Learning to love others the way Jesus loves us
The origin of love is God. The manifestation of love is the incarnation of Jesus. The perfection of love is completed in us, those who are so overwhelmed and overflowing with God's love that it spills out and over the people around us. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and… Continue reading 1 John 4:7-12
Plain and straightforward "No system can be tolerated, however loud its claims or learned its adherents, which deny that Jesus is the Christ come in the flesh, in other words, either his eternal deity or his historical humanity. Those who deny the Son have neither the Father nor the Spirit" (Stott 156) For three chapters,… Continue reading 1 John 4:1-6
By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him, for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and he knows everything. Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask we receive from him because… Continue reading 1 John 3:19-24
They'll know we are Christians by our love _"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:34-35). This powerful… Continue reading 1 John 3: 11-18; 3 John
Children of God See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not… Continue reading 1 John 3:1-10
“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world — the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and the pride of life — is not from the Father… Continue reading What happens when the world loves itself.
Suddenly, a poem I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name’s sake. I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you know… Continue reading 1 John 2:12–14
Christians must be the Light of Jesus in this dark world “But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes” (1 John 2:11) I wrote part one of this 1 John section a week ago and… Continue reading 1 John 2:7–11 part 2
Perfect propitiation “He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says ‘I know him’ but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and… Continue reading 1 John 2:3-6
"My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world" (ESV). In… Continue reading 1 John 2:1-2
Defaulting to Grace 