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Week 12 of our series Jesus Wins: A Study of Revelation. This sermon comes from Revelation chapter 17.
Week 5 of our series Jesus Wins: A Study of Revelation. This sermon comes from Revelation chapters 6-7.
Community Group Discussion Questions
- What is the best party you’ve ever been to?
- Read Luke 14:15-24 — What is one thing that stands out to you from the passage or from the sermon this past Sunday?
- If this parable is asking us to consider if we’ll be a the party at the end of the age, how much presumptuousness are people living with? Is this just an issue for those outside of the church?
- Look at the excuses people make…where do you see yourself in these excuses?
- What do verses 21-23 show us about participation in the kingdom party? What do you think Jesus is trying to teach us? What do we find difficult about these verses?
- What might it take for all of us to move from party guests to party hosts?
Community Group Discussion Questions1. How does the Bible describe the unique significance of the unborn baby in Psalm 139, Job 10, Luke 1, and Jeremiah 1? How are humans created? What is implied about our worth?2. What does a holistic approach to human life look like, and how does it contrast to the body/person dichotomy?3. Why is it important to recognize the inherent value of both the body and the person, rather than separating them into distinct realms?4. How does the Bible confront the lie of dualism?5. How do 1 Timonty 1:15-17 and Luke 23:33-34 reflect Jesus’ message of grace and forgiveness? How is this needed when it comes to the conversations around the sanctity of life?
Read 1 Peter 2:4-10
1. As you read v. 9-10, discuss how your life might look different if you really embraced these words in 2023. What do you think would look different? What keeps you from believing these words?
1. As you think about being part of God’s multiethnic family, what might be some of the challenges? How does the gospel help address these challenges?
1. If you are a living stone being used in this spiritual house, how do you still need to be shaped and formed to fit well with the other stones? How do you sense God is at work in smoothing out the rough edges of your life?
1. How does knowing that Jesus is the cornerstone bring confidence about the state of the church and it’s future?
Community Group Questions What are some of the things you have thought is the point of life? What are ways you may be tempted to take what God’s given you and use it for making your own empire? How does Jesus becoming a human, sharing in our smallness, encourage you? The cross was Jesus caring […]
Community Group Questions Describe some things that bring you life? What comes to mind when you hear “eternal life?” Which narrative do you feel more pulled toward: the modern narrative of thinking life is just the here and now; or the religious narrative that life is just beyond the here and now? Where is a […]
Community Group Questions What is the good news of the gospel in Psalm 32? How would you define “sin”? Can you give a recent example of that in your life? How do you normally respond to your sin? Repression (I did nothing wrong); Remorse (I can’t believe I did that); Resolution (I promise to do […]
Community Group Discussion Questions: We are all worshipers, what are some of the things that, without prompting, you praise? We become what we behold, what are the things your heart daydreams about? (e.g. career, comfort, influence, ext…). Can you name any ways these things have failed you, have made you empty and lifeless? Describe as […]
Community Group Questions Who are some people or things you desire? What feelings do they invoke in you? Have you ever been desired by someone? What does that feel like? Is there a place in your life you would be willing to share where you don’t think you’re worthy of love? How does the […]
Community Group Questions What are some ways our culture views our bodies? Have you seen that change before and after the pandemic? Have you ever seen your physical body being connected to your spiritual life? If so, how? Our bodies have disordered desires, good things we long for above God. Is there a place in […]
Community Group Discussion Questions 1. When you hear the word “soul” what comes to mind? 2. Where in your life right now does your soul feel like it’s in a drought? 3. Psalm 42 describes three parts of a process of restoration where we feel spiritually dry: Be brutally honest Come to Jesus for restoration […]
Community Group Questions What strikes you about God’s grace toward Abraham in the birth of Isaac? Isaac means “laughter”, which has a duel meaning. It speaks to Abraham and Sarah laughing at God’s promises and the laughter of grace in God fulfilling his promises. Where has God’s promises reversed a seemingly hopeless situation for you? […]
Community Group Questions Where is fear on repeat in your life? What is the fear underneath your fears? How do those fears leave you feeling trapped? How does God’s love in the gospel set you free from specific fears?
Community Group Questions What doubts do you have, or have had about the resurrection of Jesus? Where in your life are you longing for the new life of the resurrection? The resurrection leads to mission where the power of the gospel is displayed through our weakness. How can you think about sharing Christ with a […]
Community Group Questions What’s your need you’re bringing in tonight? Have you named your need to Jesus? Is your cry in your need more often “help me” or “save me”? Why? How can we help one another behold the king together?
