(REFLECTIONS ON 1 John 2:1-6 ) I often like to read 1 John 1:8-10 and 1 John 2:1-2 together because when read together it helps us to understand and make sense of Jesus’ atonement for our sins. Yes, Jesus died for our sins, but not just for one moment in time, at one moment in our life, […]
(REFLECTIONS ON 1 John 1:5-10 ) Logos into life, the Word into flesh, Jesus Christ as heard, seen and touched by the hands of the disciples, and now being told for generations and generations that through Him we may have a relationship with God, and in God, have life. This takes us from the beginning, God, to […]
(REFLECTIONS ON 1 John 1:1-4 ) 1 John 1:1 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. When we read about the beginning, perhaps that takes us back to Genesis […]
4–10 November 2018. 1 John 2 (click to read). Many years ago I was invited to participate in a church meeting. The thing I remember most from that day was one church elder who stood up and shouted at others, angrily waving his arms around, pointing his finger at others, and aggressively attacking and criticizing […]
30 November – 6 December 2014. 1 John 3:1, 16–18 (Full chapter here). “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! … This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we […]