestic ones in whom is all my delight.The pains of those who have bartered for another god will…
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Glory in the Word
But when it was now the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to teach. The Jews then were marveling, saying, “How has this man become learned, not having been educated?” So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not Mine, but from Him who sent Me. If anyone…
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The Word tabernacled among us
And after these things Jesus was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him. Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was near. Therefore His brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples also may…
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If standing in a garage does not make you a car…
As a result of this many of His disciples went away and were not walking with Him anymore. So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go?” Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life. And we have believed and have come to know…
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The eternal gift of the incarnation
Therefore the Jews were grumbling about Him, because He said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does He now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” Jesus answered and said to them, “Stop grumbling…
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The Lord loses nothing the Father gives to Him
On the next day, the crowd which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other small boat there, except one, and that Jesus had not entered with His disciples into the boat, but that His disciples had gone away alone. Other small boats came from Tiberias near to the place…
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Only by the power of the Spirit
O Yahweh, who may sojourn in Your tent?Who may dwell on Your holy mountain?He who walks blamelessly, and works righteousness,And speaks truth in his heart.He does not slander with his tongue,Nor does evil to his neighbor,Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;In whose eyes a reprobate is despised,But who honors those who fear Yahweh;He…
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The Lord remembers His people
So Jesus, knowing that they were going to come and take Him by force to make Him king, withdrew again to the mountain by Himself alone.Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea, and after getting into a boat, they began to cross the sea to Capernaum. It had already become dark,…
