Bible Verses for a New Believer Who Is Scared by a Verse: Jesus Paced It

Read Time:9 Minute, 18 Second It is late, and the search box says “bible verses for a new believer,” and somehow the page you landed on is not one of those. It is Luke 14:26, where Jesus says a man who does not hate his father and mother cannot be His disciple. Or it is Matthew 7:23, where He tells a crowd of people who did miracles in His name, “I never knew you.” You said yes to Jesus a few days ago. Now a verse is sitting on your chest. Here is something nobody told you in week one. Jesus had a rule about hard words, and He said it out loud. He did not hand His own followers everything at once. He paced it. And the verse that scared you tonight is still true and still for you, but it was never meant to be the first thing you carried. Show Me Day 1 The Night Jesus Held Something Back On His last night before the cross, three years into walking with His closest friends, Jesus said this: “I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now” (John 16:12, KJV).

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