1 John 3:17 (NLT): “If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion – how can God’s love be in that person?” Selwyn writes in today’s study: ” … So here John is saying, in effect, ‘Don’t always look for an extravagant expression of [...]
1 John 3:11-16 (NLT): “This is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because Cain had been doing what was evil, and his brother had been doing [...]
The verses from John’s first letter, set for reading and meditation are really worth spending some time dwelling upon; the message which John is making is one that I think is not well understood by many people who call themselves Christians. I’m referring to the absolute necessity to actively rid your life of all sin [...]
I really found the title of today’s study to be particularly beautiful – a cause for great joy! 1 John 3:1 (NLT): “See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are [...]
1 John 2:18-29 (NLT): “Dear children, the last hour is here. You have heard that the Antichrist is coming, and already many such antichrists have appeared. From this we know that the last hour has come. These people left our churches, but they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. [...]
1 John 2:15-17 (NLT): “Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. [...]
False condemnation
1 John 3:18-20 (NLT): “Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions. Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God. Even if we feel guilty, God is greater than our feelings, and [...]
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