New Testament Verses

Do you know and trust the truth about Jesus?
An Angel visits Mary... descendent of Abraham.
And the angel answered and said to her, "the Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you. Therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God."
Luke 1:35
Then Mary said, "Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.
Luke 1:38

An Angel visits Joseph, Mary's future husband 
But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 
Matthew 1:20-21

Jesus is born in Bethlehem to the Virgin Mary and a miracle occurs. God is the Father.
And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room in the Inn.
Luke 2:7​

Jesus lives as a human being on Earth for over 30 years.
And the Word (Jesus) became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:14

John the Baptist proclaims the truth about Jesus.
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world!"
John 1:29

Jesus chooses 12 men to follow Him and help Him spread the Good News about His visit to Earth.
In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God. And when day came, he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot, and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
Luke 6:12-16

Jesus teaches us...
We must be "Born Again" spiritually. Faith in Jesus changes our heart and we become a new creation...born again.
Jesus answered and said to him, "most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God".
John 3:3
"For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
John 6:40
You have heard the law that says, love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say, love your enemies. Pray for those who persecute you.
Mathew 5:43-44
So, whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for that is taught in the law and the prophets.
Matthew 7:12
Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law? Jesus replied: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments".
Matthew 22:36

Jesus tells us that we should learn God's will and strive to know it, trust it and do it. 
Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’ But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’ “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”
Matthew 7:21-27 

The Truth Will Set You Free 
So, Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John:31-32

As Christ Followers, we need to know Jesus and He needs to know us. Learn all you can about Jesus Christ, so that you can believe in Him, trust Him, obey Him, talk to Him, love Him, worship Him and follow Him.

Read His "I AM" statements below and understand more about who He is.
Are you spiritually hungry? Thirsty for truth?
Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
John 6:35
Are you looking for true spiritual light? Guidance?​
Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”
John 8:12
​Are you looking for the entrance to heaven?
​​Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. They will come and go freely and will find good pastures.
John 10:9
Are you looking for someone that would die for you?
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices His life for the sheep.
John 10:11
Do you fear death?
Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never ever die. Do you believe this?"
John 11:25-26
Do you know the truth about how you get to heaven?
Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me."
John 14:6
​Do you want to live your life like God wants you to?
“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:5

Turn to Jesus and find rest.
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11:28-30 

Jesus is preparing a place for Christ Followers.
In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 
John 14:2-3

Strive to obey the Father and the Son, love them, receive the gift of peace.
Jesus replied, “All who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each of them. Anyone who doesn’t love me will not obey me. And remember, my words are not my own. What I am telling you is from the Father who sent me. I am telling you these things now while I am still with you. But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit—he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you. “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.
John 14:23-27

Jesus announces His upcoming death on the cross to pay for the sins of His followers. 
Then Jesus said, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day."
Luke 9:22

​Judas betrays Jesus to the authorities and Jesus is tried, beaten and crucified.
Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the Chief Priests in order to betray him to them.
Mark 14:12
Pilate therefore said to him, Are you a King, then? Jesus answered, "you say rightly that I am a King, for this reason I was born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice."
John 18:37
It was now about Noon on the day of preparation for the Passover. And Pilate said to the people, look, here is your King! - Away with Him, they yelled. Away with Him! Crucify Him! - What? Crucify your King? Pilate asked. - We have no king but Caesar, the leading priests shouted back. Then Pilate turned Jesus over to them to be crucified. So, they took Jesus away. Carrying the cross by himself, he went to the place called Place of the Skull (in Hebrew, Golgotha). There they nailed him to the cross.
John 19:14-18

****** Jesus dies on the cross to pay for our sins and finishes God's Plan ******
When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "It is finished," and He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.
John 19:30
And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way He breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
Mark 15:37-39

Joseph was a rich man and a Christ Follower.
And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away.
​Matthew 27:59-60

As Jesus told His followers, He rose from the grave and is now alive again.
Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain other women with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb. Then they went in and did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. And it happened, as they were greatly perplexed about this, that behold, two men stood by them in shining garments. Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the Earth, they said to them, why do you seek the living among the dead? He is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee, saying, the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified and the third day rise again.
Luke 24:4-7

