John 14:10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own; but the Father dwelling in Me+does His works. Yes, let’s break this down (my way of saying, let’s dig deeper). The first part of the…
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John 14:7 If you have come to know Me, you will know My Father also. From now on, you do know Him and have seen Him. Yeshua is building on where we left off last time. Then Yeshua said, John 14:6b No one comes to the Father except through Me. In the new verse, we…
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John 14:6 Yeshua said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life! No one comes to the Father except through Me.” Rabbi Trail: When I was a new believer, I was part of a congregation that had two services every week, one on Friday night that was Messianic, and one on Sunday…
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Peter is the most colorful of the disciples. Right in the middle of the Upper Room Discourse, Yeshua prophesies over Peter saying … John 13:38 Yeshua answers, “Will you lay down your life for Me? Amen, amen I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times!” Peter had just finished saying…
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Mark 14:22-24 And while they were eating, He took matzah; and after He offered the bracha, He broke it and gave it to them and said, “Take; this is My body.” And He took a cup; and after giving thanks, He gave to them and they all drank from it. And He said to them,…
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Would it stretch your imagination if I said Yeshua turned the world upside down? Consider this: Luke 22:26 But with you, it is not so. Rather, let the one who is greatest among you become like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves. What was that? Let “the one who…
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The “Upper Room Discourse” is the title used to describe a series of stories and teachings shortly before the Passover of Yeshua’s crucifixion. It records the events during a time of extreme urgency. Yeshua had much left to say to His disciples, but only a short time in which to say it. One Chronological Bible…
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John 13:20 Amen, amen I tell you, he who receives the one I send, receives Me; and he who receives Me, receives the One who sent Me. There are four important persons mentioned in this verse. Let’s work backward (in order of mention). “The One” Who sent Yeshua is the Father, Lord God Almighty. He…
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John 13:17 If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them! Yeshua is making a huge distinction here between knowing and doing. So many of us chase after head knowledge. How often do I hear people say things like, “I’m only seeking the truth.” And I want to respond by quoting Colonel…
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John 13:1 Now it was just before the feast of Passover. Yeshua knew that His hour had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them until the end. Now that’s a curious tag at the end of Matthew 13:1, … He loved…
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