"And looking at them Jesus said to them, "With people this is impossible but with God all things are possible"" - Matthew 19:26 (NASB) This is a clear reminder to us that we cannot earn our way to salvation. Christ uses the term "impossible" to emphasize this point when he was asked the questions by His disciples "Then who can be saved?" Jesus had just given them a...

"Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven" Matthew 18:3 (NASB) In the verse prior to this text, the disciples approached Jesus with the question about greatness. We can see from their question it shows their pride. Their idea of greatness seemed to be on the basis of leadership and knowledge. J...

"Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering." - Matthew 5:23-24 (NASB) Jesus here highlights the importance of anger, in the few verses before he compares it t...

John 15:9-10 "Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. [10] "If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love." Jesus continues His discourse on the vital relationship between the branch and the Vine in order that the branch may produce fruit. He has not taken u...

"Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me." - John 15:4 (NASB) Jesus is preparing his disciples for his departure from this world. He finished the Last Supper with His disciples and was most likely leaving the upper room and heading down to the Kidron Valley on His wa...