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JOHN 16:12-13 NKJ 12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 “However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. “Into all truth” in verse thirteen is translated “into the full truth” or “to the complete truth” in other Bible translations. At the very end of His earthly ministry, Jesus told His disciples there were many things He still needed to teach them. Then Jesus told them the Holy Spirit would guide them into a full and complete understanding of the truth after He left. It took me a long time to understand this. But I finally realized that because Jesus ministered under the Old Covenant, He was not able to communicate everything we need to know about the New Covenant during His earthly ministry. Only after His death and resurrection, which brought in the New Covenant, was the Lord able, through t...

MARK 11:23 NKJ 23 “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, `Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will come to pass, he will have whatever he says. Jesus said that you will have whatever you say – dependent on believing and not doubting. Think of that. What you say determines what you get in life. It did for the children of Israel. And the Bible says the things which happened to them are lessons for us. NUMBERS 14:28 NKJ 28 “Say to them, As I live,' says the Lord, just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: PROVERBS 6:2 NKJ 2 you are snared by the words of your own mouth; you are taken by the words of your mouth. Words can get you in trouble. And words can deliver you (see Revelation 12:11 and Romans 10:10). Words control your destiny. All of us face trouble in life and it can sometimes be tempting to wonder why God does not help us sooner and in greater measure. While t...

JOHN 16:12-13 NKJ 12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 “However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. “Into all truth” in verse thirteen is translated “into the full truth” or “to the complete truth” in other Bible translations. At the very end of His earthly ministry, Jesus told His disciples there were many things He still needed to teach them. Then Jesus told them the Holy Spirit would guide them into a full and complete understanding of the truth after He left. It took me a long time to understand this. But I finally realized that because Jesus ministered under the Old Covenant, He was not able to communicate everything we need to know about the New Covenant during His earthly ministry. Only after His death and resurrection, which brought in the New Covenant, was the Lord able, through t...

MARK 11:23 NKJ 23 “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, `Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will come to pass, he will have whatever he says. Jesus said that you will have whatever you say – dependent on believing and not doubting. Think of that. What you say determines what you get in life. It did for the children of Israel. And the Bible says the things which happened to them are lessons for us. NUMBERS 14:28 NKJ 28 “Say to them, As I live,' says the Lord, just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: PROVERBS 6:2 NKJ 2 you are snared by the words of your own mouth; you are taken by the words of your mouth. Words can get you in trouble. And words can deliver you (see Revelation 12:11 and Romans 10:10). Words control your destiny. All of us face trouble in life and it can sometimes be tempting to wonder why God does not help us sooner and in greater measure. While t...

JOHN 16:12-13 NKJ 12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 “However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. “Into all truth” in verse thirteen is translated “into the full truth” or “to the complete truth” in other Bible translations. At the very end of His earthly ministry, Jesus told His disciples there were many things He still needed to teach them. Then Jesus told them the Holy Spirit would guide them into a full and complete understanding of the truth after He left. It took me a long time to understand this. But I finally realized that because Jesus ministered under the Old Covenant, He was not able to communicate everything we need to know about the New Covenant during His earthly ministry. Only after His death and resurrection, which brought in the New Covenant, was the Lord able, through t...

MARK 11:23 NKJ 23 “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, `Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will come to pass, he will have whatever he says. Jesus said that you will have whatever you say – dependent on believing and not doubting. Think of that. What you say determines what you get in life. It did for the children of Israel. And the Bible says the things which happened to them are lessons for us. NUMBERS 14:28 NKJ 28 “Say to them, As I live,' says the Lord, just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: PROVERBS 6:2 NKJ 2 you are snared by the words of your own mouth; you are taken by the words of your mouth. Words can get you in trouble. And words can deliver you (see Revelation 12:11 and Romans 10:10). Words control your destiny. All of us face trouble in life and it can sometimes be tempting to wonder why God does not help us sooner and in greater measure. While t...

