John 1:1
Jesus Was With God from the Beginning
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14
The Word Becomes Flesh and Human
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 3:13
Jesus Was God's Word and He Became Flesh
13 No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.
John 4:24
God is Spirit
24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.
John 5:26-27
God Has Given Jesus Authority on Earth
26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.
28 “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29 and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.30 By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.
John 7:16
God Sent Jesus to Teach
16 Jesus answered, "My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.
John 8:23-24
Jesus Came from Above
23 But he continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am he, you will indeed die in your sins.”
John 8:31-32
Jesus' Teachings are the Truth, and His Teachings Set Us Free
31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8:42-43
Jesus Was Sent By God
42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me. 43 Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say.”
John 18:37-38
Jesus Came to Earth to Testify about Truth
37 "You are a king, then!" said Pilate. Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me." 38 "What is truth?" retorted Pilate.
Exodus 3:14
God is I AM
14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.'"
John 8:58
Jesus Was Before Abraham and Says He is I AM
58 "Very truly I tell you," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!"
John 10:25-30
Jesus and His Father are One
25 Jesus answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify about me, 26 but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”
John 14:4-7
Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life
4 “You know the way to the place where I am going.” 5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” 6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
Jesus 14:9-14
Jesus is in His Father, and His Father is in Him
9 Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. 11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves. 12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
Luke 10:22
No One Knows Who Jesus is Except God
22 "All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."
Matthew 9:22-23
Jesus Came to Earth to Find and Save Sinners
12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’[a] For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
John 20:28
Jesus is Our LORD and Our God
28 "Thomas said to Him, "My Lord and my God!"
1 John 5:13
To Get Eternal Life, We Must Believe in the Son of God
13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
John 17:3
Now This is Eternal Life
3 Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
John 13:34-35
Jesus New Command for His Disciples
34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
Matthew 16:24-28
It is Tough Following the Way of the Cross
24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 25 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.26 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? 27 For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.
28 “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”
Mark 13:31
Jesus Words Will Never Pass Away
31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Jesus made some utterly outstanding statements when He walked the earth...His words are a little bit different than what others had ever spoken...And no one has spoken like Him since them...The things said about Him were also different...Some of His words and teachings are hard to understand and interpret...But if God came a Man and came to earth, we would expect Him to speak in a way that would be different...He is from Heaven, which is Another World...God is Spirit, which is different than a having physical body...For instance, Jesus tells us no one knows Him except His Father, yet He grew up in the family of Mary and Joseph -and had other siblings...Shouldn't they know Him...We would expect people to talk about Him in a different way, and we should expect Him to be different and yet Great...After all He is our LORD and our GOD...For He is the One, and Only One, who can provide us with eternal life...
We are told that He is the Word of God, the Logos, and this Word has been around since the very beginning...And this Word somehow actually became flesh and a Man on the earth...Jesus did not say His words on His own...He came to earth to find and save sinners...His teachings were God sent...So God gave Him His authority and He spoke the word of God...If we are able to follow His teachings, we will learn the Truth and this Truth shall set us free...He came into our world is to testify to the truth...Everyone on the side of truth listens to Him...But like Pilate, we must believe and decide on who He is and what Truth is...It is our choice, just as Pilate and the others had a choice to believe in Him, or not believe in Him...
Jesus recruited Twelve Disciples and even they had a hard time understanding and following everything He said...He told them that it would be tough following Him...We must first deny ourselves before we can take up the cross...The is not much good in money and material things, if you pay for them with your soul...Jesus will reward each of us for what we have done...He taught them love, forgiveness, and all about God...The Twelve had been with Him for three years and the night before His arrest, trial, and crucifixion, He spoke calmly and was trying to comfort and prepare them, before His upcoming death...Thomas did not know what He was talking about when Jesus was talking to them about His Father's house in heaven...Jesus told him and the other disciples that He is the way to heaven and to His Father -the only way...Philip asked to see God His Father, in person...Jesus tells Philip that anyone who has seen Him has seen His Father...
Jesus is, of course, very close to God, and has a special relationship with Him...They are both are eternal...Jesus taught and teaches the eternities, the things that are eternal...He teaches us that He and His Father are One...This relationship is so unique that no one gets to His Father, except through the Truth of the Son...Their relationship is based on Pure LOVE...That is why one of His last commands and He says it is a new command that He gave His disciples was to love one another...By loving each other we show that we are His disciples...I expect that this is still true today...
These verses are still fresh and unique today, as when He first spoke them...Everything He said was sacred, because He is the Holy Son of God...Jesus' spoken Word was Divine when He spoke them and they are still sacred, holy, and divine today...His Words will never pass away...Jesus statements of Truth, and statements of Divinity...His statements will never pass...