10 Bible Verses Every Christian Should Memorize

1. Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Scripture begins with these ten words. This is the bedrock of the Bible, the first, earliest, and most irreducible foundation for the remaining thirty-one thousand verses of God’s Word. Genesis 1:1 encompasses the totality of Truth. Without it there’s nothing but despair. With it there’s everything we need. If this verse is true, everything in the rest of the Bible is plausible and logically consistent. Genesis 1:1 tells us that God is, that He creates, and that He speaks; and this is the basis of all clear thinking and real hope.

Genesis 1:1 gives us roots.

We’re not accidental blobs of dying chemicals mysteriously evolving from primordial sludge without purpose or meaning. We have a past rooted in the glory of the God whose image we bear. We’re wonderfully made and placed in an environment fine-tuned for our needs. The book of Genesis gives us the history of creation, sin, the beginnings of human society, and the wondrous plan of redemption introduced by God. If you discard Genesis 1:1, you abandon the roots and reality of humanity on earth. By removing this text from conscious thought, we lose all inherent moral law in the universe, 100 bible verses everyone 4 8 should know by heart all intrinsic bases for self-image, all eternal purpose to life, and any and all hope in the human heart.

Genesis 1:1 gives us routes.

If we have a past, we have a future. If we were created in God’s image, we have eternal potential. If we have an intelligent Creator who knows and loves us, He must have a purpose and plan for time and eternity. Without Him we’re dying embers in a dying universe with no ultimate significance. With Him we have roots in a dignified past and routes to a great future.

Samuel Wesley, younger brother of John and Charles, was born February 10, 1690, but for about five years he didn’t speak a word. Then one day he hid under a table while his mother, Susanna, looked for him. Finally he cried, “Here I am, mother.” He had learned to talk! Susanna taught him to read, using Genesis 1:1, which he quickly memorized. Soon he had memorized Genesis 1:1–10. It’s no wonder he later wrote this hymn: Hail, Father, whose creating call Unnumbered worlds attend; Jehovah, comprehending all, Whom none can comprehend!¹

The Earth reminded us of a Christmas tree ornament hanging in the blackness of space. As we got farther and farther away it diminished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble, the most beautiful marble you can imagine. That beautiful, warm, living object looked so fragile, so delicate, that if you touched it with a finger it would crumble and fall apart. Seeing this has to change a man, has to make a man appreciate the creation of God and the love of God.²—Astronaut James Irwin

2. John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

There are two great mysteries at the heart of Christianity, the Trinity and the person of Jesus Christ: (1) God the three in one; and (2) Jesus the two in one. How could God be one God yet eternally exist in three distinct persons, and how can Jesus be one person yet possess two distinct natures, fully God and fully human?

This verse touches both mysteries. He (Christ, the Word) was God, yet He was with God in the beginning. He was God, yet distinct from God.

The great theme of John’s Gospel is the divinity of Christ, and it reaches its climax in the declaration of Thomas in John 20:28: “My Lord and my God!” But the first verse, John 1:1, provides the backdrop for the whole book. Note the progression of logic in this verse:

• John 1:1 speaks of our Christ’s preexistence: In the beginning was the Word.
• It also speaks of His coexistence: And the Word was with God.
• And John 1:1 speaks of His divine existence: And the Word was God.

The Trinity and Jesus! Both mysteries are imponderables we can never fathom, which is only to be expected if God is really God and Jesus is truly who He claims to be. It’s been said that a God small enough to be understood isn’t big enough to be worshipped. We need a transcendent God who boggles our minds with His immensity and who brings His infinities to bear on our infirmities. We need a gospel that opens with words like these: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Georgia Gordon, who grew up in the deep South in the days of slavery, received no education as a young girl. But one day she heard a preacher reciting John 1:1. Deeply impressed, she memorized the verse; and when she got home, she asked someone who could read to point out the verse in the Bible. She studied it until she could recognize the words one by one, and she searched through the Bible for others like them. In this way, little by little, she learned to read. She later became a brilliant student at Fisk University in Nashville and one of the famous Jubilee Singers from Fisk who introduced Black Spirituals to the world.³

Here are two mysteries for the price of one—the plurality of persons within the unity of God, and the union of Godhead and manhood in the person of Christ. . . . The more you think about it, the more staggering it gets.⁴—J. I. Packer

3. John 1:14

The Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We observed His glory, the glory as the One and Only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

When was the last time you spent the night in a tent? It was last night. According to 2 Corinthians 5, we are currently living in the tents of our bodies, eagerly waiting resurrection day when we’ll receive permanent structures (our glorified bodies). Furthermore, we’re told in John 1:14 that when Jesus took on flesh in Bethlehem, He pitched His tent among us. The Greek term for “took up residence” has reference to tenting.