Community Group Questions Is there something you are facing that seems impossible for God? Maybe cognitively you know God is powerful enough to move i this situation, but your prayer life would say otherwise? Where do you need God to show up in your life right now? Three great promises we can take from Genesis […]
Community Group Questions Abraham is almost 99 years old and still waiting for God’s promise to be fulfilled. How are you with waiting for God? Is there something right now you are waiting for him on? In the sign of circumcision, God communicates his grace to Abraham in a place of sin. What place of […]
Community Group Questions Abram and Sarai are impatient, distrustful of God and skeptical of his grace. So they decide to take the shortcut. Where in life may you have a similar heart-posture toward God and his promises? Where you may be tempted to shortcut faith in Jesus? If you had to distill what it means […]
Community Group Questions Abraham Lincoln once wrote, “you can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry.” What makes you angry? Where is it righteous anger, reflecting the values of God’s kingdom, and where is it unrighteous anger, reflecting the values of our “kingdoms of self”? Are there places of comfort God […]
Community Group Questions “The heart-difference in [Abraham] depended upon whether he trusted or distrusted God’s word.” How would you complete this sentence: my time recently spent in God’s word has been ____________. Is there a place you are living through the lens of fear right now that you can pray the Holy Spirit will enable […]
Community Group Questions Read Genesis 12:10-13:2 1. What stands out to you from the text and/or the sermon? 2. Read the following quote (where Kent Hughes comments on v. 10). Discuss your own tendency to “turn to your own devices” and what has it resulted in? Abram did the natural thing, and herein the problem […]
Community Group Questions Read Genesis 11:27-12:9 Can you name some ways God was pursuing you before you were converted? And what are some ways God has continued to pursue you throughout your Christian life? Faithfulness meant Abraham loving God even when it cost him. Can you name a time when you were faithful and it […]
Community Group Questions When you hear the term “love God” how have you understood to do that? Read Deuteronomy 6:4-8. What type of love is this passage calling us to?Which of these four key lessons from the life of Abraham do you most hope to grow in during the series? Loving God means being loyal […]
John 11:45-12:11 THE PLOT TO KILL JESUS 45 Therefore, many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what he did believed in him. 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and were saying, […]
John 11:1-44 1 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany,the village of Mary and her sister Martha.2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.) 3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you […]
John 10:22-42 JESUS AT THE FESTIVAL OF DEDICATION 22 Then the Festival of Dedication took place in Jerusalem, and it was winter. 23 Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon’s Colonnade. 24 The Jews surrounded him and asked, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell […]
John 10:1-21 “Truly I tell you, anyone who doesn’t enter the sheep pen by the gate but climbs in some other way is a thief and a robber. 2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice. […]
John 9 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. We […]
John 8:12-59 THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD 12 Jesus spoke to them again:“I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.” 13 So the Pharisees said to him, “You are testifying about yourself. Your testimony is not valid.” 14 “Even […]
John 7:37-52 [The earliest mss do not include 7:53–8:11.] [ 53 Then each one went to his house. CHAPTER 8 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. AN ADULTERESS FORGIVEN 2 At dawn he went to the temple again, and all the people were coming to him. He sat down and began to teach […]
Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists. A baby feels hunger: well, there is such a thing as food. A duckling wants to swim: well, there is such a thing as water. Men feel sexual desire: well, there is such a thing as sex. If I find in myself a […]
John 7:1-36 1 After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want to go about in Judea because the Jewish leadersthere were looking for a way to kill him. 2 But when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near, 3 Jesus’ brothers said to him, “Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may […]
John 6:22-71 THE BREAD OF LIFE 22 The next day, the crowd that had stayed on the other side of the sea saw there had been only one boat. They also saw that Jesus had not boarded the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone off alone. 23 Some boats from Tiberias […]
John 6:1-21 THE FOURTH SIGN: FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias ). 2 A huge crowd was following him because they saw the signs that he was performing by healing the sick. 3 Jesus went up a mountain and sat down there with his disciples. 4 […]
John 5:30-47 [30] “I can do nothing on my own. I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me. [31] “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. [32] There is another who testifies about […]
John 5:16-29 16 So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him.17 In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.”18 For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but […]
John 4:43-5:17 A GALILEAN WELCOME 43 After two days he left there for Galilee. 44 (Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. ) 45 When they entered Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen everything he did in Jerusalem during the festival. For they also had […]
John 4:1-42 When Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard he was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (though Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were), 3 he left Judea and went again to Galilee. 4 He had to travel through Samaria; 5 so he came to a town of Samaria […]
Due to the bad weather, we had some technical difficulties and a portion of the sermon was not recorded. John 3:22-36 22 After this, Jesus and his disciples went to the Judean countryside, where he spent time with them and baptized. 23 John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of […]
John 20:24-29 But Thomas (called “Twin” ), one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples were telling him, “We’ve seen the Lord! ” But he said to them, “If I don’t see the mark of the nails in his hands, put my finger into the mark of […]
John 2:13-25 13 The Jewish Passover was near, and so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and he also found the money changers sitting there. 15 After making a whip out of cords, he drove everyone out of the temple with their sheep and […]
John 1:35-51 35 The next day, John was standing with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God! ” 37 The two disciples heard him say this and followed Jesus. 38 When Jesus turned and noticed them following him, he asked them,“What are you looking […]
John 1:19-34 19 This was John’s testimony when the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you? ” 20 He didn’t deny it but confessed, “I am not the Messiah.” 21 “What then? ” they asked him. “Are you Elijah? ” “I am not,” he said. “Are you the Prophet? […]
