My Favorite
Bible Verses
Bible Verses
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(Words of Jesus in red.)
Romans 15:13 (NKJV):
“Now may the God of hope
fill you with all joy and peace in believing,
that you may abound in hope
by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Words of hope and comfort for whatever you may face.
John 3:16-17 (NKJV):
“For God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him
should not perish but have everlasting life.
For God did not send His Son into the world
to condemn the world,
but that the world through Him might be saved.”
I know some sports fans like to wear John 3:16 on caps or wave around banners emblazoned with that.
Or even smear it under their eyes like Tim Tebow.
John 3:16 is a succinct rendering of the Saving Gospel of Christ.
But I like to add John 3:17, because we hear that God the Father sent His Only Begotten Son Jesus, not to condemn us, but to save us.
Too often, whether it’s because of the secular media, or because of believers who don’t fully understand, we get the idea that Jesus came to spank us with lightning bolts.
Not so.
Jesus hates sin, yes, but He loves the sinner.
Jesus is for us.
Jesus came in love to be the sacrifice for our sins.
The most loving act of all time in all the universe.
Jesus offers forgiveness to those who acknowledge their sin (their imperfections, their disobedience to God, their ego, their missing the mark of perfection), admit their need for a Savior, and turn to Jesus in faith, believing that Jesus Christ is the Only Begotten Son of God who became a man, lived a perfect sinless life (which no one else could ever do), died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins (which we could never pay), and came back to life, conquering death and offering salvation to all who repent and believe in Him.
John 16:27 (NKJV):
“for the Father Himself loves you,
because you have loved Me,
and have believed that I came forth from God.”
I love the opening phrase “for the Father Himself loves you”.
God loves us!
Sadly, we sometimes get the idea that Jesus loves us, but the Father wants to destroy us.
Jesus healed blind people, but Jehovah sent the flood.
Jesus died on the cross for our sins, but Jehovah killed the firstborn on the night of Passover.
Okay, so Jehovah punishes sin. That’s true. Jehovah hates sins too.
But Jehovah, a.k.a. God the Father, sent His Only Begotten Son Jesus, because God the Father so loved the world as mentioned before.
God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit loves us!
Such knowledge should fill our hearts with endless joy.
And indeed, I hope and pray you receive that joy today and always.
My secret favorite ...
John 15:3 (NKJV):
“You are already clean
because of the word which I have spoken to you.”
So I thought, “Hey. I’m already Dean. I don’t have to try to be someone else, because I’m already Dean in the eyes of the Lord.
Or rather dean, with a lower case D to help keep me humble.
That might not mean anything to you, but it’s fun to find your name in the Bible. Unless your name’s Ahab, Haman, or Judas.
Or Jezebel. Come to think of it, unless your name’s Jesus, your namesake in the Bible probably did a lot of bad things.
Which shows we’re all human in need of a Divine Savior. And also shows how the writers of the Bible didn’t candy-coat things to make themselves look better.
Dean
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