Departed Loved Ones

My Father, who hath given them unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

Ye heard how I said to you, I go away, and I come unto you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced, because I go unto the Father: for the Father is greater than I.

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many;

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who hath gathered the wind in his fists? Who hath bound the waters in his garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou knowest?

and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

For Jehovah thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

And Jehovah spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no form; only ye heard a voice.

And he hath on his garment and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

Take heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ:

in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.

And his eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his head are many diadems; and he hath a name written which no one knoweth but he himself. — read the full passage →

And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;

hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds; — read the full passage →

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.

He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the Son of God.

Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy; for I Jehovah your God am holy.

And Jehovah said unto Moses, See, I have made thee as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

And Pharaoh said, Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not Jehovah, and moreover I will not let Israel go.

And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born:

And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judæa in Christ Jesus: for ye also suffered the same things of your own countrymen, even as they did of the Jews;

for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him; — read the full passage →

yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we unto him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:—

insomuch that unto the sick were carried away from his body handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out.

Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me; to him shall ye hearken in all things whatsoever he shall speak unto you.

and killed the Prince of life; whom God raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this man? or why fasten ye your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him to walk? — read the full passage →

he foreseeing this spake of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was he left unto Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.

whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. — read the full passage →

Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God unto you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him in the midst of you, even as ye yourselves know;

Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

When therefore he said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.

Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were coming upon him, went forth, and saith unto them, Whom seek ye? — read the full passage →

Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on me through their word; — read the full passage →

From henceforth I tell you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord; neither one that is sent greater than he that sent him.

Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? — read the full passage →

The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

The Jews took up stones again to stone him. — read the full passage →

I and the Father are one.

I and the Father are one. — read the full passage →

and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. — read the full passage →

it was winter; and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon’s porch.

Others said, It is he: others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he.

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am.

Jesus therefore said, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I speak these things.

I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for except ye believe that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

Yea and in your law it is written, that the witness of two men is true. — read the full passage →

For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. — read the full passage →

But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.

But the witness which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. — read the full passage →

If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work. — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.

All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.

and I appoint unto you a kingdom, even as my Father appointed unto me,

But he withdrew himself in the deserts, and prayed.

And when eight days were fulfilled for circumcising him, his name was called JESUS, which was so called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

for there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.

And Mary said unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? — read the full passage →

And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one:

And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye; for I know that ye seek Jesus, who hath been crucified. — read the full passage →

Now late on the sabbath day, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. — read the full passage →

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Christ, the Son of God. — read the full passage →

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels:

But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only.

Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thou shalt not make trial of the Lord thy God.

I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death: O death, where are thy plagues? O Sheol, where is thy destruction? repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts much troubled me, and my countenance was changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.

I saw in the night-visions, and, behold, there came with the clouds of heaven one like unto a son of man, and he came even to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.

who showest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Jehovah of hosts is his name;

They shall come with weeping; and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

And they made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. — read the full passage →

Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last, I am he.

And the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

A remnant shall return, eventhe remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water; — read the full passage →

Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.