John 1:14-18 14 The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 (John testified concerning him and exclaimed, “This was the one of whom I said, ‘The one coming after me ranks ahead of me, […]
John 1:1-13 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 All things were created through him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created. 4 In him was life, and that life […]
John 20:30-31 — Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book. 31 But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
Ephesians 4:1–6 [1] I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, [2] with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, [3] eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. […]
1 Peter 4:7–11 [7] The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers. [8] Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. [9] Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. [10] As each has received a gift, use it […]
2 Timothy 1:2–10 [2] To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. [3] I thank God whom I serve, as did my ancestors, with a clear conscience, as I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. [4] As I remember your tears, I […]
Romans 12:1–8 [1] I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. [2] Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern […]
Philippians 4:1–7 [1] Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved. [2] I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord. [3] Yes, I ask you also, true companion, help these women, who have labored side by side with […]
Luke 1:39–56 [39] In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, [40] and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. [41] And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, […]
Luke 2:22–35 [22] And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord [23] (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) [24] […]
Psalm 98 [1] Oh sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. [2] The LORD has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations. [3] He has remembered his steadfast love […]
Matthew 25:1–13 [1] “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. [2] Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. [3] For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, [4] but the wise took flasks of oil […]
Psalm 134 A Song of Ascents. [1] Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the house of the LORD! [2] Lift up your hands to the holy place and bless the LORD! [3] May the LORD bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth! (ESV)
Psalm 133 A Song of Ascents. Of David. [1] Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! [2] It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes! [3] It is like the dew […]
Psalm 132 A Song of Ascents. [1] Remember, O LORD, in David’s favor, all the hardships he endured, [2] how he swore to the LORD and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob, [3] “I will not enter my house or get into my bed, [4] I will not give sleep to my eyes or […]
Psalm 128 A Song of Ascents. [1] Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways! [2] You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you. [3] Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your […]
Psalm 127 A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon. [1] Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. [2] It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious […]
Psalm 126 A Song of Ascents. [1] When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. [2] Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.” [3] The LORD has done […]
Psalm 125 A Song of Ascents. [1] Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever. [2] As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, from this time forth and forevermore. [3] For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted […]
Psalm 122 A Song of Ascents. Of David. [1] I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD!” [2] Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem! [3] Jerusalem—built as a city that is bound firmly together, [4] to which the tribes go up, the […]
Psalm 121 A Song of Ascents. [1] I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? [2] My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. [3] He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. [4] Behold, he who keeps Israel […]
Psalm 120 A Song of Ascents. [1] In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me. [2] Deliver me, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. [3] What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue? [4] A warrior’s sharp arrows, with […]
Genesis 2:4-8; 15-20 4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the LordGod made the earth and the heavens. 5 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground, 6 but streams came […]
Deuteronomy 5:12–15 [12] “‘Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the LORD your God commanded you. [13] Six days you shall labor and do all your work, [14] but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you or your son or […]
James 3:1–12 [1] Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. [2] For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. […]
Mark 1:29–39 [29] And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. [30] Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. [31] And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left […]
Psalm 1 [1] Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; [2] but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. [3] He is like a […]
Genesis 28:10–22 [10] Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran. [11] And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep. [12] And he dreamed, and […]
Luke 7:36–50 [36] One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table. [37] And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, […]
Psalm 30 A Psalm of David. A song at the dedication of the temple. [1] I will extol you, O LORD, for you have drawn me up and have not let my foes rejoice over me. [2] O LORD my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me. [3] O LORD, […]
Galatians 2:11–16 [11] But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. [12] For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party. [13] And the rest of the Jews acted […]
Romans 5:12–21 [12] Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—[13] for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. [14] Yet death reigned from […]
Ephesians 5:8–14 [8] for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light [9] (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), [10] and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. [11] Take no part […]
2 Corinthians 11:1–15 [1] I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me! [2] For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. [3] But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve […]
2 Corinthians 10 [1] I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!—[2] I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I count […]
2 Corinthians 9 [1] Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the ministry for the saints, [2] for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia has been ready since last year. And your zeal has stirred up most of them. […]
