Walter Spires - Only Jesus Saves

Key Bible Verses: " And whatever you ask in My name, this I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it." John 14: 13-14

Key Bible Verse:  "They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep." Acts 7: 58-60

Key Bible Verse: "I, John, your brother and fellow participant in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. " Revelation 1: 9

The Apostle John never spoke his own name or identified himself as the author of his gospel or three epistles.  He referred to himself only as "the disciple Jesus loved. Key Bible Verse: "Lying back on Jesus’ chest was one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved."  John 13: 23

Key Bible Verse: "So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls." Acts 2: 41

Key Bible Verse: "(Jesus) said to (Peter) the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was hurt because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Tend My sheep.  J ohn 21: 17

Key Bible Verse: "Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”" Matthew 16: 16

Key Bible Verse: "Simon responded and said, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but I will do as You say and let down the nets.” "  Luke 5: 5

Andrew and Philip Key Bible Verse:   "(Andrew) first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which translated means Christ)." John 1: 41

Key Bible Verse:   "He must increase, but I must decrease." John 3: 30

Key Bible Verse:   "Now in those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”"  Matthew 3: 1

Key Bible Verse:  " He came as a witness, to bear witness about the Light, that all might believe through him ." John 1: 7

Key Bible Verse:  "but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and Samaria, and as far as the remotest part of the earth.”  Acts 1: 8 

Key Bible Verse(s):   "But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away...but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus...as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men (angels) said to them, “Why do you seek the living One among the dead? &nb...

Key Bible Verse(s):   "Now on the next day (Saturday)...the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate, and said, “Sir, we remember  when He was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I am to rise again.’  Therefore, give orders for the grave to be made secure until the third day , otherwise His disciples may come and steal Him away and say to the peopl...

Key Bible Verse(s):  "And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit."  Matthew 27: 50

Key Bible Verse(s):  " If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.  For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you...If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them."   John 13: 14, 15, 17

Key Bible Verse(s):  Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said,  “What will you give me if I deliver Him over to you?”  And they paid him thirty pieces of silver.  And from that moment (Judas) sought an opportunity to betray Him." Matthew 26:  14-16

Key Bible Verse(s):  " One day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up and said to Him, “Tell us by what authority You do these things, or Who it is that gave You this authority."  Luke  20: 1-2

Key Bible Verse(s):  " And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. And He said to them, “It is written, ‘MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER’; but you are making it a ROBBERS’ DEN.” "   Matthew 21: 12-13

Key Bible Verse(s):  " Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. "   Zechariah 9: 9

Key Bible Verse: " All the ways of a person are clean in his own sight, but the Lord examines the motives . "  Proverbs 16: 2

Key Bible Verse:   "For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart. ” 1 Samuel 16: 7b

Key Bible Verse: " If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. "  John 8: 36

Key Bible Verse:   "For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ. "  Galatians 1: 10