Tag: Bible Truth

Lost and Found ~ Never to be Lost Again!

“No one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand” John 10:28-29.

Have you ever lost something valuable? Something irreplaceable? And search as you will, you cannot find it?

Well, that has happened to me; I lost my wedding ring and search as much as I can, I cannot find it.

You see, I pulled my work gloves off and pitched them aside. A few minutes later, I noticed that my wedding band was missing. Apparently it slipped off my finger when I jerked my gloves off. Of course, I immediately started looking, searching and combing through grass and gravel, places when I thought it could have dropped. I searched and looked for hours. Others joined the search, but all to no avail. Next move, bring in a metal detector.

It came to mind while searching that even as valuable as that ring is, there is something in my possession that is more valuable and that is, my eternal Continue reading “Lost and Found ~ Never to be Lost Again!”

Like Father ~ Like Son

“He who has seen Me has seen the Father” John 14:9

Ever hear someone say, “That boy is the spitting image of his father?” That was certainly true of Jesus’ relationship with His Father. And even more, Jesus, according to His own words was more than a spitting image; He and His Father were one and the same.

So when anyone tells you that Jesus was merely a good man or just a prophet and a great teacher, then share with them what Jesus said to Philip in John 14:9.

“Jesus told him, ‘Philip, I’ve been with you for a spell now. How is it ya don’t recognize Me? Anyone who has laid eyes on Me has for sure seen the Father; so how can ya say, ‘show us the Father'”? (The Gospel of John Cowboy Style)

The Second Birth

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“Unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God” John 3:5

“Every now and then a drover would find a waterin’ hole or ride up on a creek or river where he could wash off the trail dust. Just like us he could only get the outside of his body clean. Soap n’ water can’t clean the inside. Our thoughts, our lusts, our sinful desires can only be changed by a spiritual transformation.

Jesus calls it ‘being born again’. Ya see, if we are going to heaven we’re gonna have to have a second birth. The first birth is physical (‘whoever is born of account of the flesh Continue reading “The Second Birth”