#John 5:25

[wiirocku]

John 5:25 (ESV) - “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

The Hour at Hand

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. — John 5:25 | King James Version (KJV) The King James Version Bible is in the public domain Cross References: Luke 15:24; John 4:21; John 4:23; John 5:28; John 6:60; John 8:43; John 8:47

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The Life-Giving Voice of the Son of God

[bvthomas]

The Voice of Life: The Prophetic Power of John 5:25 and the Spiritual Resurrection Through Christ

The Voice of Life: The Prophetic Power of John 5:25 and the Spiritual Resurrection Through Christ Preface In the Gospel of John, one of the most profound and enigmatic statements made by Jesus is found in John 5:25: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.” These words point not just to a…

[shallowseeker]

The ghostly specter of John's hopes and dreams in SPN 1x01:

Above Baby Sam's crib, we see John's symbolic hopes and dreams. The crib mobile is filled with the baseball items John adores.

Baseball is a consistent special interest of John's, from the djinn dream where he plays softball to his #SPNwin dream of becoming a minor league catcher.

In SPNwin, he's not yet the monstrous inverse of his "dreamer" self. He's still the thing that attracted Mary to him: the soldier who hasn't lost his ability to dream. He keeps believing, even when Mary, a child-raised-soldier, feels like she can't muster up the strength to. Aside// Mary is like Dean this way, with lines like: "it only ends one way... bloody." On the other hand, John doesn't start there. It takes lying, coercion, and manipulation to get John's world to shrink, for his path[s] to narrow to hunting.

Hope is "what" John is (until, of course, he isn't):

MARY: I don't know. He's sweet, kind. Even after the war, after everything, he still believes in happily ever after, you know? Supernatural, 4x13 In the Beginning

// Until Mary died, it seems his dreams were difficult to extinguish. His primary mode of being was hopefulness:

Note: As Mary and John discuss their dreams, we see behind Mary some Jack Kline types of motifs, "The Future," crowing roosters, sunflowers, and a rainbow.

JOHN: See, I, I wanted to be a catcher for the Kansas City Athletics. MARY (fatalistic) : My parents never let me dream like that. Being a kid who killed monsters was my only option.

JOHN (wistful): You know, when I was a kid, I, uhm... I made this list of all of these places I was gonna go to look for my dad. Kept it for years, crossing off destinations, adding more. Enough time goes by... all you see is a list, you know? MARY (angry): Are you saying I should stop looking for my dad? JOHN: I'm saying that once you find him and leave hunting for good, you're gonna need a new list. The Winchesters, 1x03 You're Lost, Little Girl

We're familiar with the Winchester gun, but in the 20s Winchester (yes, the same gun brand: Winchester Rifles and Firearms Co) made a short run of baseball gear, known specifically for its top-of-the-line catcher's gear. It was outlasted by brands by Rawlings, Wilson, and Spalding.

Vintage Winchester catcher gear goes for ~$700 on eBay.

//

Here, John, the ever-hopeful soldier who holds onto his dreams will lose those dreams. The dreams will go up in smoke, and he emerges from the flames like a demon possessed.

In the words of Lady Toni Bevell (12x21): "A mad slowly going mad, searching for revenge."

[eatingtheworldsoffanfiction]

Okay y'all... so I work at a big chain art retail store, I mean there are only so many, ANYWAY... we get UPS deliveries and use UPS to send out our ship from store packages. So I see the drivers frequently. Like twice a day 6 days a week if either of us have stuff.

There is one driver who is (I s2g) a version of Gaz. Like his skin tone is a bit lighter, but he reminds me of him. He only comes on like Mondays. He is reserved, there to obviously get shit done and go about his day.

THEN WE HAVE THIS NEW GUY (new as in he started coming during the rest of the week a couple of months back), AND I SWEAR HE IS AN AMERICAN VERSION OF SOAP. LIKE HIS FACE. IT REMINDS ME OF SOAP. No Mohawk, but he has blue eyes and a very similar smile/cheek/nose shapes.

AND THE DUDE WHO LOOKS LIKE SOAP I S2G HAS BEEN FLIRTING WITH ME. I ABOUT DIE EVERYTIME I GOTTA GO BACK THERE AHHHHHHHH. HE CALLED ME DARLING (we live in the southern US, so maybe he was just saying it???) OVER A WEEK AGO (I then proceeded not to be the one around to get deliveries for a week, boo) THEN YESTERDAY ONE OF MY COWORKERS WENT WITH ME TO CARRY PACKAGES TO THE DOCK DOORS AND SAID THAT THE GUY WAS CHECKING ME OUT. LIKE HARD UP AND DOWN LOOKING AT ME MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE HE EVEN LOOKED AT MY COWORKER. LMAO. Like I keep thinking about him and blushing OMG.

Now I'm just waiting for Simon and Price to show up.

[musickickztoo]

Sleepy John Estes

January 25, 1899 – June 5, 1977

[therighthandofvengeance]

Sheridan: Honestly, I didn’t see this coming.

Ivanova: Were you born without a frontal lobe or something?

Franklin: I checked, it’s there.

Ivanova: Does it work?

Franklin: What do you think?

[lulu2992]

Ask meme!

I was tagged by @simplegenius042 for “the worst ship chart ever” (which can be found here). Thanks :)

Disclaimer: While everything about Taylor is “canon” because she’s my character, most of what I wrote about John is based on my headcanons and interpretation.

Transcript of the “Tell me why your ship is interesting.... GO!” section under the cut.

What draws them together?

