John MacGregor
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John MacGregor
highlighted Acts 26:13 ESV
At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, that shone around me and those who journeyed with me.
Feb 11
John MacGregor
highlighted Acts 26:12 ESV
"In this connection I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
Feb 11
John MacGregor
highlighted Acts 26:11 ESV
And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme, and in raging fury against them I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
Feb 11
John MacGregor
highlighted Acts 26:8-10 ESV
And I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?"I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Feb 11
John MacGregor
highlighted Acts 26:4-7 ESV
"My manner of life from my youth, spent from the beginning among my own nation and in Jerusalem, is known by all the Jews.They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee.And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our fathers,to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly worship night and day. And for this hope I am accused by Jews, O king!
Feb 11
John MacGregor
highlighted Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Feb 9
John MacGregor
highlighted Acts 24:15 ESV
having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.
Feb 8
John MacGregor
highlighted Acts 24:16 ESV
So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward both God and man.
Feb 8
John MacGregor
highlighted Romans 5:2-5 ESV
Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
Feb 8
John MacGregor
highlighted Romans 5:8 ESV
but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Feb 8
John MacGregor
highlighted Romans 5:1 ESV
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Feb 8
John MacGregor
highlighted Matthew 10:37-40 ESV
Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it."Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.
Feb 7
John MacGregor
highlighted Matthew 10:32 ESV
So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven,
Feb 7
John MacGregor
highlighted Matthew 10:29-30 ESV
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.
Feb 7
John MacGregor
highlighted Matthew 10:26-28 ESV
"So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Feb 7
John MacGregor
highlighted Psalms 49:15 ESV
But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. Selah
Feb 7
John MacGregor
highlighted Psalms 49:12 ESV
Man in his pomp will not remain; he is like the beasts that perish.
Feb 7
John MacGregor
highlighted Psalms 19:7-9 ESV
The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.
Feb 7
John MacGregor
highlighted Isaiah 50:8 ESV
He who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.
Feb 7
John MacGregor
highlighted Acts 22:3-5 ESV
"I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God as all of you are this day.I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women,as the high priest and the whole council of elders can bear me witness. From them I received letters to the brothers, and I journeyed toward Damascus to take those also who were there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished.
Feb 6