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2021, Gospel of John, It's a Bonus Post

The Why

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The evil one through his minions tempts everyone.
EVERYONE.

And in these temptations, as people obey the tempter it brings about the evil one’s goal to steal, kill, and destroy. See John 10:10
38 Bible verses about Satan, as Tempter.

BUT GOD.
He tempts NO ONE!

But He does TEST His OWN.
These TESTS that come at the Hand of GOD only to His saints is to show us what is IN us – be it a particular area of strength to appreciate and yield for more strength OR to show us a well-hidden (from us) sin that we must admit and allow Him to help us forsake. See John 15:2; Hebrews 12:8

GOD is always good.
He is always right.
He is always just.
HE IS LOVE.
IF this is not your understanding of HIM, I urge You to seek Him for the why.

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We have the GOD-GIVEN RIGHT to do RIGHT in this WRONG world,

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2021, A Quick Hello, Gospel of John

Jesus Prays

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 Just a quick Word to give you reasons to smile today.

John 17

3 And eternal life is this: to know you, the one true God, and him whom you sent, Yeshua the Messiah.   
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Of them, His Disciples, and of us,  He said: 

 16 They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. 
17 Set them apart for holiness by means of the truth — your word is truth. 
18 Just as you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 
19 On their behalf I am setting myself apart for holiness, so that they too may be set apart for holiness by means of the truth.

20 “I pray not only for these, but also for those who will trust in me because of their word, 
21 that they may all be one. Just as you, Father, are united with me and I with you, I pray that they may be united with us, so that the world may believe that you sent me.

24 “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am; so that they may see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
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John 17.  Yeshua (JESUS) prayed for you and me. He still does. See Hebrews 7:25

Rejoice, Brothers and Sisters. 
We are loved and Heaven awaits!

We were made for this, 

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2021, Calendar Reading Notes from The WORD, Gospel of John, Salvation

To Give Permission

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John 14

1 “Don’t let yourselves be disturbed. Trust in God and trust in me.        
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Don’t let yourselves be disturbed He said. The New King James Version uses the word troubled.  Either way, disturbed or troubled. It’s a choice. 
Why would I say that? It’s a choice? 
Do you see that little word let?

What does it mean this word let? Glad you asked. 

To give permission or opportunity to; allow 
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For my soul to be disturbed or troubled I have to give myself permission to be so. 
In this crazy, hostile, evil, depraved, crazy – oh, I said that – world, how can I not be disturbed and troubled? The permission seems to come automatically. Yes. I agree. It does seem that way, but we can learn better. We really can! 

JESUS answered this dilemma for us. 

TRUST

Trust Him. 
Trust that what He says is true.
Trust that He is who He says He is.
Trust that He loves you.
Trust that He is always good.
Trust that He always has your best interest at His heart.
TRUST. 

When we trust, our disturbed, troubled, anxious, frustrated, aggravated,  ____________, souls will calm. 

Does it take practice?
Yeah. Lots of it! 

There’s so much more. I hope you will read John 14 for yourself. All of it.
Because if you do you will find for ALL those who TRUST JESUS, Heaven is for sure.
It’s a REAL place for REAL people.
You don’t want to miss it. 

HERE’S A POST I WROTE IN 2017, PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ IT TOO.
TROUBLED?

We were made for this,



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2021, A Quick Hello, Calendar Reading Notes from The WORD, Gospel of John, Gospel of Luke

Catch and Rescue

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Thoughts this morning.

Luke 5 Complete Jewish Bible

1 One day, as Yeshua was standing on the shore of Lake Kinneret,(Gennesaret) with the people pressing in around him in order to hear the word of God, 
2 he noticed two boats pulled up on the beach, left there by the fishermen, who were cleaning their nets. 
3 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Shim‘on, (Simon’s) and asked him to put out a little way from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 
4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Shim‘on, “Put out into deep water, and let down your nets for a catch.” 
5 Shim‘on answered, “We’ve worked hard all night long, Rabbi, and haven’t caught a thing! But if you say so, I’ll let down the nets.” 
6 They did this and took in so many fish that their nets began to tear. 
7 So they motioned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them; and they came and filled both boats to the point of sinking. 
8 When he saw this, Shim‘on Kefa (Peter)fell at Yeshua’s knees and said, “Get away from me, sir, because I’m a sinner!” 
9 For astonishment had seized him and everyone with him at the catch of fish they had taken, 
10 and likewise both Ya‘akov and Yochanan, (James and John, the sons of Zebedee) Shim‘on’s partners. “Don’t be frightened,” Yeshua said to Shim‘on, “from now on you will be catching men — alive!” 
11 And as soon as they had beached their boats, they left everything behind and followed him.  [English names added kwt]  source

Verse 1 – in order to hear the Word of GOD.  THIS! The people came to Him to hear the Word of GOD from the Word of GOD (see John 1:1-4). And the Word to us is we are sinners in need of a Savior and Yeshua or JESUS if you prefer IS the only Savior of mankind! 
They came to Him. They sought Him out. In other passages of Scripture, we are told the people came because they had eaten the bread He provided to them previously (see John 6:2); but here, these came to HEAR. How excellent is that?! Oh, that people would seek Him out TODAY to hear what He has said. 

Verse 4 – “Put out into deep water, and let down your nets for a catch.”  
The Text indicates to me this miracle had multiple purposes.
And, to me, one of those purposes is to tell me and hopefully you that GOD cares about your employment; He cares about your material needs and mine. He cares about the work you do to put food on the table for your family. 
But even more relative and more needful is that we catch and rescue people from the depths of sin and depravity – so they can LIVE and be nourished and thrive in the Presence of JESUS. 

We were meant for this,