Jesus Saves
March 2024 Issue
About the author — Kent Van Til
Kent Van Til was a missionary in Costa Rica. He taught theological ethics both there and in the USA. He is the author of four books. The most recent is a spiritual biography of his grandmother entitled, "A Name for Herself: A Dutch Immigrant's Story." Kent likes to fish, hunt, make music, and entertain his grandchildren.
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Jesus Recreates Us
Kent Van Til
Genesis 1:26-31
If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!Read →
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Jesus Crushes Satan
Kent Van Til
Genesis 3:1-15
Having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.Read →
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Jesus Does What is Right
Kent Van Til
Genesis 3:1-7
Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’”Read →
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Jesus Provides Rest and Peace
Kent Van Til
Genesis 2:2-3; Matthew 11:28-30; Romans 5:1-2
“Learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”Read →
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Jesus Delivers Us From Slavery
Kent Van Til
Exodus 12:31-38; Romans 6:1-14
Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.Read →
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Jesus Brings Us Out of Darkness
Kent Van Til
John 1:1-5, 9-14; 8:12
You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him...Read →
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Jesus Suffered for All
Kent Van Til
Isaiah 53:1-12
He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and...Read →
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Jesus Removed Our Shame
Kent Van Til
Psalm 25:1-22
No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame. . . .Read →
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Jesus Makes Us Into His Followers
Kent Van Til
Mark 8:34-38
“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.”Read →
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Jesus Passes the Test for Us
Kent Van Til
Matthew 4:1-11
Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.Read →
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Jesus, the One and Only Sacrifice
Kent Van Til
Hebrews 10:1-10
We have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.Read →
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Jesus, the Ideal Priest
Kent Van Til
Hebrews 7:23-28
Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.Read →
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Jesus, the True Temple
Kent Van Til
John 2:18-22; Hebrews 8:1-6
“It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” But the temple...Read →
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Jesus Spares Us From Death
Kent Van Til
Numbers 21:4-9; John 3:14-16
“Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who...Read →
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Jesus Saves Us From Hell
Kent Van Til
Romans 5:12-19
Just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all...Read →
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Jesus Breaks the Power of the Devil
Kent Van Til
Hebrews 2:14-18
He . . . shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds...Read →
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We are Adopted
Kent Van Til
Romans 8:14-17, 22-25
We ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption. . . .Read →
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Jesus Brings Us Into Truth
Kent Van Til
John 14:5-7, 15-17; 18:37
“I am the way and the truth and the life.”Read →
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Jesus Gives Us Living Water
Kent Van Til
John 4:4-26
“Whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring...Read →
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Jesus, the True Word of God
Kent Van Til
John 1:1-5, 14; Hebrews 1:1-3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.Read →
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Jesus Dies for His Friends
Kent Van Til
John 15:9-17
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”Read →
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Jesus Reveals the One True God
Kent Van Til
John 17:1-7, 20-23
“Father . . . glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. . . . Now this is eternal life: that...Read →
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Jesus Builds Us a Home
Kent Van Til
1 Peter 2:4-10
Like living stones, [you] are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God...Read →
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Jesus Welcomes Us Home
Kent Van Til
John 14:1-4
“My father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to...Read →
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Jesus Renews All Creation
Kent Van Til
Romans 8:18-27
The creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of...Read →
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Jesus Conquers All for Us
Kent Van Til
Romans 8:31-39
Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers . . . nor anything...Read →
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Jesus Shows God’s Love for the World
Kent Van Til
Genesis 1:27-30
God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal...Read →
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Jesus Chooses Life for Us
Kent Van Til
Deuteronomy 30:15-20
This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death...Read →
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Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life
Kent Van Til
John 11:17-27; 1 Corinthians 15:20-23
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they...Read →
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Jesus Unites Us
Kent Van Til
John 15:1-12
I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit. . . .Read →
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