HE MUST INCREASE, I MUST DECREASE Miracles of Jesus: Healing
the Officials Son John 4:46-54 7.3.11
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HE MUST INCREASE, I MUST DECREASE Samaria Cana Capernaum
Source: Nelsons Complete Book Of Charts and Maps
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HE MUST INCREASE, I MUST DECREASE Two thoughts from Jesus
words: 1.People often asked for a sign in order to believe ( John
2:18, 6:30, and 20:29) 1.You is plural in the Greek so Jesus is
speaking for the benefit of the whole crowd who had gathered.
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HE MUST INCREASE, I MUST DECREASE Where there is no real faith
in Christ, there is no real belief in Christ. Therefore, there is
no real transformation and no real results.
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HE MUST INCREASE, I MUST DECREASE So we are always of good
courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away
from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians
5:67, ESV
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HE MUST INCREASE, I MUST DECREASE 4:41 2:22 4:50 5:24 5:37,38
5:47 6:63 6:68-69 8:31-32 8:37 8:43-47 8:51 12:47-49 14:23-24 15:3
17:8 17:17 Scripture references in Johns Gospel regarding the full
power and sufficiency of the Word of God for belief in Jesus
Christ: All references are the chapter and verse(s) from the Gospel
of John. It is not an exhaustive list from the entire Bible on the
sufficiency of Scripture.
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HE MUST INCREASE, I MUST DECREASE A Few Notes On How Scripture
Was Finalized The old testament as we know it was mostly in use at
the time of Jesus. He quoted from the law and the prophets. as did
other New Testament writers. The first identical list of New
Testament books to what we have now was given by a man named
Athanasius of Alexandria in AD 367. The council of Carthage in
Africa in AD 397 is the most common date given for when the entire,
final listing of inspired New Testament books was decided.
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HE MUST INCREASE, I MUST DECREASE 1st complete New Testament
volume-- (300) years after apostles death Josephus' Jewish
Antiquities- (1300) years after his death Julius Caesar's Gallic
Wars- (900) years after his death.