JOHN 16:12-13 NKJ 12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 “However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. “Into all truth” in verse thirteen is translated “into the full truth” or “to the complete truth” in other Bible translations. At the very end of His earthly ministry, Jesus told His disciples there were many things He still needed to teach them. Then Jesus told them the Holy Spirit would guide them into a full and complete understanding of the truth after He left. It took me a long time to understand this. But I finally realized that because Jesus ministered under the Old Covenant, He was not able to communicate everything we need to know about the New Covenant during His earthly ministry. Only after His death and resurrection, which brought in the New Covenant, was the Lord able, through t...

MARK 11:23 NKJ 23 “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, `Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will come to pass, he will have whatever he says. Jesus said that you will have whatever you say – dependent on believing and not doubting. Think of that. What you say determines what you get in life. It did for the children of Israel. And the Bible says the things which happened to them are lessons for us. NUMBERS 14:28 NKJ 28 “Say to them, As I live,' says the Lord, just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: PROVERBS 6:2 NKJ 2 you are snared by the words of your own mouth; you are taken by the words of your mouth. Words can get you in trouble. And words can deliver you (see Revelation 12:11 and Romans 10:10). Words control your destiny. All of us face trouble in life and it can sometimes be tempting to wonder why God does not help us sooner and in greater measure. While t...

JOHN 16:12-13 NKJ 12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 “However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. “Into all truth” in verse thirteen is translated “into the full truth” or “to the complete truth” in other Bible translations. At the very end of His earthly ministry, Jesus told His disciples there were many things He still needed to teach them. Then Jesus told them the Holy Spirit would guide them into a full and complete understanding of the truth after He left. It took me a long time to understand this. But I finally realized that because Jesus ministered under the Old Covenant, He was not able to communicate everything we need to know about the New Covenant during His earthly ministry. Only after His death and resurrection, which brought in the New Covenant, was the Lord able, through t...

MARK 11:23 NKJ 23 “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, `Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will come to pass, he will have whatever he says. Jesus said that you will have whatever you say – dependent on believing and not doubting. Think of that. What you say determines what you get in life. It did for the children of Israel. And the Bible says the things which happened to them are lessons for us. NUMBERS 14:28 NKJ 28 “Say to them, As I live,' says the Lord, just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: PROVERBS 6:2 NKJ 2 you are snared by the words of your own mouth; you are taken by the words of your mouth. Words can get you in trouble. And words can deliver you (see Revelation 12:11 and Romans 10:10). Words control your destiny. All of us face trouble in life and it can sometimes be tempting to wonder why God does not help us sooner and in greater measure. While t...

JOHN 16:12-13 NKJ 12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 “However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. "Into all truth” in verse thirteen is translated “into the full truth” or “to the complete truth” in other Bible translations. At the very end of His earthly ministry, Jesus told His disciples there were many things He still needed to teach them. Then Jesus told them the Holy Spirit would guide them into a full and complete understanding of the truth after He left. It took me a long time to understand this. But I finally realized that because Jesus ministered under the Old Covenant, He was not able to communicate everything we need to know about the New Covenant during His earthly ministry. Only after His death and resurrection, which brought in the New Covenant, was the Lord able, thro...

MARK 11:23 NKJ 23 “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, `Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will come to pass, he will have whatever he says. Jesus said that you will have whatever you say – dependent on believing and not doubting. Think of that. What you say determines what you get in life. It did for the children of Israel. And the Bible says the things which happened to them are lessons for us. NUMBERS 14:28 NKJ 28 “Say to them, As I live,' says the Lord, just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: PROVERBS 6:2 NKJ 2 you are snared by the words of your own mouth; you are taken by the words of your mouth. Words can get you in trouble. And words can deliver you (see Revelation 12:11 and Romans 10:10). Words control your destiny. All of us face trouble in life and it can sometimes be tempting to wonder why God does not help us sooner and in greater measure. While t...

