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A Study of 1 John 3:11-24 11 For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. 12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s...
THE COMING OF CHRIST
A study of 1 John 2:28-3:10 28 And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming. 29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him....
THE ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
A study of 1 John 2:18-27 18 Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For...
OVERCOMING EVIL ON OUR SPIRITUAL PILGRIMAGE
Study of 1 John 2:12-17 12 I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. 13 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...
THE TESTS OF AUTHENTIC CHRISTIANITY
A study of 1 John 2:3-11 3 We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. 4 Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. 5 But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete...
GOD IS LIGHT: A BIBLE STUDY ON 1 JOHN 1:5-2:2
5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in...
A PRAYER FOR JOY
Lord Jesus Christ, all your ways of mercy tend to and end in my delight. You did weep, sorrow, suffer that I might rejoice. For my joy you have sent the Comforter, multiplied your promises, shown me your future happiness, given me a living fountain. You are preparing...
THE WORD OF LIFE
Bible Study on 1 John 1:1-4 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life-- 2 the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify...
FINDING REST FOR OUR SOUL
The deepest and most permanent truth about our created humanity is our restlessness. (R.R. Reno, Genesis, p.63) There never seems to be an end to the things we have to do. We are always trying to achieve goals which, when reached, have to be reset higher. From...
A HURRICANE SURVIVAL KIT
In nearly thirty years of living in Florida I have experienced many hurricanes. As Hurricane Dorian threatens us I reflect on what I have written about them in the past. On the evening of September 5, 2004, my wife and I were watching the progress of Hurricane Frances...
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