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Read John 4:1-3. Circle the words that stand out to you. What is the Lord saying to you? 1 Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John— 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. 3 So he left Judea … Read More “Devotional Thoughts in the Gospel of John 4:1-3” »
Read John 3:31-36. Circle the words that stand out to you. What is the Lord saying to you? 31 The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all. … Read More “Devotional Thoughts in the Gospel of John: 3:31-36” »
Read John 3:22-30. Circle the words that stand out to you. What is the Lord saying to you? 22 After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized. 23 Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of … Read More “Devotional Thoughts in the Gospel of John 3:22-30” »
Read John 3:19-21. Circle the words that stand out to you. What is the Lord saying you? 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their … Read More “Devotional Thoughts in the Gospel of John 3:19-21” »
Read John 3:13-18. Circle the words that stand out to you. What is the Lord saying to you? 13 No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man. 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 that everyone who believes may have … Read More “Devotional Thoughts in the Gospel of John 3:13-18” »
Read John 3:9-13. Circle the words that stand out to you. What is the Lord saying to you? 9 “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked. 10 “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things? 11 Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people … Read More “Devotional Thoughts in the Gospel of John 3:9-13” »
Thank you for the question on contradictions in Genesis, “Why do the Genesis accounts contradict each other?” As one reads especially Genesis 1–2, one notices difference between those two chapters. Some individuals label them as contradictions while others label them as complimentary or clarification of the details in Genesis 1. Quite often in my opinion, readers … Read More “Why do the Genesis accounts contradict each other?” »
Thank you for the question on the translation and copying of the Bible, “To my understanding, the Bible was first written in Hebrew and later translated to various languages. How sure and correct can the translated versions be considering common human errors?” The TaNaKh or the Old Testament was written in mostly Hebrew and the New … Read More “To my understanding, the Bible was first written in Hebrew and later translated to various languages. How sure and correct can the translated versions be considering common human errors?” »
Thank you for the question on the identification of the serpent in the Garden of Eden, “What if the serpent in the garden of Adam and Eve wasn’t Satan?” The question is a hypothetical one. If the serpent is not Satan, then one has to define or describe the “serpent” as well as define or describe … Read More “What if the serpent in the garden of Adam and Eve wasn’t Satan?” »
Thank you for the interpretative question on Genesis 1:3, “In the third verse of the Big Book of Beginnings, it is said that There Was Light. If there is a problem in this verse, it has yet to be revealed. Can you offer any insight into whether or not there is a problem here, and as … Read More “In the third verse of the Big Book of Beginnings, it is said that There Was Light. If there is a problem in this verse, it has yet to be revealed. Can you offer any insight into whether or not there is a problem here, and as to what it might be?” »