Revelation 19:7 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens.
Are you ready to be married to Christ? If you have given your life to Jesus and have become a Christian, then you as part of the church of Christ are betrothed (engaged) to be married to Jesus at the time you enter heaven. For the skeptical, here are a few additional passages that refer to this relationship:
Luke 4:23-30 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. Jesus had been healing people in Capernaum and the word was out. But in his home country no one was willing to believe and none were healed. The people didn’t want HIM to heal them. Jesus reminded the people of other situations where God had led prophets away from their own people to perform miracles: Elijah was
It occurred to me that some of my readers might enjoy reading about my brush with fame. Now to write my own book that sells as many copies! I wrote the following article in 2005 telling of my experience being interviewed by Sue Monk Kidd as she did her research on beekeeping before writing The Secret Life of Bees. You can read her account of the experience on her own web page under Visit to an Apiary. Janice Green: Secret Life
John 1:6-9 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. John, one of Jesus’ Twelve Disciples, wrote this passage about John the Baptist. It identifies who sent him (God), gives his name and his God-given purpose in life: to bear witness to the light that was to come – Jesus Christ. John is very emphatic with the use of the word light using it several times in
Luke 7:24-29 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. Background for this passage: John the Baptist was imprisoned because he dared to confront the king in his sin. (see Luke 3) In his apparent discouragement he sent some of his disciples to ask Jesus if He was truly the Messiah. Jesus’ questions concerning John were rhetorical, designed to lead the thinking of the people. He was