Walter Spires - Only Jesus Saves

Key Bible Verse: (The scribes asked) "Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but God alone?" Mark 2:7

Key Bible Verse: " When He (Jesus) saw their faith. .." Luke 5: 20a

Key Bible Verse: " Seeing their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven you.” " Luke 5:20

Key Bible Verse: "One day (Jesus) was teaching; and there were some Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present for Him to perform healing ." Luke 5:17

Key Bible Verses: " but (Jesus) said to him, “Go home to your people and report to them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you.” And he went away and began to proclaim in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed ." Mark 5: 19-20

Key Bible Verse: " And the demons begged Him, saying, “Send us into the pigs so that we may enter them. Jesus gave them permission. And coming out, the unclean spirits entered the pigs; and rushed down the steep bank into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they were drowned in the sea." Mark 5: 12-13"

Key Bible Verses: " And they cried out, saying, 'What business do You have with us, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?' ” Matthew 8:29 See also Mark 5:7; Luke 8:28

Do the Gospels contradict themselves? Matthew 8: 28; Mark 5:2; Luke 8:27

Key Bible Verse: " Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life. " John 6: 68

Key Bible Verse: "From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more." John 6:66

Key Bible Verse: "Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you." John 6: 53

Key Bible Verse: "Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent... “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst. " John 6:29, 35

Key Bible Verse: "So they were willing to take Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going." John 6:21

Key Bible Verse: "So Jesus, aware that they intended to come and take Him by force to make Him king, withdrew again to the mountain by Himself alone." John 6:15

Key Bible Verse: " And they took offense at (Jesus). ..and He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief ." Matthew 13:57-58

Key Bible Verse: " Then (Jesus) got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm. The (disciples) were amazed, and said, “ What kind of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him ?” Matthew 8: 26b-27

Key Bible Verses: (Jesus asked His disciples) "Have you understood all these things?” They said to him, “Yes. Matthew 13: 51

Key Bible Verse(s): "and from joy over it he goes and sells everything that he has and buys that field....buys (that pearl.) Matthew 13: 44b, 46b

Key Bible Verse; "Repent for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand." Matthew 3:2

Key Bible Verses: "A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars (Israel); and she was pregnant and she cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth. Then another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon (satan)...And his tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven and hurled them to the...

Key Bible Verse: " No one has ascended into heaven, except He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man ." J ohn 3:13

Key Bible Verse: " Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit ." Matthew 1: 18

Key Bible Verse: "Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom (Israel), And I will eliminate it from the face of the earth ; Nevertheless, I will not totally eliminate the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD . " Amos 9: 8

Key Bible Verse: " Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever. " 2 Samuel 7:16

Key Bible Verses: "an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a Son; and you shall name Him Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins .” Matthew 1:20-21 "...the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee named ...