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Jesus invites us, “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest … learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”1 He says
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Jesus Christ often spoke in parables and stories to get his point across. In one illustration, Jesus described himself as a shepherd, guiding, protecting and caring for his sheep. Jesus said, “I am
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God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ), and God the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is not a vague, ethereal shadow, nor an impersonal force. He is a person equal in every way with God the Father and
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Regarding spiritual death, this is why Jesus came. The Bible says, “The penalty of sin is death.” God loves us and did not want us to remain spiritually dead, forever separated from God by our sin.
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Paul, one of Jesus' disciples, wrote about life-threatening difficulties he and others were enduring. He talked about God protecting them. "We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed,
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real issue is whether the person individually has Jesus Christ living inside of him or her … if they actually have a personal relationship with God. In the Gospel of John, we are told, "to all who
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so to speak. Jesus once said… "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under
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So Jesus invites us, “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest … learn from me … and you will find rest for your souls.”7 When we see life from his perspective,
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is there a God; is Jesus God; what about the Bible. It presented facts. No comments like, "you have to believe." I saw some evidence for God that was both factual and logical. The parts particularly
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Jesus Christ, I learned, was not my example, he was my substitute. I wasn't supposed to imitate his suffering, but to take advantage of it. In his death on the cross – which I discovered he did willingly