-
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…
-
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,…
-
Just the smallest bit of faith
After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias). Now a large crowd was following Him, because they were seeing the signs which He was doing on those who were sick. Then Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He was sitting down with His disciples.…
-
By the testimony of two or three witnesses…
“I can do nothing from Myself. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. If I alone bear witness about Myself, My witness is not true. There is another who bears witness about Me, and I know…
-
To live or to die, this is the question
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the…
-
All praise to the Son, the judge
Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing from Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in the same manner. For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all…
-
The secret atheist needs to repent
The wicked fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”They act corruptly, they commit abominable deeds;There is no one who does good.Yahweh looks down from heaven upon the sons of menTo see if there is anyone who has insight,Anyone who seeks after God.They have all turned aside, altogether they have become worthless;There is no…
-
Our Father in Heaven
Afterward Jesus found him in the Temple and said to him, “Behold, you have become well; do not sin anymore, so that nothing worse happens to you.” The man went away, and disclosed to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. And for this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because…
-
I work for a living
Now it was the Sabbath on that day. So the Jews were saying to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to carry your mat.” But he answered them, “He who made me well was the one who said to me, ‘Pick up your mat…
-
Where is your hope?
Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes. In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered, waiting for the moving of the waters; for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool…
-
Believe God and see
Then He came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine. And there was a royal official whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and was asking Him to come down and heal his son; for…
-
A reason to believe
From that city many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who bore witness, “He told me all the things that I have done.” So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days. And many more believed because…
-
How long, how long, how long
How long, O Yahweh? Will You forget me forever?How long will You hide Your face from me?How long shall I take counsel in my soul,Having sorrow in my heart all the day?How long will my enemy be exalted over me?Look and answer me, O Yahweh my God; Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep…
-
What is a bit of bread, anyway?
Meanwhile the disciples were urging Him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” So the disciples were saying to one another, “Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?” Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent…
-
A boundless spring of living water
A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. Therefore the Samaritan woman said to Him, “How do You, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, being a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no…
-
It is not all about you
Therefore there arose a debate between John’s disciples and a Jew about purification. And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have borne witness, behold, He is baptizing and all are coming to Him.” John answered and said, “A man can receive…
-
Working out your faith
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. He who believes in Him is not…
-
Objecting to God’s grace
Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; this man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered…
-
The mask
Save, O Yahweh, for the holy man ceases to be.For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.They speak worthlessness to one another;With a flattering lip and with a double heart they speak.May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips,The tongue that speaks great things;Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail;Our lips are…
-
He gets us
Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name, when they saw His signs which He was doing. But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, for He knew all men, and because He had no need that anyone bear witness concerning man, for…
