Sitting in a shop in Tehran, Iran, the Persian rug depicted an ancient forest. Beautifully done, it re-created a scene in Switzerland: mountains, a waterfall, a turquoise lake, forested hillsides, and an expansive blue sky dotted with clouds.
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Memory texts in this guide
- 1 John 20:30-31, NKJV And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.
- 2 John 11:25-26, NKJV Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?"
- 3 John 1:1, NKJV In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- 4 John 3:3, NKJV Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
- 5 John 4:42, NKJV Then they said to the woman, "Now we believe, not because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world."
- 6 John 12:32, NKJV "And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself."
- 7 John 20:29, NKJV Jesus said to him, "Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."
- 8 John 5:36, NKJV But I have a greater witness than John's; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish—the very works that I do—bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.
- 9 John 14:6, NKJV I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- 10 John 1:18, NKJV No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
- 11 John 14:26, NKJV But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.
- 12 John 18:37, ESV Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."
- 13 John 5:39, NKJV You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.