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Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>

Dear friends,

If you are not in the habit of regularly reading the Bible, may I
encourage you to do so? May I also encourage you to pray every
day, and even throughout the day? If you do so, I promise you it
will change your life, and significantly for the better, based on
personal experience. It will not make the things around you any
easier; it could even become more difficult. But it will change
your perspective, forever, on what are the important things of
life. This will be the most life changing thing that has ever
happened. If you are close to God already, you know what I mean.
If not, perhaps this is the year, this is the season, and today
is the day.

There were three followers (disciples) of Jesus who were close to
Jesus. The Gospel of John is an account of Jesus written by one
of them,John, who was called "The disciple whom Jesus loved".

I have attached the first chapter of the Gospel of John to this
letter. It is a somewhat lengthy chapter, having 51 verses, and
the language in it is a bit unusual by modern standards. But it
is a clear Bible account that claims that Jesus IS The Word, and
He is, in fact, God in the flesh. Read it with that context,
and you will see that there are multiple claims to that effect.
It will tell you that Jesus came to reveal "The Light" (the
truth) to the world, but that when He actually came, most people
did not even recognize Him for who He is - a sad truth that is
equally true today.

So that you may at least hear, read, and hopefully know the
truth, read this passage of scripture from the Bible. If you go
to church every Advent season, you have undoubtedly heard or read
these words. If not, this is your year. Please read this at
your earliest opportunity.

May God bless you richly as you read His Word, and may the Holy
Spirit bring understanding to your mind and peace into your
heart.

Brother Brian

The Bible Gateway bible.gospelcom.net/

John 1 :: New International Version (NIV)

John 1

1 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 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made
that has been made.

4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men.

5 The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not
understood [1] it.

6 There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John.

7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that
through him all men might believe.

8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the
light.

9 The true light that gives light to every man was coming into
the world. [2]

10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through
him, the world did not recognize him.

11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not
receive him.

12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his
name, he gave the right to become children of God--

13 children born not of natural descent, [3] nor of human
decision or a husband's will, but born of God.

14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have
seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, [4] who came
from the Father, full of grace and truth.

15 John testifies concerning him. He cries out, saying, "This
was he of whom I said, `He who comes after me has surpassed
me because he was before me.'"

16 From the fullness of his grace we have all received one
blessing after another.

17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus
Christ.

18 No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, [5] [6] who is at the
Father's side, has made him known.

19 Now this was John's testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and
Levites to ask him who he was.

20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, "I am not
the Christ. [7] "

21 They asked him, "Then who are you? Are you Elijah?" He said,
"I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No."

22 Finally they said, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take
back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, "I am the
voice of one calling in the desert, `Make straight the way for
the Lord.'" [8]

24 Now some Pharisees who had been sent

25 questioned him, "Why then do you baptize if you are not the
Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"

26 "I baptize with [9] water," John replied, "but among you
stands one you do not know.

27 He is the one who comes after me, the thongs of whose sandals
I am not worthy to untie."

28 This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan,
where John was baptizing.

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said,
"Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

30 This is the one I meant when I said, `A man who comes after
me has surpassed me because he was before me.'

31 I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing
with water was that he might be revealed to Israel."

32 Then John gave this testimony: "I saw the Spirit come down
from heaven as a dove and remain on him.

33 I would not have known him, except that the one who sent me
to baptize with water told me, `The man on whom you see the
Spirit come down and remain is he who will baptize with the
Holy Spirit.'

34 I have seen and I testify that this is the Son of God."

35 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.

36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, "Look, the Lamb of
God!"

37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed
Jesus.

38 Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, "What do
you want?" They said, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where
are you staying?"

39 "Come," he replied, "and you will see." So they went and saw
where he was staying, and spent that day with him. It was
about the tenth hour.

40 Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard
what John had said and who had followed Jesus.

41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and
tell him, "We have found the Messiah" (that is, the Christ).

42 And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said,
"You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas"
(which, when translated, is Peter [10] ).

43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding
Philip, he said to him, "Follow me."

44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of
Bethsaida.

45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one
Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets
also wrote--Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

46 "Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?" Nathanael
asked. "Come and see," said Philip.

47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, "Here
is a true Israelite, in whom there is nothing false."

48 "How do you know me?" Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, "I saw
you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip
called you."

49 Then Nathanael declared, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you
are the King of Israel."

50 Jesus said, "You believe [11] because I told you I saw you
under the fig tree. You shall see greater things than that."

51 He then added, "I tell you [12] the truth, you [13] shall see
heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending
on the Son of Man."

1.[5] Or darkness, and the darkness has not overcome

2.[9] Or This was the true light that gives light to every man who comes into
the world

3.[13] Greek of bloods

4.[14] Or the Only Begotten

5.[18] Or the Only Begotten

6.[18] Some manuscripts but the only (or only begotten) Son

7.[20] Or Messiah. "The Christ" (Greek) and "the Messiah" (Hebrew) both mean
"the Anointed One"; also in verse 25.

8.[23] Isaiah 40:3

9.[26] Or in; also in verses 31 and 33

10.[42] Both Cephas (Aramaic) and Peter (Greek) mean rock.

11.[50] Or Do you believe... ?

12.[51] The Greek is plural.

13.[51] The Greek is plural.

The Bible Gateway bible.gospelcom.net/

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible
Society.. All rights reserved.
Comments? Questions? Tell us what you think.
Gospel Communications Network
Online Christian Resources. A Ministry of Gospel
Communications, Inc.

