John 4:14 – A well springing up in worship.
John 7:38 – A river flowing out in service.
Galatians 2:20 – “…it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me…”
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Three Resurrections
Luke 7:14-15 – “Young man, I say to you ‘Arise’…and he began to speak.”
Mark 5:41-43; 8:54-56 – “Little girl, I say to you ‘Arise’…and she began to walk.”
John 11:43-44; 12:1-2 – “Lazarus, come forth…and he was reclining with Jesus.”
John 11:25 – Jesus: “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies.”
Greatest King of Salem
Hebrews 7:4 – “Observe how great this man [Melchizedek] was…”
1 Chronicles 29:28 – “[David] died in a ripe old age, full of days, riches, and honor.”
Ecclesiastes 2:9 – Solomon: “Then I became great and increased more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem.”
Matthew 12:42 – Jesus: “…behold, something greater than Solomon is here.”
Headship in Three Spheres
1 Corinthians 11:3 – “…Christ is the head of every man.”
That’s individual headship.
Ephesians 1:22 – “…and gave Him as head over all things to the church.”
Colossians 1:18 – “He is also head of the body, the church…”
That’s corporate headship.
Colossians 2:10 – “…and He is the head over all rule and authority.”
That’s universal headship.
Daniel 7:27 – “Then the sovereignty, the dominion and the greatness of all the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be given to the people of the saints of the Highest One; His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all the dominions will serve and obey Him.”
Seven Givens
John 17:2 – Jesus was given authority, and He executed it.
John 17:4 – He was given work, and He accomplished it.
John 17:6 – He was given men, and He kept them.
John 17:8 – He was given words, and He spoke them.
John 17:6,11 – He was given a name, and He manifested it.
John 17:22- He was given glory, and He shared it.
John 18:11 – He was given a cup, and He drank it.
“That bitter cup, love drank it up; left but the love for me!” – Anne Ross Cousin
God is the Head of Christ
John 3:35 – “The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand.”
That’s trust.
John 5:20 – “For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing.”
That’s communication.
John 14:31 – “But so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me.”
That’s obedience.
John 10:17 – “For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again.”
That’s resurrection glory!
Three Confessions, and a Fourth
I am a sinner – Matthew 3:6
I am a stranger – Hebrews 11:13
I am a voice – John 1:20
Jesus before Pontius Pilate:
I am a King – John 18:37; 1 Timothy 6:13