The Reason Why (plus)

Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king. For this purpose I have been born, and for this I have come into the world: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice.”  John 18:37 NASB Purpose – [I wrote this just a few…

The Reason Why

Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king. For this purpose I have been born, and for this I have come into the world: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice.”  John 18:37 NASB Purpose – Well, this word, “purpose,” isn’t actually…

Madness

“Therefore Pilate said to Him, ‘So You are a king?’ Jesus answered, ‘You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.’” John 18:37 NASB For this –Pues…

The Great Commission

So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”  John 20:21  NASB As the Father has sent – Mention the “Great Commission” and nearly all evangelicals will immediately cite Matthew 28:19.  “Go, therefore, . . .” is the usual translation, but as we have…

The Ultimate Testimony

For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth.  John 18:37  NASB To bear witness – Why did Yeshua come?  What was His purpose?  What did He accomplish?  Far too often we jump to ready-made answers rather than even listening to His own…

The Purpose of Suicide

For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth.  John 18:37  NASB This – An ordinary pronoun with an extraordinary meaning.  Touto is the Greek pronoun for this.  There is nothing spectacular about it.  Except here.  Here Yeshua says that His entire reason…