John has just described the Love of God in . But he moves on to what our response will be to God’s love and how that will impact us and our lives. As an eyewitness, John is saying that this is a truth they have seen. So in this big picture of Jesus being the […]
It is a bold statement to say, “Here’s my heart, Lord. Speak what is true.” Here we see God described as the author, pioneer, or pathfinder for salvation. Because God loved us so much, because He wanted us to be with Him in glory, He then had to make a way so that would happen. Jesus was […]
This next section of 1 John might be the most important of the whole book. When we hear that “God is Love” there have been so many mishandling of that phrase. What does the Bible say about “God is Love”? The world has used this phrase for all sorts of conflicting and different meanings to […]
When we live out our relationship with God, it will impact the lives around us. And as we finish , we will get a glimpse of how that plays out but loving those around us. So we come to a very powerful statement where John describes what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life […]
Today we have an abbreviated continuation of our 1 John series. We celebrate the Mother’s in our lives today for Mother’s Day. They are truly a blessing from God and we look forward to taking a day to celebrate what they mean to us. God wants us to know the depth of his love. He sent […]
Last week, we looked at the first of two reasons that Jesus had to come. First, he came to die for our sins. That our behavior and lives are sinful, and that Jesus came to replace that nature with His nature so that we can live in righteousness. So as we find ourselves grounded in […]
As we continue in our study of 1 John, the theme we will see over and over is the power of God’s love. His love is amazing in the fact that it is broad enough to encompass everyone, but the nature of that love is specific enough that we don’t have to seek it out or […]
Last week we looked at the false teachers that would try and influence God’s people. So we are going to move to the end of . The problem with false teachers is that they did not stay as a part of the people. When we saw the discussion of Jesus in , we saw where […]
As we continue to study through 1 John, we will see how John will speak against those who might reject God’s standard for some worldly desire. And it is interesting to think of the “shades of gray” that the world tries to push into those places God doesn’t desire for us. Paul spoke of the […]
As we continue through 1 John, we have seen that John is very precise about his meaning. And today that is important, because there are those critics that will say that the Bible was written for some power or prestige. But this is not what we see. The Bible speaks to the failures of the […]