“The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of”, but there’s also the realization that they have more in common than they initially believed and that they aren’t scared of being their true, vulnerable selves around each other. It’s their looks too, but mostly mutual understanding and acceptance.

What stands in the way?

At first, almost everyone and everything, including their own fears and morals.

What are their good traits?

Faithfulness, caring, and commitment, but also (and maybe, mostly) the trust that these are qualities their partner possesses.

What makes them hopeless at romance?

Taylor, maybe just the “normal” fear of getting hurt.

My headcanon is that John has never been in a romantic relationship before since love is a concept he simultaneously doesn’t fully understand and is terrified of. The other problem is that, the moment he finally experiences it, he becomes dependent, so he then has to learn to temper his passion.

Describe them with one trope:

Enemies to lovers!

[disneynerdpumpkin]

~ Scriptures about forgiveness ~

Matthew 6:15 "But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."

Ephesians 4:32 "Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you."

Colossians 3:13 "Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive."

Daniel 9:9 "To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him."

Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."

Proverbs 10:12 "Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses."

Micah 7:18 "Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love."

Mark 11:25 "And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses."

Luke 17:3-4 "Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him."

Luke 6:37 "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:"

Matthew 6:14 "For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:"

1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

Isaiah 1:8 "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."

James 5:16 "Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."

[queer-geordie-dyke]

While browsing and feeding my fixation, I found this very endearing site from way back in the day - the character analysis essays are really rather excellent.

[sxndxyy]

myy mom said she ordered a 5-25-77 shirt and dvd and its gonna arrive sometime after may 27th i thinkkk 😁😁😁😁😁😁WET DOG JOHN FRANCIS DALEY😭😭😭😁oh my god

[jesus-is-lord-and-savior]

24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

25 "Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

(John 5:24-25, ESV)

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

The Hour is Coming

Yes, I assure you that a time is coming, in fact has already come, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and when they have heard it they will live! — John 5:25 | J.B. Phillips New Testament (PHILLIPS) The New Testament in Modern English by J.B Phillips copyright © 1960, 1972 J. B. Phillips. Cross References: Luke 15:24; John 4:21; John 4:23; John 5:28; John 6:60; John 8:43; John 8:47

[walkswithmyfather]

“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.” —John 14:26 (ESV)

“So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions.

But when you are directed by the Spirit, you are not under obligation to the law of Moses. When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.” —Galatians 5:16‭-‬25 (NLT)

“Who Is The Holy Spirit?” Devotional Day 5 - “Is that You, Holy Spirit?” By Switch (Life.Church):

“Remember the magic of radio we talked about a few days ago? It feels magical, but if you understand a little bit about radio waves, towers, and antennas, some of the wonder fades. Hearing the Holy Spirit’s voice is sort of the same way. We never really lose the wonder, but when we learn how God speaks, it can start to feel more natural.

So, how do we know it’s actually the Holy Spirit’s voice in our head? It’s not as hard as you think. Remember that God wants to speak to you, and He built you to hear His voice. When you hear or feel something you think might be God, you can run it through a few simple tests to be sure.

First, test it against the Bible. Is that voice in your head asking you do something that doesn’t match up with God’s character as described in the Bible? If so, then it’s probably not the Holy Spirit. God never lies. And God will never direct us to sin or to make wrong choices. He loves humanity deeply, even the people that you don’t like.

So sometimes, He’ll ask us to do things that we’re sort of uncomfortable with, like giving someone a second chance after they hurt you or going out of your way to encourage someone you’d rather ignore.

That’s why reading the Bible is so important. The Holy Spirit can use what you read in the Bible to teach you about God’s character so that when you hear His voice it sounds familiar.

Next, you can test it against your own selfishness. As humans, we’re naturally selfish. So, when that voice in your head says to do the unselfish thing, or to think about someone else first—that’s probably the Holy Spirit. You know how it feels when a parent or a teacher encourages you to do the right thing, and you really don’t want to do it? On the inside, you resist it. That little rebellious voice—that’s not God. But, the voice that’s asking you to do what’s right instead of what’s easy—that just might be the Holy Spirit.

One final test—does it sound like something Satan would do? I know this one’s probably obvious, but if you haven’t read much from the Bible, it can be easy to confuse his voice for something good. Satan always makes things sound good, but one of the Holy Spirit’s jobs is to give you something called discernment. Basically, that means the Holy Spirit will help you recognize when something is coming from Satan instead of God. So, if the voice in your head is asking you to do something that sounds a little off, but you can’t quite pinpoint the reason—that’s probably the Holy Spirit helping you recognize the wrong voice.

Sometimes, people can throw God’s name around like a badge to do and say some ridiculous and sometimes hurtful things. Don’t do that. If you ever feel like God is telling you to do something that could hurt someone else, it’s probably not God.

There’s actually a great bonus test we find in the book of Galatians. It talks about the fruit of the spirit, which is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, and faithfulness. The Holy Spirit’s promptings will line up with those outcomes. Sometimes, the Holy Spirit asks you to be a little more loving. Or patient. Or kind. But He’ll never ask you to be the opposite. He’ll never ask you to be impatient or hateful.

And the great news is that if you aim to please God, He will honor the intent of your heart and make His voice obvious. Jesus said, “My sheep know my voice.” So don’t worry. When He speaks, you’ll recognize Him.

Tomorrow, we’ll bring this all together. Now that you know who the Holy Spirit is and how He speaks, it’s time to start a conversation with Him.”

[angelmotifs]

bro for the longest time i was like "ok am i nitpicking if i say that john hill looked WAY older than michael arden" but then i saw this picture and am realizing that my complaining might be valid

[drshermaines-wisdomnuggets]

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