John Van Schepen

Hebrews 12:1-3
When the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman . . . to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.

Mark 3:20-34
To all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. . . .

Matthew 13:53-58; 1 Corinthians 15:1-7
I passed on to you . . . that Christ died for our sins . . . that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day . . . and that he appeared to . . . James. . . .

John 1:19-34; 3:26-30
“He must become greater; I must become less.”

Luke 2:36-38
She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.

Luke 2:21-32
“Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you may now dismiss your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation. . . .”

John 1:1-14
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.

Luke 1:26-38
Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.

Matthew 1:17-25
“Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.”

Luke 1:23-25, 39-45
“Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?”

Luke 1:5-24, 67-80
“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them.”

Haggai 2:1-9
We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

2 Chronicles 36:11-20
The Lord . . . sent word to them through his messengers again and again. . . . But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words and scoffed at his prophets. . . .

Isaiah 7:1-14; 8:9-10
“If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.”

1 Kings 12:1-15
Have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God . . . made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant. . . .

1 Samuel 16:1-13
“People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

Ruth 4:1-17
“May you . . . be famous in Bethlehem . . . through the offspring the Lord gives you by this young woman. . . .”

Joshua 2:1-16
By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed. . . .

Genesis 38:24-30
“She is more righteous than I, since I wouldn’t give her to my son Shelah.”

Genesis 49:8-10
“The scepter will not depart from Judah . . . until he to whom it belongs shall come. . . .”

Genesis 32:22-32
So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.

Genesis 22:1-14
“The fire and wood are here,” said Isaac, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

Genesis 17:15-19; 21:1-7
“Your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.”

Genesis 17:1-13, 27
“You are worthy . . . and with your blood you purchased for God persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.”