Wednesday, September 14
"If You Abide In My Word, You Are Truly My Disciples"
(Minneapolis, Minn.: Desiring God Ministries, April 16, 2011)
Jesus in the present tense
Words like: ‘I am the bread of life’ (John 6:35). ‘I am the light of the world’ (John 8:12). ‘I am not of this world’ (John 8:23). ‘I am the good shepherd’ (John 10:11). ‘I am in the Father’ (John 10:38). ‘I am the resurrection and the life’ (John 11:25). When you take all his words together, they have one great focus—Jesus himself. ‘These are written—all these words are written—so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God’ (John 20:31). They all point to him.
"If You Abide In My Word, You Are Truly My Disciples"
(Minneapolis, Minn.: Desiring God Ministries, April 16, 2011)