John 1:14 is arguably the Bible’s greatest verse about the incarnation. The Word (God the Son) became flesh (human) and took up residence (pitched His tent) among us. We observed His glory and saw that He was the one and only God the Son, full of grace and truth. The prologue of John (John 1:1–18) is one of the greatest introductions in the world of literature. The theme is Jesus, and the progression of thought is remarkable. In memorizing John 1:14, take time to study the entire passage, using this outline as a guide.

1. Jesus is the God who made us (1:1–3). He is God, existing from the beginning and through whom all things were made.
2. He is the life who sustains us (v. 4a). In Him was life!
3. He is the light who illumines us (vv. 4b–5). His life is our light. It shines in the darkness, and the darkness can’t overcome it.
4. He is the message who excites us (vv. 6–9). John the Baptist testified about Him, and so can we.
5. He is the Savior who redeems us (vv. 10–13). All who receive Him and who believe in His name are given the right to become children of God.
6. He is the friend who dwells among us (v. 14). He pitched His tent here and tabernacles among us.
7. He is the Lord who surpasses us (v. 15). John the Baptist said of Him, “The One coming after me has surpassed me, because He existed before me.”
8. He is the Son who blesses us (vv. 16–18). No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son has revealed Him, and from the fullness of His grace we have all received one blessing after another (v. 16 niv).

The word incarnation means “embodied in flesh.” Dr. J. I. Packer wrote, “The incarnation is in itself an unfathomable mystery, but it makes sense of everything else that the New Testament contains.” Packer points out that the reality of the incarnation pervades the Prologue of John. “The Church of England reads it annually as the Gospel for Christmas Day, and rightly so,” said Packer. “Nowhere in the New Testament is the nature and meaning of Jesus’ divine Sonship so clearly explained as here.”⁵

Jesus is God spelling Himself out in language that man can understand.⁶—Samuel D. Gordon

4. John 3:16

For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

Henry Moorhouse, sixteen, was a gambler, gang leader, and thief. But during the revival of 1859, he gave his life to Jesus and was soon preaching the gospel with all his heart. His favorite text was John 3:16. One day in 1867, in Ireland, he met the world evangelist D. L. Moody; and Henry had the nerve to invite himself to preach in Moody’s church in Chicago.

Sometime later Moody returned home from a trip and learned that Moorhouse had shown up, started preaching, and was drawing great crowds. “He has preached two sermons from John 3:16,” Moody’s wife told him, “and I think you will like him, although he preached a little different from what you do.”

“How is that?”

“Well, he tells sinners God loves them.”

Moody wasn’t so sure about that; but that evening he went to hear Moorhouse preach. The young man stood up in the pulpit and said, “If you will turn to the third chapter of John and the sixteenth verse,” said the young man, “you will find my text.” Moody later recalled, “He preached a most extraordinary sermon from that verse. . . . I never knew up to that time that God loved us so much. This heart of mine began to thaw out, and I could not keep back the tears. It was like news from a far country. I just drank it in.”

Night after night Moorhouse preached from John 3:16, and it had a life-changing effect on D. L. Moody. “I have never forgotten those nights,” Moody said later. “I have preached a different gospel since, and I have had more power with God and man since then.”

Later, when Moorhouse fell ill and was on his deathbed, he looked up and told his friends, “If it were the Lord’s will to raise me again, I should like to preach from the text, ‘God so loved the world.’”⁷

Notice that the word gospel is literally spelled out in this verse: “For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not Perish but have Eternal Life.