2 Corinthians 8:16–24 [16] But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same earnest care I have for you. [17] For he not only accepted our appeal, but being himself very earnest he is going to you of his own accord. [18] With him we are sending the brother who […]
2 Corinthians 8:1–15 [1] We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, [2] for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. [3] For they gave according […]
2 Corinthians 6:14–18 [14] Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? [15] What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? [16] What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are […]
1 Peter 1:3–12 [3] Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, [4] to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for […]
2 Corinthians 6:1–13 [1] Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. [2] For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day […]
2 Corinthians 5:11–21 [11] Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience. [12] We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able […]
2 Corinthians 5:1–10 [1] For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. [2] For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, [3] if indeed by putting it on […]
2 Corinthians 4:7–18 [7] But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. [8] We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; [9] persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; [10] always carrying […]
2 Corinthians 4:1–6 [1] Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. [2] But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight […]
2 Corinthians 3 [1] Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you? [2] You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all. [3] And you show that you are a letter from […]
2 Corinthians 1:12–24 [12] For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you. [13] For we are not writing to you anything other than what you read and […]
2 Corinthians 1:3–11 [3] Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, [4] who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted […]
2 Corinthians 1:1–2 [1] Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia: [2] Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (ESV)
Matthew 28:16–20 [16] Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. [17] And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. [18] And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. [19] Go therefore and […]
Colossians 3:1–15 [1] If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. [2] Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. [3] For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ […]
Matthew 22:35–40 [35] And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. [36] “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” [37] And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. [38] This […]
Luke 4:14–21 [14] And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. [15] And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. [16] And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he […]
Psalm 1 [1] Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; [2] but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. [3] He is like a […]
John 1:1–5; 9-14 [1] In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [2] He was in the beginning with God. [3] All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. [4] In him was life, and the life […]
Revelation 22:1–7 [1] Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb [2] through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, […]
Revelation 21 [1] Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. [2] And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. [3] […]
Revelation 20 [1] Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. [2] And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, [3] and threw him into the pit, […]
Revelation 19:11–21 [11] Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. [12] His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no […]
Matthew 7:24–29 [24] “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. [25] And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded […]
Matthew 7:13–23 [13] “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. [14] For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few. [15] “Beware of […]
Matthew 7:1–12 [1] “Judge not, that you be not judged. [2] For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. [3] Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in […]
Matthew 6:19–34 [19] “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, [20] but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. [21] For where your treasure is, there […]
Matthew 6:7–15 [7] “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. [8] Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. [9] Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, […]
Matthew 6:1–6; 16-18 [1] “Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. [2] “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in […]
Matthew 5:31–37 [31] “It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ [32] But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. [33] “Again you have heard […]
Matthew 5:21–30 [21] “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ [22] But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; […]
Matthew 5:38–48 [38] “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ [39] But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. [40] And if anyone would […]
Matthew 5:17–20 [17] “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. [18] For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is […]
Matthew 5:13–16 [13] “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. [14] “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot […]
Matthew 5:1–12 [1] Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. [2] And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: [3] “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. [4] “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall […]
Matthew 25:14–30 [14] “For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. [15] To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. [16] He who had received the five talents […]
Luke 10:25–37 [25] And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” [26] He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” [27] And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your […]
Luke 18:9–14 [9] He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: [10] “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. [11] The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that […]
Luke 15:11–32 [11] And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. [12] And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them. [13] Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had […]
Ecclesiastes 12:9–14 [9] Besides being wise, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge, weighing and studying and arranging many proverbs with great care. [10] The Preacher sought to find words of delight, and uprightly he wrote words of truth. [11] The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the […]
Ecclesiastes 11:9–10 [9] Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. [10] Remove vexation from your heart, and […]
Ecclesiastes 11:1–8 [1] Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. [2] Give a portion to seven, or even to eight, for you know not what disaster may happen on earth. [3] If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth, and if a tree […]
