#apostle john

[10yrsyart]

(alternate music only video)

i struggle recreating the beauty the Holy Spirit shows me musically, with the limitations of my art. He always surprises me though, and i'm humbled at how lovely it turns out, despite me. but even so, nothing can compare.. nothing can convey the beauty of the Lord.

the most beautiful Being in the universe, our Creator, came down to be one of us and shed His blood for us. He knew we couldn't pay our sin debt ourselves, and He loved us so much He became the payment in our place. but death couldn't defeat Him and He rose on the third day.

it's only through faith in Jesus Christ and His blood that we're set free. He promises eternal life to all who believe in Him, and He's coming very soon to take us home. He is the only one worthy of praise; the only one Just and Loving and True enough to trust your life with. He will never betray you or abandon you. He has loved you unto the ends of the earth. don't wait to accept Him, time is almost up! ✝🕊

"And this is the way to have eternal life- to know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one You sent to earth. I brought glory to You here on earth by completing the work You gave Me to do. Now, Father, bring Me into the glory We shared before the world began." (John 17:3-5)

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Holy, Holy, Holy God Almighty

Holy, Holy, Holy God Almighty

Praise the Exalted Holy God

Maker of all the earth and the sky

Holy, Holy, King of Glory

Worship the Son of God Jesus Christ

Glory to the Holy Spirit will rise

You deserve all the honor

You're the One we call the True Almighty God

You're the One we call the True Almighty God

You're the One we call the True Almighty God

You're the One we call the True Almighty God

Praise the Exalted Holy God

Maker of all the earth and the sky

Holy, Holy, King of Glory

Worship the Son of God Jesus Christ

Glory to the Holy Spirit will rise

You deserve all the honor

You're the One we call the True Almighty God

You're the One we call the True Almighty God

You're the One we call the True Almighty God

You're the One we call the True Almighty God

Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy

Holy, Holy, Holy, God Almighty

Holy, Holy, Holy, God Almighty

You're the One we call the True Almighty God

“I Am the Alpha and the Omega- the beginning and the end,” says the Lord God. “I Am the One Who is, Who was, and Who is still to come- the Almighty One.” -Revelation 1:8

[artandthebible]

The Four Evangelists

Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577 - 1640)

Date: c. 1625

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, United States

Description

Rubens' painting of The Four Evangelists displays a group of figures in motion. At the far left is St. Luke with his ox, symbolic of sacrifice. This beast is traditionally an attribute of Luke, since his Gospel begins with the sacrifice of Zachariah. Next to Luke is St. Mark, his Gospel under his arm. At his side walks the lion that alludes to the Christ of the Resurrection. St. Matthew and the angel are given a central place. With one hand, the angel points to a gospel passage; with the other, he gestures heavenward, reflecting the divine inspiration with which Matthew wrote his Gospel. St. John the youngest of the group, looks up at an eagle. The eagle, thought to be able to look directly into the sun, denotes John's vision of the Apocalypse. The cup with the snake refers to poison that John drank, proving his faith.

[hycinthrt]

he is just the beloved god's most special girl jesus' bff john

[atarahderek]

The animation on this is basically Dreamworks meets Cartoon Saloon, and I am here for it!

[orthodoxadventure]

Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian

Commemorated on May 8

O beloved Apostle of Christ our God, come quickly to deliver your helpless people. He on whose breast you leaned, will accept you as intercessor. Entreat Him, O Theologian, to disperse the clouds of darkness, granting us peace and great mercy!

When Saint John was more than one hundred years old, he told seven of his disciples to take spades and follow him to a certain place outside the city of Ephesus, and then he told everyone to sit down while he went off to pray by himself for a while. When he returned, he told his disciples to dig a grave as long as he was tall, in the form of a cross. After giving them instructions and kissing them, he climbed into the grave and said: "Take some earth, my mother earth, and cover me."

They covered him with earth up to his knees, and he said: "Now take some more earth and cover me up to my neck."

As soon as he they had done this, Saint John spoke again: "Bring a linen cloth and place it on my face, then kiss me again for the last time, because you shall not see me anymore in this life."

After the Apostle dismissed them, they buried him and wept bitterly. Later, they returned and opened the grave, but the Saint's body was not there. They wept and returned to the city.

Every year, on May 8, a red dust appears on his grave, which heals the sick, through the prayers of the Holy Apostle John. People call this dust "manna from the earth."

Saint Augustine knew about this dust, and Saint Gregory of Tours also wrote about it. Some sources call this Feast "rodismos" (ροδισμός) i.e. Day of the Roses. Some think that this manna is called ροδής (a pink ointment, or a rose-colored dust). Others say that by this name they celebrate the roses of spring, just as we decorate the church with greenery and flowers on Pentecost.

Saint John’s principal Feast Day is September 26, but today the Church commemorates Saint John because of the annual pilgrimage to his grave.

There is a special title to be used when commemorating Saint John at the Dismissal: “The holy, glorious Apostle and Evangelist, Virgin, Beloved friend of Christ, John the Theologian.”

Who shall declare your greatness, O virgin disciple, for you pour forth wonders and are a source of healings, and pray for our souls as theologian and friend of Christ.

[daughter-of-mary]

[peacefuldwellings]

@worship.today

[biblebloodhound]

"Follow Me" (John 21:19b-24)

“Follow me” is just as relevant now as it was two millennia ago.

