The soul which rises from out of sin to a devout life has been compared to the dawn, which does not banish darkness suddenly, but by degrees. The slow cure is always the surest, and spiritual maladies, like those of the body, while they are apt to come on horseback and express, tend to depart […]
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. – 1 John 1:5
The Apostle John starts out his letter in 1 John emphasizing both the deity and humanity of Christ together because we can have no relationship, no fellowship with God, apart from confessing that Christ is indeed the Son of God. This confession, this whole hearted conviction that Jesus Christ is indeed the Son of God, is […]
I often feel like a tour guide when I am teaching. I am so glad to have you all ready and willing to travel with Penny and myself each week without a time frame for finishing. It’s really like a leisurely walk or drive, we’ll get there when we get there. During our break Penny […]
Sometimes it may seem that God is a big blank face in the sky and we can paint any face on him that we like according to our culture, according to our experiences, according to popular opinion, according to our personal opinion. This makes the opinions of what God looks like as numerous as […]
We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete – 1 John 1:3-4 Why does John and the other […]
…we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. – 1 John1:2 “As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. But the […]
The life appeared ; we have seen it and testify to it , and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. – 1 John 1:2 What was it that made Jesus so extraordinary? It was the eternal life he held within him. “In him was […]
That Which Was From the Beginning… 1 John 1:1 The Apostle John starts out his letter in 1 John emphasizing both the deity and humanity of Christ together because we can have no relationship, no fellowship with God, apart from confessing that Christ was indeed the Son of God. This confession, this whole hearted conviction […]
One of the questions we have been discussing and trying to answer in 1 John is “What is a Christian?” It’s more difficult to answer then it seems. Before you read any further I’d encourage you to jot something down on a piece of paper on how you would answer it if someone were to […]
