“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is […]
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Praying Great Prayers, with Great Confidence, Because we have Great Assurance, from our Great God, Who has Given us a Great Gift: 1 John 3:19-24
Prayer, we would all admit, is one of the most difficult disciplines to maintain in the Christian life. It is one of the most neglected means of grace, and methods of communion with God. And it is the most powerful aspect of the Christian life. Yet, for many, if not most, it is hard to […]
Children of the Devil and Children of God: Commentary on 1 John 3:4-10
Last week as we were in the first three verses of chapter 3, I briefly mentioned the fact that not all people are God’s children; as the text of course talked about how Christians are God’s children. This week as we move in to verse 4-10 we see this contrast made clear between […]
Because Your Sins Are Forgiven: Commentary on 1 John 2:12-14
Introduction So here we are now to verse 12-14 of 1 John chapter 2, where John seems to take an interesting break from his flow of thought, as we saw last week how true Christians are those who love one another, and then the following verses after verse 14, which we will come […]
The Advocate: Commentary on 1 John 2v1-2
Introduction The last couple weeks, in verses 5-10, one of the things John brought us to examine was the contrast between the life of the unbeliever and the believer: the unbeliever walks in darkness, the believer walks in the light. The unbeliever may deny that he has sin, the believer confesses sin and receives forgiveness. […]