After His resurrection, Jesus appeared to many people.
During the forty days after his crucifixion, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that he was actually alive. And he talked to them about the Kingdom of God.
Acts 1:3
But God raised him from the dead, and for many days he appeared to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.
Acts 13:30-31
Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time...
1 Corinthians 15:6a

A promise, some direction to His disciples and a future prophecy.
You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." After saying this, he was taken up into a cloud while they were watching, and they could no longer see him. As they strained to see him rising into heaven, two white-robed men suddenly stood among them. "Men of Galilee,” they said, “why are you standing here staring into heaven? Jesus has been taken from you into heaven, but someday he will return from heaven in the same way you saw him go!”
Acts 1:8-11

Jesus picks another very important disciple to spread the truth about Jesus. Saul, later called Paul.
And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. But rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.”
Acts 9:4-6

Jesus is the Word.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:1 
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:14
Jesus is our Savior.
For God so loved the World, that He gave His only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
John 3:16
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
John 3:36
​And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
Acts 4:12

The Apostles and disciples now spread the truth about Jesus and write about it in the New Testament.

Christ Followers are the faith filled individuals that God told Abraham about. Christ Followers have faith in God's Plan.
So also, Abraham "believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness. Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham. Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: "All nations will be blessed through you. So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
Galatians 3:6-9

Christ Followers know that no one can qualify for Heaven without Jesus.
As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks God".
Romans 3:10-11

Christ Followers know that their sins will be forgiven when they confess their sins to Jesus.
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 
1 John 1:8-9

Christ Followers receive Grace (the amazing Gift) through faith in Jesus.
For by grace, you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:8-10 

Christ Followers love Jesus, they show it, and they receive help from the Holy Spirit.
Though you have not seen Him, you love Him. Though you do not now see Him, you believe in Him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory.
1 Peter 1:8
If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. You know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
John 14;15-17

Christ Followers strive to manifest the fruits of the Holy Spirit in their lives.
But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 
Galatians 5:22-23

Christ Followers have an intimate relationship with Jesus, and they try to be like Him.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
John 10:27

Christ Followers have a strong urge to spread the Good News.
Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
Mark 16:15

Christ Followers strive to make God's will first in their lives.
Regardless of the cost, we are transformed and yearn to do God's will. I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good, acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:1-2

Christ Followers have a special hope and a special promise.
But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”
1 Corinthians 2:9
In Him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in Him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
Ephesians 1:13-14

Christ Followers know that the Bible contains truthful teaching from God.
All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man or woman of God may be fully capable, equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 3:16-17
Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth.
John 17:17

Christ Followers need to be prepared for opposition to the God of the Bible.
Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith from which, you will be able to quench all of the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God.
Ephesians 6:14-17 

As we read the headlines and observe those around us, we see perilous times.
But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people, turn away!
2 Timothy 3:1-5

Are we getting close to the beginning of sorrows?
For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Matthew 24:7-8

Is the return of our King, Jesus Christ, getting closer and closer?
Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken. Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all of the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Matthew 24:29-31

Jesus has always existed, and He always will.
"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, says the Lord, who is, who was and who is to come, the almighty."
Revelation 1:8
When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as if I were dead. But He laid His right hand on me and said "Don't be afraid! I am the first and the last. I am the living one. I died but look - I am alive forever and ever And I hold the keys of death and the grave."​
Revelation 1:17-18

Everyone will see who Jesus Christ is and the Earth as we know it will change. 
Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!" 
Revelation 11:15 
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 
Revelation 21:1

Christ Followers will spend eternal life in Heaven and on Earth where Joy and Peace will last forever! 
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be His people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away." 
Revelation 21:3-4

Do you believe that Jesus died on the cross to pay for your sins? Have you let Jesus know that you want Him to be your Lord and Savior? Have you confessed your sins to Jesus? Are you striving to turn away from sin and turn toward God's way of life? If not, do so now. Talk to Jesus and become a Christ Follower as described above. Enjoy a special unique peace now and know for certain that extreme peace and joy await you in Heaven.

Trust The Trust and Pass It On.

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