2009-11-13T09:19:44-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/jesus http://gospel.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/13/jesus-voice-as-clear-today-as-it-was-2000-years-ago/ 2009-11-13T09:19:44-05:00 Does God really still speak to us today in the twentieth century? That’s the question addressed this devotional, from Woodrow Kroll’s Early in the Morning devotional series. Kroll describes what it must have been like to hear Jesus’ teaching in person—and explains why we can hear his voice just as clearly today. http://gospel.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/10/revisiting-the-saving-message-of-jesus-christ/ 2009-11-11T16:53:23-05:00 In this devotional, we're challenged to rethink the simple message of the Gospel. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%203:17&version=NIV 2009-10-08T11:31:41-05:00 Despite the persistence of humans in sinning against God, He didn't send his son to judge us. Jesus came to the world to save us from our sins, in defiance of all human reason. http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/estonian/A%20Temple%20Leader%20Visits%20Jesus%20Estonian.pdf 2009-10-06T11:14:09-05:00 Estonian: Jesus drives the moneychangers out of the Temple which is a house of prayer. Jesus tells Nicodemus he must be born again. Nicodemus asks how an old man can be born a second time. Jesus says that the spirit must be born from above. This happens when a person believes in Jesus. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%207:25&version=NIV 2009-10-06T10:50:32-05:00 This verse points at the way in which Christ works out our salvation: he intercedes on our behalf with God, reconciling us with God so that we can enjoy a restored relationship with Him. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2015:5&version=NIV 2009-10-02T09:57:24-05:00 Just as a branch separated from its supporting vine cannot live, let alone produce any fruit, so we are helpless when were not connected to Jesus, the source of our hope and salvation. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2021:12-13&version=NIV 2009-09-30T18:20:55-05:00 When Jesus entered Jerusalem one of the things he did was go into the temple and throw out the moneychangers and those who were using it as a marketplace. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%206:14-15&version=NIV 2009-09-30T17:49:35-05:00 Jesus had to fight against the people's will to make him king. In this passage the people call him a prophet and Jesus was wary that they were going to try to instate him as King by force. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2026:39&version=NIV 2009-09-27T19:49:01-05:00 In the hours before his trial, Jesus prays to God to life his "cup"--that is, the suffering that have been laid out for him. Jesus does not hesitate to ask God to spare him from suffering, but he is willing to accept God's will regardless. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%2015:14-15&version=NIV 2009-09-27T19:20:57-05:00 Although Pilate saw no guilt in Jesus, he gave in to the pressure of the crowd and handed Jesus over to be flogged and executed.