Source: https://ift.tt/2FEATPp Today: [3 John 1:] A Personal Letter to a Friend. 3 John is unique in that it constitutes personal correspondence between John and his friend, a man named Gaius. For all that John wrote on the love of God and loving others, in 3 John we have a demonstration of what love looked […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2JHoNsW Today: [2 John 1:] Is Truth a Doctrine or a Person? In 2 John the apostle writes to a family he is close to regarding certain false teachings. There was a belief in ancient times that Jesus did not come in a physical body or die a literal death. John disputes this and […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2U7g4nP Today: [1 John 5:] The Essential Belief of the Christian. In the concluding chapter of 1 John the apostle clarifies for us the fundamental necessities of Christian belief. What does it mean to believe that Jesus is the Christ? How does one become “born again?” After being born again, what then? Listen Daily […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2JwNqYY Today: [1 John 4:] Contrasting the Spirit of Anti-Christ and the Love of God. In chapter 4 John defines for us the working of the spirit of anti-Christ that functions already in the world around us. The defining characteristic for those who are of God and those who are not is what does […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2FpQtNE Today: [1 John 3:] The Outworking of God’s Love in Us. In chapter 3 of 1 John the apostle insists that love and obedience must be walked out in the life of the believer. It isn’t enough to believe doctrinally or conceptually the truth of God. We must walk out what we believe, […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2WaBTjB Today: [1 John 2:] Children of the Cosmos: In 1 John 2 we are called out of the chaos of the world into the cosmos of the kingdom. Whether we be little children, young men or fathers in God sin is chaos, and the commandment is cosmos. What is the commandment? That we […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2TKSMEO Today: [1 John 1:] What is Christian Sin? In 1 John 1 the apostle commands that we as believers face the issue of ongoing sin in our lives. As a believer, you will sin from time to time depending on your maturity level in Christ. Is this important to know or is sin […]
READ MORE Today: [2 Peter 3:] The Need for Both Apostle and Prophet. In the concluding chapter of 2 Peter we are commanded to be mindful of the prophets and obedient to the apostles in our midst. Who is your apostle? Who is your prophet? Is it a problem if we do not have these ministries […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2Txx6LB Today: [2 Peter 2:] False Prophets and Harmful Influences. In this chapter of 2 Peter the apostle warns of problems to come in the centuries ahead. False prophets and heretical movements existed in Peter’s day as they do in ours. Peter helps us to know how to identify these errors and to safeguard […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2XFG4Wp Today: [2 Peter 1:] God’s Fail Safe for Your Life. In chapter 1 of 2 Peter the promise of God is one of coming to the place in God that we never fail or fall. In Christ, t is invited to participate in a divine process revealed by Peter that we enter into […]
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