My friends, for a whole week I have been trying to tell you how much God loves you, but I cannot do it with this poor stammering tongue. If I could borrow Jacob’s ladder and climb up into heaven and ask Gabriel, who stands in the presence of the Almighty, to tell me how much love the Father has for the world, all he could say would be, “God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son.”—Henry Moorhouse

5. Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

With the possible exception of John 3:16, no other text in Scripture better sums up all sixty-six books and thirty-one thousand verses of the Bible. This is the ultimate Reader’s Digest version of God’s Word. Notice the way the verse is balanced between its two clauses:

The wages of sin is death.
The gift of God is eternal life.

If we pull out the primary words of Romans 6:23 and place them side by side, we can see its logic and contrasting argument:

Wages—Gift
Sin—God
Death—Eternal Life

Wages is a word we see in our newspaper every day. It’s what we get for what we do. The Bible says that we’re all employed by sin, and the result or payback is physical, spiritual, and eternal death. In contrast to that, God wants to give us a gift, which is everlasting life.

It’s a gift that only comes wrapped in one package—Jesus Christ our Lord! Think of a great canyon. We’re on one side in a state of sin and death; God is on the other side with the gift of eternal life. The cross of Jesus Christ is the only bridge that spans the chasm. As 1 Timothy 2:5 says in The Living Bible: “God is on one side and all the people on the other side, and Christ Jesus, himself a man, is between them to bring them together.”

When I preach, I sometimes turn to various passages, moving from one to the other in logical order. Using a pencil, I’ll jot the next reference beside the prior one. In that way, if I forget which verse comes next, I have a reminder. We can do the same with the Roman Road. Beside Romans 3:23, pencil in the margin 6:23. Beside 6:23, pencil in 5:8; and beside that verse put 9:9–10. If you do this in a small, pocket-sized New Testament that you carry with you, you’ll always be ready to lead someone to the facts they need to find eternal life in Jesus Christ.

The Roman Road: This is one of the most effective presentations for people who’ve heard the message but need to see it in black and white, right out of the pages of the Bible. It’s based on . . . verses in the book of Romans. I’d suggest highlighting these in your Bible so that they’re easy to find and show to others.⁸—Bill Hybels

6. 2 Timothy 3:16

All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness.

The Bible is chock-full of verses attesting to its inspiration, authority, infallibility, and usefulness. Perhaps the best New Testament texts on this subject are 2 Timothy 3:16 and 2 Peter 1:21. The latter says, in effect, that no passage in the Bible came about by a prophet’s own origination, but the writers of Scripture spoke as they were moved (borne along) by the Holy Spirit. The former verse tells us that all Scripture is inspired (breathed out) by God and therefore of immense usefulness in our lives.

Notice the chapter/verse location 2 Timothy 3:16. There’s a remarkable correspondence between John 3:16 and 2 Timothy 3:16. The two verses have more in common than their “street address” of 316.

• John 3:16 talks about the Savior, and • 2 Timothy 3:16 talks about the Scriptures. These two entities comprise the two greatest gifts ever bestowed on humanity.
• Both are called “The Word.”
• One is the living Word, and the other is the written Word.
• Both are utterly unique. Jesus is like no other person the world has ever seen, and the Bible is like no other book the world has ever read.
• Jesus was both fully human and fully divine. He came down from heaven yet made His appearance through the instrumentality of a human being who was overshadowed by the Holy Spirit. The Scriptures are both fully human and fully divine. They came down from heaven yet were given through the instrumentality of human beings who were borne along by the Holy Spirit.
• Just as the Savior was without sin, the Scriptures are without error.
• Just as the Savior has a dual nature, the Scriptures have a double nature.
• The Savior is the God-Man, and the Scriptures are from both God and man. The Savior came to save us, and the Scriptures were given to tell us how to be saved.
• The Bible is Jesus in print, and Jesus is the personification and fulfillment of the Scriptures. And so these 3:16s are twin verses about the Savior and the Scriptures.