JOHN 16:12-13 NKJ 12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. "Into all truth” in verse thirteen is translated “into the full truth” or “to the complete truth” in other Bible translations. At the very end of His earthly ministry, Jesus told His disciples there were many things He still needed to teach them. Then Jesus told them the Holy Spirit would guide them into a full and complete understanding of the truth after He left. It took me a long time to understand this. But I finally realized that because Jesus ministered under the Old Covenant, He was not able to communicate everything we need to know about the New Covenant during His earthly ministry. Only after His death and resurrection, which brought in the New Covenant, was the Lord able,...

MARK 11:23 NKJ 23 “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, `Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will come to pass, he will have whatever he says. Jesus said that you will have whatever you say – dependent on believing and not doubting. Think of that. What you say determines what you get in life. It did for the children of Israel. And the Bible says the things which happened to them are lessons for us. NUMBERS 14:28 NKJ 28 “Say to them, As I live,' says the Lord, just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: PROVERBS 6:2 NKJ 2 you are snared by the words of your own mouth; you are taken by the words of your mouth. Words can get you in trouble. And words can deliver you (see Revelation 12:11 and Romans 10:10). Words control your destiny. All of us face trouble in life and it can sometimes be tempting to wonder why God does not help us sooner and in greater measure. While t...

JOHN 16:12-13 NKJ 12 "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. "Into all truth" in verse thirteen is translated "into the full truth" or "to the complete truth" in other Bible translations. At the very end of His earthly ministry, Jesus told His disciples there were many things He still needed to teach them. Then Jesus told them the Holy Spirit would guide them into a full and complete understanding of the truth after He left. It took me a long time to understand this. But I finally realized that because Jesus ministered under the Old Covenant, He was not able to communicate everything we need to know about the New Covenant during His earthly ministry. Only after His death and resurrection, which brought in the Ne...

MARK 11:23 NKJ 23 “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, `Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will come to pass, he will have whatever he says. Jesus said that you will have whatever you say – dependent on believing and not doubting. Think of that. What you say determines what you get in life. It did for the children of Israel. And the Bible says the things which happened to them are lessons for us. NUMBERS 14:28 NKJ 28 “Say to them, As I live,' says the Lord, just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: PROVERBS 6:2 NKJ 2 you are snared by the words of your own mouth; you are taken by the words of your mouth. Words can get you in trouble. And words can deliver you (see Revelation 12:11 and Romans 10:10). Words control your destiny. All of us face trouble in life and it can sometimes be tempting to wonder why God does not help us sooner and in greater measure. While t...

MARK 11:23 NKJ 23 “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, `Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will come to pass, he will have whatever he says. Jesus said that you will have whatever you say – dependent on believing and not doubting. Think of that. What you say determines what you get in life. It did for the children of Israel. And the Bible says the things which happened to them are lessons for us. NUMBERS 14:28 NKJ 28 “Say to them, As I live,' says the Lord, just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: PROVERBS 6:2 NKJ 2 you are snared by the words of your own mouth; you are taken by the words of your mouth. Words can get you in trouble. And words can deliver you (see Revelation 12:11 and Romans 10:10). Words control your destiny. All of us face trouble in life and it can sometimes be tempting to wonder why God does not help us sooner and in greater measure. While t...

MARK 11:23 NKJ 23 “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, `Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will come to pass, he will have whatever he says. Jesus said that you will have whatever you say – dependent on believing and not doubting. Think of that. What you say determines what you get in life. It did for the children of Israel. And the Bible says the things which happened to them are lessons for us. NUMBERS 14:28 NKJ 28 “Say to them, As I live,' says the Lord, just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: PROVERBS 6:2 NKJ 2 you are snared by the words of your own mouth; you are taken by the words of your mouth. Words can get you in trouble. And words can deliver you (see Revelation 12:11 and Romans 10:10). Words control your destiny. All of us face trouble in life and it can sometimes be tempting to wonder why God does not help us sooner and in greater measure. While t...

