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You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name. #john15 #chosen #fruitful (Image used under a CC License from Ian Livesey - https://flic.kr/p/gBMqwt)

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Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal myself to each of them. #john14 #truthsetsfree (Image shows new believers at Drakenstein Prison, and a young youthworker who was privileged to be part of sharing the Gospel with them...) (at Drakenstein Correctional Centre)

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I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many new kernels—a plentiful harvest of new lives. Those who love their life in this world will lose it. Those who care nothing for their life in this world will keep it for eternity. #john12 #allforJesus #harvest

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My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me, for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. #john10 #inHishands #eternity (Image used under a CC License from Cindy Siegle - https://flic.kr/p/3as1mS)

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But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life. #john4 #livingwater #thirst #refreshed

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John preferred to use the verb "to believe": 'to underscore that faith is not static like a doctrine or a dogma, but dynamic, requiring action. In John’s Gospel, “believing” in Jesus is the trait of all true disciples. In the Gospel of John, the verb translated “believe” is often followed by the Greek preposition eis (“into”). No parallel exists for this in ancient Greek usage. For John, faith is not a status, but an investment in the person of Jesus. Faith means accepting who Jesus is and what he claims to be. Faith constitutes a commitment to let his call change the way we live. Faith is the work God wants from us.' #faith #believe #john6 (Image used under a CC License from Lauren Manning - https://flic.kr/p/3PuP4R - Quote from Tyndale NLT Study Bible Notes)

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I didn’t know he was the one, but when God sent me to baptise with water, he told me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is the one who will baptise with the Holy Spirit.’ I saw this happen to Jesus, so I testify that he is the Chosen One of God. #anewbeginning #john1