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AND IT WAS DARK

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  John 13:18-30   It is one thing to be hated by your enemy, but to be betrayed by a friend is one of the darkest experiences that anyone could endure.  In the ancient Near East, to betray a friend was considered a heinous crime , but far more heinous was to betray a friend . With whom one shared bread with.  How could a person who had spent three-plus years with Jesus, as one of his most intimate followers, turn against Him and betray Him?  It is hard to understand, and yet he did .  Judas’ betrayal was a dark time. A time when the spiritual forces of evil were doing their best to put out the light that Jesus had brought.  Nighttime usually brings out the worst kinds of people. Usually, a greater evil presents itself more freely in the darkness.  Darkness in its proper context usually represents unbelief, sin, and evil according to the Scriptures.  To which darkness is usually is associated with: death, ignorance, and those things whi...
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LIVE BY EXAMPLE

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  John 13:1-20   Its in this chapter we find the Saviour, in most intimate fellowship with His disciples, where Jesus revealed the love, He had for them and their future.  This is where Jesus would minister and demonstrate He loved His disciples , not only onto the cross, but to the end.  His return to the Father soon, would neither terminate nor diminish His love for His own; and this is true for all those who are His today a well.  Its here in the Upper Room Discourse begins with a dramatic call to follow Christ’s example as a servant.  Jesus tells us, if we are to be His followers, where we must begin, what qualities must be in our lives, and what we must do; the Upper Room Discourse is where we find these answers. Being an example is not just…….. A workplace thing. A neighbor thing. An obligation thing. A church thing   For the Christian being an example begins …….in the home, in our marriages, in our everyday dealings with our...
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