John 14:30

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Summary

John 14:30

Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.

I

John 16:12

Acts 1:3

The

And

1 John 3:5

General references

Luke 4:13

Bible References

I

I have still much to say to you, but you cannot bear it now.

With abundant proofs, he showed himself to them, still living, after his death; appearing to them from time to time during forty days, and speaking of all that related to the Kingdom of God.

The

Now this world is on its trial. Now the Spirit that is ruling this world shall be driven out;

As to Judgment, for the Spirit that is ruling this world has been condemned.

When I was with you day after day in the Temple Courts, you did not lay hands on me; but now your time has come, and the power of Darkness."

Men whose minds have been blinded by the God of this Age, unbelievers as they are, so that the light from the Good News of the glory of the Christ, who is the very incarnation of God, should not shine for them.

For at one time you lived in sin, following the ways of the world, in subjection to the Ruler of the Powers of the air--the Spirit who is still at work among the disobedient.

For ours is no struggle against enemies of flesh and blood, but against all the various Powers of Evil that hold sway in the Darkness around us, against the Spirits of Wickedness on high.

For God has rescued us from the tyranny of Darkness, and has removed us into the Kingdom of his Son, who is the embodiment of his love,

You, my Children, come from God, and you have successfully resisted such men as these, because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

We realize that we come from God, while all the world is under the influence of the Evil One.

And

"The Holy Spirit shall descend upon you," answered the angel, "and the Power of the Most High shall overshadow you; and therefore the child will be called 'holy,' and 'Son of God.'

Him who never knew sin God made to be Sin, on our behalf; so that we, through union with him, might become the Righteousness of God.

Our High Priest is not one unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has in every way been tempted, exactly as we have been, but without sinning.

This was the High Priest that we needed--holy, innocent, spotless, withdrawn from sinners, exalted above the highest Heaven,

but by precious blood, as it were of a lamb, unblemished and spotless, the Blood of Christ.

He 'never sinned, nor was anything deceitful ever heard from his lips.'

And you know that Christ appeared to take away our sins; and in him Sin has no place.

General references

When he had tried every kind of temptation, the Devil left Jesus, till another opportunity.