The Great “3:16s” of the New Testament

• Luke 3:16—The Baptism of the Holy Spirit
• 1 Corinthians 3:16—The Holy Spirit’s Indwelling
• Ephesians 3:16—The Holy Spirit’s Strengthening
• Colossians 3:16—The Imbedded Word
• 2 Thessalonians 3:16—The All-Encompassing Peace of God
• 1 Timothy 3:16—The Uniqueness of Christ
• 1 John 3:16—The Power of Love

Inspiration . . . is the determining influence exercised by the Holy Spirit on the writers of the Old and New Testament in order that they might proclaim and set down in an exact and authentic way the message as received from God.⁹—René Pache

7. 1 John 5:11

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

As a college sophomore, I was mentored by an upperclassman who gave me these two verses, 1 John 5:11–12, to memorize. He called them two of the best verses in the Bible about assurance of salvation. As long as I knew these verses, he said, I’d never doubt being saved. I’ve come back to them many times, and I’m thankful for what’s not in them. There is no maybe, if, might, or hope so . . .

This is the testimony. This is what God Himself has declared as truth. This is the record. These are the facts.

He has . . . It’s already done. This has been irrevocably accomplished.

He has given us . . . It’s not just a generic promise that He has given eternal life. It includes that personal pronoun us. And us includes you and me.

He has given us eternal life. While the whole Bible teaches that God

is eternal and He bestows everlasting life on His children, it’s John who is the apostle of eternal life. He used the phrase twenty-three times in His writing.

And this life is in His Son. Jesus not only gives us life; He is the Source and Creator of life. And yet—paradox of the ages—He died to conquer death, and because He lives, we live also.

John on Eternal Life

• Everyone who believes on Him • will not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)
• The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. (John 3:36)
• Anyone who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life. (John 5:24)
• I assure you: Anyone who believes has eternal life. (John 6:47)
• Lord, who will we go to? You have the words of eternal life. (John 6:68)
• I gave them eternal life, and they will never perish. (John 10:28)
• This is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true God, and the One You have sent—Jesus Christ. (John 17:3)
• We . . . declare to you the eternal life. (1 John 1:2) • And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life. (1 John 2:25)
• And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. (1 John 5:11)
• I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. (1 John 5:13)

Our hope is not hung upon such an untwisted thread as, “I imagine so,” or “It is likely,” but the cable, the strong tow of our fastened anchor, is the oath and promise of Him who is eternal verity. Our salvation is fastened with God’s own hand, and with Christ’s own strength, to the strong stake of God’s unchangeable nature.¹⁰—Samuel Rutherford

8. Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness,
and all these things will be provided for you.

After ditching their plane in the Pacific during World War II, Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and his crew were adrift twenty-four days. Their ultimate survival was due, in large part, to a waterproof New Testament; and one of their most cherished passages was Matthew 6:31–34. “That’s the best thing I’ve heard yet,” said one of the men, listening to this passage. “Read it again, Colonel.”¹¹

Matthew 6:19–34 is our Lord’s definitive teaching about the sin of worry. Once you memorize its core verse, Matthew 6:33, you’ll be leaning on it again and again, too. Here’s an outline of the passage as it unfolds. Study it as you work on this great verse.

1. Worry indicates a defective value system 1. (Matt. 6:19–25). There are more important issues than food, clothing, houses, and entertainment.
2. Worry indicates a defective self-image (Matt. 6:26). We’re more valuable than anything else God has made, including the birds of the air.
3. Worry indicates a defective way of thinking (Matt. 6:27). Anxiety doesn’t add one hour to our lives or one cubit to our height. It’s a useless exercise and an inefficient way of thinking.
4. Worry indicates a defective trust in God (Matt. 6:28–30). Faith is the ability to maintain inner strength by trusting in the promises of God amid the problems of life. We shouldn’t fall into the “you of little faith” camp.
5. Worry indicates a defective purpose in life (Matt. 6:31–33). If we take care of things that are important to God, He’ll take care of things that are important to us.
6. Anxiety indicates a defective view of tomorrow (Matt. 6:34). In this verse Jesus specifically tells us to deal with today’s issues and don’t worry about tomorrow’s.

