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Farewell Discourse of Jesus – III (True Vine and the Branches)
1. Overview This is part 3 in the series on the farewell discourse of Jesus (John chapters 13 to 17). In Part 1, we have discussed John 13, where Jesus washes the feet of the disciples and commands to wash one another’s feet. In Part 2, we have discussed John
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Wise Men From the East
1. Wisdom Produces Care and Action Matthew records that when Jesus was born, some wise men from the east came to Jerusalem with their stated objective to worship Jesus (Matt 2:1-2). While we do not know how long they traveled, historians believe that they must have traveled at least 800
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Humble Workers Are Few
1. God’s Commission for the Church Jesus established the church to carry out God’s Commission (Matthew 16:18; 28:18-20). The church exists to make disciples of all nations, to edify believers, to glorify God, for teaching, for godly fellowship, to be the salt/light of the world, etc. 2. Misuse of Institutional
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Answering the Noblest Human Longing
1. The Noblest Human Longing Humanity has always wanted to know God intimately. Part of that is the desire to see God in a human understandable, and even visible form. Some philosophers and psychologists tried to explain it away as a psychological need for a powerful father figure or some