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- Live to Love Scripture Encouragement
May we love what Jesus loves
John 8:19-20, So they were saying to Him, "Where is Your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither Me nor My Father; if you knew Me, you would know My Father…
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We are the testimony of God’s love
John 8:17-18 Even in your law, it has been written that the testimony of two men is true. I am He who testifies about Myself, and the Father who sent Me…
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Not alone, but united with God
John 8:15-16, You judge according to the flesh; I am not judging anyone. But even if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the…
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Where we are from and where we are going
John 8:13-14, So the Pharisees said to Him, "You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not true." Jesus answered and said to them, "Even if I…
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Love is the Light of Life
John 8:12 Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, "I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of…
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Trust the Lord to judge righteously
John 8:9-11 When they heard it, they began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the…
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Fulfill the Law and the Prophets
John 8:6b-8 But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground. But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, and said to them, "He…
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Make God smile today
John 8:3-6 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court, they said to Him, "Teacher, this…
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Make Yourself Available
Today, we are focusing on John 8:1-3. However, the chapter divide seems strange because it separates a sentence with a contrasting conjunction. So I’m going to…
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Courage under fire
John 7:50-53 Nicodemus (he who came to Him before, being one of them) said to them, “Our Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what…
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Resisting peer pressure
John 7:47-49 The Pharisees then answered them, “You have not also been led astray, have you? No one of the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he? But…
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Speak with authority and love
John 7:45-46 The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?” The officers answered, “Never has a…
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Handling the division about Jesus
John 7:43-44 So a division occurred in the crowd because of Him. Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him. Jesus said of Himself, “Do not…
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Jesus: Prophet, the Christ, and Son of David
John 7:40-42 Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, “This certainly is the Prophet.” Others were saying, “This is the Christ.”…
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Jesus glorified, the Spirit given
John 7:39 But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet…
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Thirsty? Come! Drink! Believe! Be overflowing! Rejoice!
John 7:37-38 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. He who…
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The stage is set
John 7:35-36 The Jews then said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He is not intending to go to the Dispersion among…
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What a privilege to be where Jesus is
John 7:33-34 Therefore Jesus said, “For a little while longer I am with you, then I go to Him who sent Me. You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I…
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Be on the alert for those who need mercy
John 7:31-32 But many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, “When the Christ comes, He will not perform more signs than those which this man has…
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As long as Jesus has work to do in you
John 7:30 So they were seeking to seize Him; and no man laid his hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come. We see God’s providence at work in this verse…
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Receiving Jesus is receiving the One who sent Him
John 7:28-29 Then Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know Me and know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who…
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Jesus our king
John 7:27 is a continuation of the comments of the people of Jerusalem about Jesus. They had wondered, “The rulers do not really know that this is the Christ…
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Surrender to Jesus, the Christ
John 7:25-26 So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, “Is this not the man whom they are seeking to kill? Look, He is speaking publicly, and they are…
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Love, not for appearance’ sake, but for righteousness’ sake
John 7:21-24 Jesus answered them, “I did one deed, and you all marvel. For this reason Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from…
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Some people are difficult to love
John 7:20 The crowd answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?” Some of the most challenging people to love are those who are deceived as this crowd…
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Loving with Jesus fulfills the whole Law
John 7:19 “Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you seek to kill Me?” In the Law which Moses gave them, law number…
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Renew your mind to put on Christ
John 7:18 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness…
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The power of a surrendered, obedient heart to God
John 7:17 If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself. We learn in this verse that…
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It’s more powerful to see the Son
John 7:16 So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.” This was Jesus’ response to the Jews’ question, “How has this man…
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Learn from the Father for His glory
John 7:14-15 But when it was now the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple, and began to teach. The Jews then were astonished, saying, “How has…
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Don’t succumb to fear and intimidation of unbelievers
John 7:13 Yet no one was speaking openly of Him for fear of the Jews. Apparently the Jews, the Jewish leaders, were a very intimidating group of men. So much…
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Beware self-ambition and bitter jealousy
John 7:11-12 So the Jews were seeking Him at the feast and were saying, “Where is He?” There was much grumbling among the crowds concerning Him; some were…
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Jesus is the feast
John 7:8-10 Go up to the feast yourselves; I do not go up to this feast because My time has not yet fully come. Having said these things to them, He stayed in…
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Dependency upon the Father
John 7:6-7 So Jesus said to them (that is, His brothers who had encouraged Him to go to the feast in Jerusalem to make Himself known publicly), “My time is not…
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Brothers and sisters of Christ do God’s word
John 7:5 For not even His brothers were believing in Him. Jesus had four brothers and at least two sisters. In this verse, we learn that at the time of these…
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Are we seeking to be known publicly?
John 7:2-4 Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was near. Therefore, His brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples…
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Sensitivity to where God is working and where He is not
John 7:1 After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him. What an interesting…
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Trust and obey
John 6:70-71 Jesus answered them, “Did I Myself not choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is a devil?” Now He meant Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for…
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Jesus has the words of eternal life
John 6:66-69 As a result of this, many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore. So Jesus said to the twelve, “You do not want to go…
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Faith granted by the Father
John 6:64-65, “But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was that would…
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The Spirit gives life
John 6:61-63 But Jesus, conscious that His disciples grumbled at this, said to them, “Does this cause you to stumble? What then if you see the Son of Man…
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Trust Jesus no matter what
John 6:59-60 These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum. Therefore, many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a…
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Celebrate the life of Christ by loving with Him
John 6:57-58 As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me. This is the bread which came…
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Continuously eat and continuously abide.
John 6:56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. Foundational to living to love with Jesus is abiding in Jesus. For God to…
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Eat, drink, and be merry—in Christ
John 6:54-55, He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For My flesh is true food, and My blood is…
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Living in the light on this side of the cross
John 6:52-53 Then the Jews began to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?” So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to…
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Eat the bread of life and live forever
John 6:48-51, I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, so that…
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Eternal life begets eternal life
John 6:46-47 Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father. Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has…
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Confidence in God
John 6:43-45, Jesus answered and said to them, “Do not grumble among yourselves. No one can come to Me, unless the Father, who sent Me, draws him; and I will…
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Our daily bread from heaven
John 6:41-42 Therefore, the Jews were grumbling about Him, because He said, “I am the bread that came down out of heaven.” They were saying, “Is not this…
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Beholding Jesus, believing in Jesus, and our secure hope
John 6:40 “For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on…
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Hold fast the boast of our hope
John 6:38-39 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He…
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Love that produces security and hope
John 6:36-37, But I said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe. All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me, I…
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Enjoying Jesus more than our favorite bread
John 6:34-35 Then they said to Him, “Lord, always give us this bread.” Jesus said to them, “I am the Bread of Life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he…
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Jesus is the True Bread Out of Heaven
John 6:32-33 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you…
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We have proof that Jesus is God
John 6:30-31 So they said to Him, “What then do You do for a sign, so that we may see, and believe You? What work do You perform? Our fathers ate the manna in…
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The work of God
John 6:28-29 “Therefore they said to Him, “What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God…
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Don’t work for the approval of man
John 6:27 “Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the…
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One motive: glorify God
John 6:22-26 “The next day, the crowd that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other small boat there, except one, and that Jesus had not…
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Welcome Jesus into your boat
John 6:20-21, “But He said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” So they were willing to receive Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to…