Rosalind Goforth, veteran missionary to China, wrote an uplifting little book entitled How I Know God Answers Prayer, in which she first tells of practicing this verse as a child. Easter Sunday came one year during a warm springtime, and everyone had put away their winter clothes. Rosalind had no Easter dress, and she decided she’d rather stay home than wear her winter garb. Going to her room, she opened her Bible, and her eyes rested on Matthew 6:33. “It was as if God spoke the words directly to me,” she said. Why worry about your clothes? Seek first His kingdom. She put on her old dress and fought off a feeling of humiliation as she went to church. The Easter message touched her deeply; and the next day a box arrived from a distant aunt, containing not only new dresses but many other things as well.¹²

Seek ye first the Lord, and then He will provide for you everything that is profitable for you in this life and He will crown it with everything that is glorious in the life to come.¹³—Charles Spurgeon

9. Matthew 28:19

Go, therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

The Great Commission is easy to memorize if you keep in mind its five great components.

1. His power. At our church we sometimes have a commissioning service for missionaries leaving to serve in other places. Matthew 28 gives us our Lord’s commissioning service for every Christian. The Great Commission begins with Christ’s assertion of authority over heaven and earth. He has the right to send us even to those who don’t invite us to come. We’re authorized to go with the full backing of His unlimited power and authority.
2. His purpose. We’re to make disciples. Literally this passage says, “As you are going, make disciples.” A disciple is someone who confesses Christ as Lord, is actively growing in His Word, and is fully committed to His purpose of making other disciples.
3. His place. Our zone of ministry is the world: “all nations.” In Matthew 24, Jesus predicted the gospel would be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations before He returns.
4. His plan. Disciple-making involves two simple steps—baptizing and teaching. Baptizing implies we’ve shared the gospel and led someone to receive it. Then we must teach that person. Notice that Jesus doesn’t say, “teaching them everything I have commanded you,” but, “teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you.” Discipleship isn’t just a matter of book learning, but of lifestyle transformation.
5. His presence. Just as Jesus began His Commission by asserting His power, He ended by promising His presence.

He’ll abide with us always, to the end of the age. He’s a very present help, a Friend who sticks closer than a brother, and the unseen Partner in all our efforts for His kingdom.

Ever notice how God made every living thing to propagate? I can’t get over how persistently the plants spread in my little garden. Stubborn weeds and grasses shoot across the mulch, creating entrenched aggravations for me. Nearby raspberries launch new stems like meteors, shooting through the air, landing, taking root, and sending out more stems to nearby spots. The neighboring maple trees send out an air force of helicopters that drop their seeds like bombs all over my vegetable beds and flowerpots. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that God built the same driving potential into His church. It is as natural for the church of Jesus Christ to spread as it is for weeds, raspberries, and maple trees. And, in fact, it’s not just a potential and a pattern; it is a commandment. It is our commission. We’re sent like human helicopters into this world to spread the message of Christ, person-to-person, until it covers the globe.

If a commission by an earthly king is considered an honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?—David Livingstone

10. Hebrews 11:6

Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him.

Many years ago we had a tragedy in our church. Three people were slain, and we had a triple funeral; all three caskets lined up in front of the stage. It was a horrendous week, and by Sunday night I didn’t have anything left in my heart to say. So when time came for the evening sermon, I simply opened to Hebrews 11 and read it, all forty verses. Then I closed my Bible, pronounced the benediction, and sent everyone home. I was surprised by the impact. People were deeply moved, openly weeping. One man who was sobbing as he left told me he’d never known such power was contained in this chapter.

The theme of the book of Hebrews is perseverance. It was written to a group of Jewish Christians who were encountering opposition, and the writer was worried that some would give up on the gospel. In chapter 10 he reminds them of previous days when they had been publicly exposed to taunts and afflictions (v. 33), and some had incurred the confiscation of their possessions (v. 34). He warns them not to throw away their confidence (v. 35) but to exercise endurance (v. 36).

That brings us to chapter 11, in which he holds up the great persevering heroes of the Old Testament. This is called the “Faith Chapter of the Bible,” the “Westminster Abby of Scripture,” and “Faith’s Hall of Fame.” The chapter begins by giving us the Bible’s classic definition of faith, in verse 1: “Now faith is the reality of things hoped for, the proof of what is not seen.” And according to verse 6, without this kind of faith, it’s impossible to please God. Those who come to Him must believe He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

Here are four reasons faith is necessary for pleasing God.

