Ps.40:11 – You, LORD, will not withhold Your compassion from me;Your mercy and Your truth will continually watch over me. Psalm 40 has always been a special Psalm for me. David is describing being in a horrible pit of despair, calling out to the Lord, and the Lord hearing him and responding. The Lord put …
Col.1:19 – For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, Paul is describing the revelation of God he had seen in Christ. Paul’s description stems from his encounter on the Damascus Road. He tasted what John lived with for three years; Jn.1:14,16 – “And the Word became flesh, …
Acts 7:55,56 – But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God; and he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” To me this is …
Jn.16:13 – But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. When someone comes to Christ his whole means of learning is radically …
Jn.4:23 – But a time is coming, and even now has arrived, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. When Jesus made His intentional journey through Samaria He was being very specific, He was looking for worshippers. Since the fall …
Matt.16:17 – And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. Just giving the right answers doesn’t really mean you know what you are saying. We can even teach a smart parrot to recite the right doctrines. The …
JN. 4:23 – God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth. Is God real to you? I am not asking you if you go to church or anything like that, I want to know if believing in God even matters. This is foundational and is the heart of …
Jn.16:7 – But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. What a shocking statement! Knowing all that Christ is, He said it was to …
John 16:13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth… I love this title or description of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth. In the original language of the New Testament the word translated truth is aletheia. It’s meaning is quite descriptive. This word truth means more than …
SPIRIT OF TRUTH John 14:16-17 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. Jesus …