MARK 11:23 NKJ 23 “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, `Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will come to pass, he will have whatever he says. Jesus said that you will have whatever you say – dependent on believing and not doubting. Think of that. What you say determines what you get in life. It did for the children of Israel. And the Bible says the things which happened to them are lessons for us. NUMBERS 14:28 NKJ 28 “Say to them, As I live,' says the Lord, just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: PROVERBS 6:2 NKJ 2 you are snared by the words of your own mouth; you are taken by the words of your mouth. Words can get you in trouble. And words can deliver you (see Revelation 12:11 and Romans 10:10). Words control your destiny. All of us face trouble in life and it can sometimes be tempting to wonder why God does not help us sooner and in greater measure. While t...

MARK 11:23 NKJ 23 “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, `Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will come to pass, he will have whatever he says. Jesus said that you will have whatever you say – dependent on believing and not doubting. Think of that. What you say determines what you get in life. It did for the children of Israel. And the Bible says the things which happened to them are lessons for us. NUMBERS 14:28 NKJ 28 “Say to them, As I live,' says the Lord, just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: PROVERBS 6:2 NKJ 2 you are snared by the words of your own mouth; you are taken by the words of your mouth. Words can get you in trouble. And words can deliver you (see Revelation 12:11 and Romans 10:10). Words control your destiny. All of us face trouble in life and it can sometimes be tempting to wonder why God does not help us sooner and in greater measure. While t...

MARK 11:23 NKJ 23 “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, `Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will come to pass, he will have whatever he says. Jesus said that you will have whatever you say – dependent on believing and not doubting. Think of that. What you say determines what you get in life. It did for the children of Israel. And the Bible says the things which happened to them are lessons for us. NUMBERS 14:28 NKJ 28 “Say to them, As I live,' says the Lord, just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: PROVERBS 6:2 NKJ 2 you are snared by the words of your own mouth; you are taken by the words of your mouth. Words can get you in trouble. And words can deliver you (see Revelation 12:11 and Romans 10:10). Words control your destiny. All of us face trouble in life and it can sometimes be tempting to wonder why God does not help us sooner and in greater measure. While t...

MARK 11:23 NKJ 23 “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, `Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will come to pass, he will have whatever he says. Jesus said that you will have whatever you say – dependent on believing and not doubting. Think of that. What you say determines what you get in life. It did for the children of Israel. And the Bible says the things which happened to them are lessons for us. NUMBERS 14:28 NKJ 28 “Say to them, As I live,' says the Lord, just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: PROVERBS 6:2 NKJ 2 you are snared by the words of your own mouth; you are taken by the words of your mouth. Words can get you in trouble. And words can deliver you (see Revelation 12:11 and Romans 10:10). Words control your destiny. All of us face trouble in life and it can sometimes be tempting to wonder why God does not help us sooner and in greater measure. While t...

MARK 11:23 NKJ 23 “For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, `Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will come to pass, he will have whatever he says. Jesus said that you will have whatever you say – dependent on believing and not doubting. Think of that. What you say determines what you get in life. It did for the children of Israel. And the Bible says the things which happened to them are lessons for us. NUMBERS 14:28 NKJ 28 "Say to them, As I live,' says the Lord, just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: PROVERBS 6:2 NKJ 2 you are snared by the words of your own mouth; you are taken by the words of your mouth. Words can get you in trouble. And words can deliver you (see Revelation 12:11 and Romans 10:10). Words control your destiny. All of us face trouble in life and it can sometimes be tempting to wonder why God does not help us sooner and in greater measure. Wh...

MARK 11:23 NKJ 23 "For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, `Be removed and be cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will come to pass, he will have whatever he says. Jesus said that you will have whatever you say -- dependent on believing and not doubting. Think of that. What you say determines what you get in life. It did for the children of Israel. And the Bible says the things which happened to them are lessons for us. NUMBERS 14:28 NKJ 28 "Say to them, As I live,' says the Lord, just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: PROVERBS 6:2 NKJ 2 you are snared by the words of your own mouth; you are taken by the words of your mouth. Words can get you in trouble. And words can deliver you (see Revelation 12:11 and Romans 10:10). Words control your destiny. All of us face trouble in life and it can sometimes be tempting to wonder why God does not help us sooner and in greater m...