Ecclesiastes 9:1–12 [1] But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him. [2] It is the same for all, since the same event happens to […]
Ecclesiastes 8 [1] Who is like the wise? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed. [2] I say: Keep the king’s command, because of God’s oath to him. [3] Be not hasty to go from his presence. Do not […]
Ecclesiastes 7:13–29 [13] Consider the work of God: who can make straight what he has made crooked? [14] In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him. […]
Ecclesiastes 7:1–12 [1] A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth. [2] It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to […]
Ecclesiastes 5:8–20 [8] If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them. [9] But this is gain for a land in every […]
Ecclesiastes 5:1–7 [1] Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. [2] Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word […]
Ecclesiastes 4 [1] Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them. [2] And I thought the dead who are […]
1 Peter 5:1–5 [1] So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: [2] shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as […]
Ecclesiastes 3 [1] For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: [2] a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; [3] a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break […]
Ecclesiastes 1:12–18 [12] I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. [13] And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. [14] I have seen […]
Ecclesiastes 1:1–11 [1] The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. [2] Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. [3] What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? [4] A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth […]
John 20:1–18 [1] Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. [2] So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said […]
Acts 28:16–31 [16] And when we came into Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with the soldier who guarded him. [17] After three days he called together the local leaders of the Jews, and when they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, though I had done nothing against our people or the […]
Acts 27:13–38 [13] Now when the south wind blew gently, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to the shore. [14] But soon a tempestuous wind, called the northeaster, struck down from the land. [15] And when the ship was caught and could not face the wind, […]
Acts 26:12–32 [12] “In this connection I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. [13] At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, that shone around me and those who journeyed with me. [14] And when we had all fallen to […]
Acts 22:1–22 [1] “Brothers and fathers, hear the defense that I now make before you.” [2] And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they became even more quiet. And he said: [3] “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at […]
Acts 20:17–38 [17] Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him. [18] And when they came to him, he said to them: “You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia, [19] serving […]
Acts 19:23–41 [23] About that time there arose no little disturbance concerning the Way. [24] For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen. [25] These he gathered together, with the workmen in similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that from this business […]
Acts 17:16–34 [16] Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols. [17] So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there. […]
Acts 16:11–34 [11] So, setting sail from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis, [12] and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city some days. [13] And on the Sabbath day we […]
Acts 15:1–29 [1] But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” [2] And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go […]
Acts 14:8–23 [8] Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He was crippled from birth and had never walked. [9] He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made well, [10] said in a loud voice, “Stand […]
Acts 11:19–30 [19] Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews. [20] But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists also, […]
Luke 10:1–20 [1] After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. [2] And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the […]
Philippians 2:1–11[1] So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, [2] complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. [3] Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in […]
Psalm 139:13–16 [13] For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. [14] I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. [15] My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven […]
Psalm 72 [1] Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son! [2] May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice! [3] Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness! [4] May he defend the cause of the poor of the […]
Isaiah 65:17–25 [17] “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind. [18] But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a joy, and her people to be a gladness. [19] I […]
Isaiah 40:1-11 1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins. 3 A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; […]
Isaiah 35 [1] The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus; [2] it shall blossom abundantly and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the LORD, […]
Isaiah 11:1–10 [1] There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. [2] And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the […]
Isaiah 6 [1] In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. [2] Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and […]
Acts 10 [1] At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, [2] a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed continually to God. [3] About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in […]
Acts 9:1–20 [1] But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest [2] and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. [3] Now as […]
Acts 8:26–40 [26] Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. [27] And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, […]
Acts 8:1–25 [1] And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. [2] Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him. [3] But Saul was ravaging the […]
Acts 6:8–15 And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people. Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and disputed with Stephen. […]
Acts 6:1–7 Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the […]
Acts 5:12–42 Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico. None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high esteem. And more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both […]
Acts 5:1–11 [1] But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, [2] and with his wife’s knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles’ feet. [3] But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled […]
Acts 4:23–37 [23] When they were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them. [24] And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in […]