Tag: Knowing Jesus
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What Does it Mean to be a Good Christian?
Did Jesus say you have to ask Him into your heart to be saved? Do I have to say the “sinner’s prayer”? Do I have to ask Jesus to take control of my life and accept Him as my Saviour? What does that even mean? What does it mean to…
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What Does it Mean to be Born Again?
The term “born again” is something that I didn’t even know had happened to me when I found Jesus. I had been searching for something for a long time. I had joined a church because I wanted to know more about God. I didn’t even know what had happened to…
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Why Was Jesus Rejected at Nazareth?
Have you ever wondered why the people in Jesus’ hometown of Nazareth rejected him over a few little words? He had just finished reading the following to them: “The spirit of the L-rd GOD is upon me; because HaShem hath anointed me to bring good tidings unto the humble; He…
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Why Was Jesus Baptized?
Why was Jesus baptized? John preached a baptism of repentance, yet Jesus had nothing to repent of, so why would he be baptized? There are several reasons why Jesus went through the process of baptism. We’ll start with the most obvious first. When Jesus approached John to be baptized, John…
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Why is Jesus called the Lamb of God?
When John the Baptist came on the scene, encouraging people to repent of their sins and be baptized, he was like a throwback to the prophets of old. The people of Israel had not seen a prophet like John in over 400 years, and suddenly there he was preaching repentance…
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What Following Jesus Should Look Like in the 21st Century
Who was Jesus? And what was his relationship to the Apostle John? To be a disciple of Jesus means “to follow Him.” But what does that look like for the 21st-century Christian? Where does one start in not only following Jesus but in knowing Him? We start with an eyewitness…
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How Does Jesus See You?
Did you ever notice when Jesus met someone that he didn’t see them as they were at that moment, but he saw their potential, or that he looked not at their actions but at their character? Take, for example, the first time he meets Simon, the brother of Andrew (John…