By Unknown Artist Then he [Jesus] said to him [Peter], “Follow me!” Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved [John] was following them. (This was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and had said, “Lord, who is going to betray you?”) When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?” Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is…

[wolfythewitch]

Commission

[darnell]

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Via Apostle John (1 John 2:15-17)

[echo-of-amos]

[jesus-had-relatives]

#13 Assumption of the Virgin John

The Basilica of St. John was constructed in the 6th century over the burial site of John the Apostle.  It is located in what is now Selcuk about 3.5 km from Ephesus and 7 km from the ‘Doorway to the Virgin’ house on Mount Koressos. From Basilica of St. John Wikipedia: Legend has it that John knew a week before that he was going to die and told his disciples that he had been called home.  On the…

[e-devotion]

John and Revelation

The grace of God is for the people of God who desperately need God.  And we do.  We need His mercy over us.  We need His hand on us.  We need His wisdom in us.  We need His guidance for us.  And it doesn’t stop there.

We have been challenged.  Being in places where it is easy to not see there is a purpose or even a plan there is a challenge to loose our focus or even to stop all together seeking God and serving Him.  There is good news because God is not done with us.

There is good news because the world needs the message that God has given us.  No matter where we have been, what we have been through or how bad we have acted, there is good news that God still loves people and desires for our good and His glory.

Do you get that?  It is still all about Him.  It is not about us.  In fact we get it wrong when we think it is even a but about us.  We get in the way and off of His path when we follow anything or anyone other than Him.

We are in a series at The Community Fellowship about the 7 churches of Revelation, and I am stuck thinking about the power of John’s testimony.  He was being so loud about his father that leaders exiled him.  The Apostle John stuck on an island all by himself and heard God or saw God and wrote this …

Revelation 1:9-13  NLT  

I, John, am your brother and your partner in suffering and in God’s Kingdom and in the patient endurance to which Jesus calls us. I was exiled to the island of Patmos for preaching the word of God and for my testimony about Jesus. 10 It was the Lord’s Day, and I was worshiping in the Spirit. Suddenly, I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet blast. 11 It said, “Write in a book everything you see, and send it to the seven churches in the cities of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.” 12 When I turned to see who was speaking to me, I saw seven gold lampstands. 13 And standing in the middle of the lampstands was someone like the Son of Man. He was wearing a long robe with a gold sash across his chest.

There is more to that story, but that is the meat of it.  Write this down.  Share it with the churches.  Seek to help maneuver the church to the place where they can serve and be the most effective for God and His purpose.

That is us, people.  We need God.  We need His word.  These churches not only tell us about history.  They tell us about us.  Do you get that?  We need to hear this.  We need to adjust.  

John, exiled to the island of Patmos, continued to refuse to leave his faith, and John encountered God who told him to write down these things.  

Revelation 1:3  NLT  

God blesses the one who reads the words of this prophecy to the church, and he blesses all who listen to its message and obey what it says, for the time is near.

There is more to hearing.  It is about doing or following.  There is more to faith than just knowing.  There is putting it in to practice and being who God made you and me and the church to be.  We will be blessed if we follow God.

Here is God.  Right in front of John is the one he has preached about and pointed to.  In this somewhat of a mystery or science fiction, if you will, He holds the stars, walks among the lamp stands and speaks to the people He loves.  He speaks to the angel or the messenger of the church.  This is most likely the pastor who has direction and responsibility of the church.

[tending-the-hearth]

not to carry on with my "lucy and edmund step into susan and peter's roles during the events of votdt" but in "prince caspian" we saw the pevensie siblings consistently falling into their throne order whenever they were near each other, always standing in that specific order whether on purpose or subconciously. throughout "voyage of the dawn treader", lucy and edmund continue that, only this time, thye fall into susan and peter's positions in the throne order, with lucy almost always standing on edmund's right side just as susan stood on peter's right.

but i think another detail, specifically in this shot from the end of the movie, is caspian standing in lucy's original spot, and eustace standing in edmund's original spot. caspian, who came into narnia as a stranger, and stepped into the role of king with ease, and who loves narnia and the narnians more than anything, and who vows to be a better king for his people. eustace, who was on edge, angry, and doubtful of everything around him for the first half of the movie, whose experiences changed him into a better person with the capability of connecting with his cousins.

[tomicscomics]

02/07/2025

I've got a [great] feeling about this!

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JOKE-OGRAPHY: 1. In this Bible story, Jesus performs a miracle by telling some professional fishers -- tired from failing at fishing all day -- to try casting their nets one more time, and when they do, it comes up so full that it starts to tear. The fishers thank Jesus but beg that He leave them, for they are sinners unworthy of His presence, but He offers the sinful fishers to follow Him and become fishers of men, casting the net of God's Word to catch the lost and weary nations. 2. The "fishers of men" quote has many translations. The one used in this cartoon is "catchers of men," which sounds like Jesus is commissioning a team of renegades to hunt down humans, rather than a group of men to lead His new Church. Thus, in the final panel, Peter and John imagine themselves as rogues both dashing and daring.

[iscariotes]

just. john the apostle. john the beloved. john the youngest. john who rests his head on jesus' shoulders while he speaks. john who stayed with the women during the passion & wasnt ashamed of sharing their pain. john who got to the empty tomb before anyone else. john the patron saint of love & friendship & loyalty & writers & poets. my good friend john