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Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>

Dear friends,

If you are not in the habit of regularly reading the Bible, may I
encourage you to do so? May I also encourage you to pray every
day, and even throughout the day? If you do so, I promise you it
will change your life, and significantly for the better, based on
personal experience. It will not make the things around you any
easier; it could even become more difficult. But it will change
your perspective, forever, on what are the important things of
life. This will be the most life changing thing that has ever
happened. If you are close to God already, you know what I mean.
If not, perhaps this is the year, this is the season, and today
is the day.

There were three followers (disciples) of Jesus who were close to
Jesus. The Gospel of John is an account of Jesus written by one
of them,John, who was called "The disciple whom Jesus loved".

I have attached the first chapter of the Gospel of John to this
letter. It is a somewhat lengthy chapter, having 51 verses, and
the language in it is a bit unusual by modern standards. But it
is a clear Bible account that claims that Jesus IS The Word, and
He is, in fact, God in the flesh. Read it with that context,
and you will see that there are multiple claims to that effect.
It will tell you that Jesus came to reveal "The Light" (the
truth) to the world, but that when He actually came, most people
did not even recognize Him for who He is - a sad truth that is
equally true today.

So that you may at least hear, read, and hopefully know the
truth, read this passage of scripture from the Bible. If you go
to church every Advent season, you have undoubtedly heard or read
these words. If not, this is your year. Please read this at
your earliest opportunity.

May God bless you richly as you read His Word, and may the Holy
Spirit bring understanding to your mind and peace into your
heart.

Brother Brian

The Bible Gateway bible.gospelcom.net/

John 1 :: New International Version (NIV)

John 1

1 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 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made
that has been made.

4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men.

5 The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not
understood [1] it.

6 There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John.

7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that
through him all men might believe.

8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the
light.

9 The true light that gives light to every man was coming into
the world. [2]

10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through
him, the world did not recognize him.

11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not
receive him.

12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his
name, he gave the right to become children of God--

13 children born not of natural descent, [3] nor of human
decision or a husband's will, but born of God.

14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have
seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, [4] who came
from the Father, full of grace and truth.

15 John testifies concerning him. He cries out, saying, "This
was he of whom I said, `He who comes after me has surpassed
me because he was before me.'"

16 From the fullness of his grace we have all received one
blessing after another.

17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus
Christ.

18 No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, [5] [6] who is at the
Father's side, has made him known.

19 Now this was John's testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and
Levites to ask him who he was.

20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, "I am not
the Christ. [7] "

21 They asked him, "Then who are you? Are you Elijah?" He said,
"I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No."

22 Finally they said, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take
back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, "I am the
voice of one calling in the desert, `Make straight the way for
the Lord.'" [8]

24 Now some Pharisees who had been sent

25 questioned him, "Why then do you baptize if you are not the
Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"

26 "I baptize with [9] water," John replied, "but among you
stands one you do not know.

27 He is the one who comes after me, the thongs of whose sandals
I am not worthy to untie."

28 This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan,
where John was baptizing.

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said,
"Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

30 This is the one I meant when I said, `A man who comes after
me has surpassed me because he was before me.'

31 I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing
with water was that he might be revealed to Israel."

32 Then John gave this testimony: "I saw the Spirit come down
from heaven as a dove and remain on him.

33 I would not have known him, except that the one who sent me
to baptize with water told me, `The man on whom you see the
Spirit come down and remain is he who will baptize with the
Holy Spirit.'

34 I have seen and I testify that this is the Son of God."

35 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.

36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, "Look, the Lamb of
God!"

37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed
Jesus.

38 Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, "What do
you want?" They said, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where
are you staying?"

39 "Come," he replied, "and you will see." So they went and saw
where he was staying, and spent that day with him. It was
about the tenth hour.

40 Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard
what John had said and who had followed Jesus.

41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and
tell him, "We have found the Messiah" (that is, the Christ).

42 And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said,
"You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas"
(which, when translated, is Peter [10] ).

43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding
Philip, he said to him, "Follow me."

44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of
Bethsaida.

45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one
Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets
also wrote--Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

46 "Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?" Nathanael
asked. "Come and see," said Philip.

47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, "Here
is a true Israelite, in whom there is nothing false."

48 "How do you know me?" Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, "I saw
you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip
called you."

49 Then Nathanael declared, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you
are the King of Israel."

50 Jesus said, "You believe [11] because I told you I saw you
under the fig tree. You shall see greater things than that."

51 He then added, "I tell you [12] the truth, you [13] shall see
heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending
on the Son of Man."

1.[5] Or darkness, and the darkness has not overcome

2.[9] Or This was the true light that gives light to every man who comes into
the world

3.[13] Greek of bloods

4.[14] Or the Only Begotten

5.[18] Or the Only Begotten

6.[18] Some manuscripts but the only (or only begotten) Son

7.[20] Or Messiah. "The Christ" (Greek) and "the Messiah" (Hebrew) both mean
"the Anointed One"; also in verse 25.

8.[23] Isaiah 40:3

9.[26] Or in; also in verses 31 and 33

10.[42] Both Cephas (Aramaic) and Peter (Greek) mean rock.

11.[50] Or Do you believe... ?

12.[51] The Greek is plural.

13.[51] The Greek is plural.

The Bible Gateway bible.gospelcom.net/

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible
Society.. All rights reserved.
Comments? Questions? Tell us what you think.
Gospel Communications Network
Online Christian Resources. A Ministry of Gospel
Communications, Inc.

=====
--
Brian Masinick, "The Mas", mailto:masinick@yahoo.com
Home page: http://www.geocities.com/masinick/
The Rules Have Changed...Get Paid to Surf the Web!
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