The questions before us as we go forward are simple but challenging: will we throw sinners before God in judgment, or will we extend a hand of grace?
All tagged John
John 15
This would seem to support the thesis of Christ’s parable of the soils. It also brings to the forefront the major theme of John's writing: abiding in Christ. Abiding in the true vine is essential for those who have once been cleaned by the word of God.
Rising Above The Scriptures
To every man, therefore, his faith is a sufficient attestation of the eternal predestination of God, so that it would be a shocking sacrilege to carry the inquiry farther; for that man offers an aggravated insult to the Holy Spirit, who refuses to assent to his simple testimony. (Comm. John 6:40)
Women at Wells and Wedding Bells
Jesus came
I Am the Resurrection
As the body of Christ, the church should look to emulate Jesus' model. If Jesus is the resurrection and we are his body then we should look to see the ways in which we can expand the world of the resurrection in the worlds that we inhabit.
The Eyes of Jesus
Perhaps this explains how we can know certain things but not be moved (or broken) until we see. Perhaps this teaches us the importance of seeing in ministry.
Christology in Isaiah 12
3 Therefore you will joyously draw water
From the springs of salvation. - Isaiah 12:3
Jesus on Circumcision
Circumcision is equated with the healing of a man's body. This is a blessing and a gift. It is deliverance as is fitting for the Sabbath. It i the fulfillment of the year of Jubilee (Luke 4:18).
I am a Calvinist. I have a card and everything to prove it. But the misappropriation of texts like John 12:32 has to stop if we are going to be faithful to Biblical and valid historical interpretation.