EPHESIANS 3:15 AMPLIFIED 15 For Whom every family in heaven and on earth is named – [that Father] from whom all fatherhood takes its title and derives its name. I have included these different translations, with the notes from the margin, to show that the Bible says that all fatherhood derives from God. In other words, God is the original Father. Everything good that fathers are, was in God first. All earthly fatherhood is but a replica of what was first in God. EPHESIANS 3:14-15 NIV 14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. NIV NOTE: Or whom all fatherhood EPHESIANS 3:14-15 NRSV 14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. NRSV Note: Gk fatherhood One mission of Jesus on earth was to show us what God was like, to reveal Him to us. Jesus introduced the concept of God as Father. The Jews did not know God as Father because the Old Testa...

Faith is what you believe. (In the Bible, faith is the noun form and believe is the verb form of the same word.) Faith (a belief) is always a decision, based on some evidence, resulting in some action. Faith in God is a choice to believe what God says is true. It is accepting God’s Word as evidence worthy of acting upon. Faith in God and His Word operates on the same principles as faith in anything else. There are no special rules. It is all a matter of what you believe. All humans operate on a belief system. As we go through life we are constantly being presented with information which is evidence that we must evaluate and judge. Whenever we choose to accept the evidence presented to us as sufficient to accept as truth, then that belief is added to our belief system. Unless and until we are presented with new evidence that causes us to decide to believe differently about a subject, we keep the same belief. Then as we go through life, we always act (often sub- consciously) on th...

DEUTERONOMY 8:18 ICB 8 But remember the Lord your God! It is he who gives you the power to become rich. He keeps the agreement he promised to your ancestors. So it is today. I don’t want to be critical, but so many preach, using this verse, that God wants to prosper people for one sole purpose: to give the money to God so He can afford to proclaim the Gospel to all the world. But I just don’t buy it. I do believe God desires His people to be givers. And clearly we should proclaim the Gospel to everyone. Being selfish is the worst thing you can do. And usually the biggest enjoyment you can get from something is to give it away to someone who is thrilled with it. But surely God is not waiting around till we get enough money to finance Him. And surely God is not worse than normal earthly parents. What earthly parent would give their children toys on Christmas, then tell them the ONLY reason they were given those gifts is so they could give them away to the neighbor kids? I already sai...

1 THESSALONIANS 5:27 HCSB 27 I charge you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the brothers. The Bible contains both the Old Testament and the New Testament. The New Testament contains the four Gospels (Matthew through John), the book of Acts, the Letters to the Church (Romans through Jude) and the book of Revelation. All the Bible is the inspired Word of God, and as such is an important message to us today. However, not until the resurrection of Jesus Christ did the New Covenant start, which changed everything. God never changes, but His covenants (and thus His way of dealing with people) did change. There was an Old Covenant God had with the people of Israel. Now there is a New Covenant. And the New is not just a continuation or amplification of the Old, but is radically different. The New Covenant did not begin until after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. So everything said and done before the resurrection of Jesus was before the New Covenant started. (Even the...

EPHESIANS 3:15 AMPLIFIED 15 For Whom every family in heaven and on earth is named – [that Father] from whom all fatherhood takes its title and derives its name. I have included these different translations, with the notes from the margin, to show that the Bible says that all fatherhood derives from God. In other words, God is the original Father. Everything good that fathers are, was in God first. All earthly fatherhood is but a replica of what was first in God. EPHESIANS 3:14-15 NIV 14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. NIV NOTE: Or whom all fatherhood EPHESIANS 3:14-15 NRSV 14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. NRSV Note: Gk fatherhood One mission of Jesus on earth was to show us what God was like, to reveal Him to us. Jesus introduced the concept of God as Father. The Jews did not know God as Father because the Old Testa...