April 27, 2011 in
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Week 15: Certainties of Fellowship!
(1 John 5:18-21)
Our fifteenth week of daily devotions in the Book of First John center on the John’s discourse on resisting the world. You’re going to need your Bible and I’ve provided the Study Notes on this website that you can either bookmark, or print. Be sure to scroll down to the notes outlining and commenting on the 1 John 5:18-21. Or you may want to download the word document:1jnepiloguenn. I hope this helps those of you who are committed to journaling this year.
Friday: 1 John 5:18-21: Fellowship and Idols!
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April 25, 2011 in
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Week 15: Certainties of Fellowship!
(1 John 5:18-21)
Our fifteenth week of daily devotions in the Book of First John center on the John’s discourse on resisting the world. You’re going to need your Bible and I’ve provided the Study Notes on this website that you can either bookmark, or print. Be sure to scroll down to the notes outlining and commenting on the 1 John 5:18-21. Or you may want to download the word document:1jnepiloguenn. I hope this helps those of you who are committed to journaling this year.
Monday: 1 John 5:18-21: What we declare…what you know!
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April 25, 2011 in
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Here are the study notes for next week’s morning studies and devotions from the Book of First John. We will be covering
1 John 5:18-21. If you want to download a copy to print:
1jnepiloguenn.
Certainties of Fellowship!
1 John 5:18-21
This is the true God and eternal life (1 John 5:21).
John ends his little letter on fellowship with some summary statements of certainty to strengthen the heart of every believer abiding in Christ.
Carefully dedicating the same portion of the closing as the opening (four verses, cf. the prologue, 1:1-4), he offers a series of declarations beginning with “We know” plus a concluding exhortation. He has taken his readers from reporting “what we have seen” in the prologue to reminding them now of “what we know” in the epilogue.
What we know from reading this book will brace us against the pressures and lies that could steal our joy of fellowship—especially idolatry:
We know true the God and eternal life—Jesus Christ our Lord!
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April 14, 2011 in
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Week 13: Really Loving by Faith!
(1 John 5:3-15)
Our thirteenth week of daily devotions in the Book of First John center on the John’s discourse on resisting the world. You’re going to need your Bible and I’ve provided the Study Notes on this website that you can either bookmark, or print. Be sure to scroll down to the notes outlining and commenting on the 1 John 5:3-15. Or you may want to download the word document:1jn5.3-15nn. I hope this helps those of you who are committed to journaling this year.
Friday: 1 John 5:3-15: Loving “In His Name”
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April 14, 2011 in
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Week 13: Really Loving by Faith!
(1 John 5:3-15)
Our thirteenth week of daily devotions in the Book of First John center on the John’s discourse on resisting the world. You’re going to need your Bible and I’ve provided the Study Notes on this website that you can either bookmark, or print. Be sure to scroll down to the notes outlining and commenting on the 1 John 5:3-15. Or you may want to download the word document:1jn5.3-15nn. I hope this helps those of you who are committed to journaling this year.
Thursday: 1 John 5:3-15: In Jesus’ Name?
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April 12, 2011 in
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Week 13: Really Loving by Faith!
(1 John 5:3-15)
Our thirteenth week of daily devotions in the Book of First John center on the John’s discourse on resisting the world. You’re going to need your Bible and I’ve provided the Study Notes on this website that you can either bookmark, or print. Be sure to scroll down to the notes outlining and commenting on the 1 John 5:3-15. Or you may want to download the word document:1jn5.3-15nn. I hope this helps those of you who are committed to journaling this year.
Wednesday: 1 John 5:3-15: You Can Know!
April 11, 2011 in
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Week 13: Really Loving by Faith!
(1 John 5:3-15)
Our thirteenth week of daily devotions in the Book of First John center on the John’s discourse on resisting the world. You’re going to need your Bible and I’ve provided the Study Notes on this website that you can either bookmark, or print. Be sure to scroll down to the notes outlining and commenting on the 1 John 5:3-15. Or you may want to download the word document:1jn5.3-15nn. I hope this helps those of you who are committed to journaling this year.
Tuesday: 1 John 5:3-15: Can’t Never Did Nothing!
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April 10, 2011 in
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Week 13: Really Loving by Faith!
(1 John 5:3-15)
Our thirteenth week of daily devotions in the Book of First John center on the John’s discourse on resisting the world. You’re going to need your Bible and I’ve provided the Study Notes on this website that you can either bookmark, or print. Be sure to scroll down to the notes outlining and commenting on the 1 John 5:3-15. Or you may want to download the word document:1jn5.3-15nn. I hope this helps those of you who are committed to journaling this year.
Monday: 1 John 5:3-15: Keeping His Commandments
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April 9, 2011 in
Bible Teaching with
Here are the study notes for next week’s morning studies and devotions from the Book of First John. We will be covering
1 John 5:3-15. If you want to download a copy to print:
1jn5.3-15nn.
Really Loving by Faith!
1 John 5:3b-15
And His commandments are not burdensome (1 John 5:3).
This joy of fellowship is only for those who abide in Christ by keeping His word—especially His foremost commandment to love one another (1:5-2:27). In his extended discourse on the confidence of the believer at Christ’s coming (2:28-4:19) John exhorts his readers to abide in Him by loving God and their fellow Christians with the pure love of God and promised that the maturity of this love would be a key source of confidence on that Day. In the final segment of his epistle, he applies all he has said about love to the everyday life of every Christian.
Without apologizing for his demanding teaching on the absolute necessity of loving our fellow Christians, the Apostle dedicates three paragraphs to removing every excuse believers offer for not loving one another with the love of Christ (4:20-5:17):
- Love every believer in Christ: If they confess Christ, they are your brother or sister—love them because they are His children! (4:20-5:3a)
- Love with the power you have already received: If you believed in Christ, you have the power to love—love them because you can! (5:3b-5:15)
- Love until God takes them home: If they are sinning, God will decide when to take them out—love them to save their lives! (5:16-17)
A common reaction to the absolute requirement to love every believer is, “You don’t know how difficult this will be for me. I can’t do this; it’s too hard to love that Christian!” Yes you can. Your faith in Christ made you a world-conqueror, a new creation with the capacity to keep every command by His grace. Only faith in Christ brings the new birth that makes obedience to God’s command an achievable goal:
Love the unlovely Christian because you can !
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April 7, 2011 in
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Week 12: Really Loving God!
(1 John 4:20-5:3)
Our twelfth week of daily devotions in the Book of First John center on the John’s discourse on resisting the world. You’re going to need your Bible and I’ve provided the Study Notes on this website that you can either bookmark, or print. Be sure to scroll down to the notes outlining and commenting on the 1 John 4:20-5:3. Or you may want to download the word document: 1jn4.20-5.3ann I hope this helps those of you who are committed to journaling this year.
Friday: 1 John 4:20-5:3, Loving Obedience
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