1. Faith brings salvation to our lives. As we’ve seen in previous verses, we are saved by grace through faith.
2. Faith brings motivation to our work. The main theme of Hebrews 11 is that faith leads us to do things for God we would never otherwise do. It motivates, fuels, and drives our labor. The very next verse (v. 7) tells how Noah, by faith, built an ark to save his family.
3. Faith brings rest to our souls. When we’re tempted to fret and fear, we discover that God has given us multiple promises and assurances for every contingency in life.
4. Faith brings excitement to our future. We look forward by faith to a city whose builder and maker is God (vv. 10, 16).

[Faith] glorifies God exceedingly, because it proves that we have more confidence in His eyesight than in our own.¹⁴—C. H. Mackintosh

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This article is an excerpt from 100 Bible Verses Everyone Should Know by Heart, by Robert J. Morgan.

Notes:

¹The story about Samuel Wesley Jr. is found in Allan Longworth, Samuel Wesley Junior (Orangeburg, SC: Foundery Press, 1991), 3–4. The hymn can be located at various online hymn Web sites.
²Quoted in The Hand of God: Thoughts and Images Reflecting the Spirit of the Universe, ed. Michael Reagan (Philadelphia and London: Templeton Foundation Press, 1999), 158
³J. B. T. Marsh, Story of the Jubilee Singers, with Their Songs (New York: S. W. Green’s Sons, 1883), 109–10.
⁴J. I. Packer, Knowing God (Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1973), 46.
⁵Ibid., 47–48.
⁶Samuel D. Gordon, Quiet Talks about Jesus (New York: A. C. Armstrong
& Son, 1906), 13.
⁷John 3:16 is the Bible in miniature and the gospel in a nutshell. But many of us who memorized John 3:16 in the older versions struggled with the phrase “only begotten Son.” It often came out “only forgotten Son,” to the amusement of our parents. Modern translations say, “His one-and-only Son.” Why the change?
   The Greek word is monogenas (mon’-o-ga-nase’). The prefix mono means “one” or “only.” The word genas means “race, stock, family, class, kind, or of the same nature.” Monogenas really means “the only one of its kind.” When the New Testament began to be translated into Latin in ancient times, the first versions rendered used the Latin word unicus, meaning “unique.” It was understood that the word monogenas was the Greek equivalent of the Latin word unicus and, by extension, of the English word unique. But the great scholar, Jerome, made a critical change. Perhaps he was influenced by the theological debates of his day, or perhaps he didn’t fully understand the meaning of the Greek word. For whatever reason, when he created his famous Latin translation, the Vulgate, he didn’t use the term that had been used by earlier Latin translators, unicus. He used the word unigenitus, which meant “only begotten.”
   Jerome’s translation became the standard Bible for a thousand years, and it led to many of the early English versions, including the King James Version. Today’s scholars widely agree that the word monogenes means “unique, one of a kind, one and only.” Jesus is utterly unique in human history and in the chronicles of time. He existed before the world began yet was born under Judean skies in the days of Herod the Great. He is in very nature God, yet He slipped into humanity like a hand into a glove. He is the Son of the Highest yet the Son of a Jewish virgin. He is worshipped of angels yet was crucified with thieves. He was vilified by the world but deified by the Father. He is morally perfect, yet He became sin for us. He is a Man of sorrows, yet He manufactures joy for the universe. He is the ultimate demonstration of love, for God loved the world enough to give His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life.
⁸Bill Hybels and Mark Mittelberg, Becoming a Contagious Christian (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1994).
⁹René Pache, The Inspiration and Authority of the Scripture (Chicago: Moody Press, 1969), 45.
¹⁰Samuel Rutherford, Letters of Samuel Rutherford (Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson, and Ferrier, 1891), 385.
¹¹James C. Whittaker, We Thought We Heard the Angels Sing (NY: E. P. Dutton, 1943), 64.
¹²Rosalind Goforth, How I Know God Answers Prayer, 1921.
¹³From Charles Spurgeon’s sermon, “A Present Religion,” May 30, 1858.
¹⁴Charles Henry Mackintosh, Notes on the Book of Exodus (New York: Loizeaux Brothers, 1880), 186.