Introduction: I remember flying over the Sahara desert in a small 2 seater plane, caught in a sandstorm flying far too close to sea level! There were no ways of knowing where we were going except by visual sightings! We needed to find a road running East-West for us to follow to Galmi. We wereContinue reading “1John 5: 13-21….Final Advice from an aged saint!”
Category Archives: 1 John
1 John 5: 6-12….Would you call God ‘a liar’ to His face?
This is he who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree. IfContinue reading “1 John 5: 6-12….Would you call God ‘a liar’ to His face?”
1 John 5: 1-5 etc….How do I overcome the world and ‘stand out’ for Jesus?
Introduction: “Standing out” can sound a bit self seeking of glory. It could, but it can mean something else! To stand out can mean indicating difference from the surroundings; being out-standing can make the difference between poor, mediocre and excellent advertising. The last recorded words that Jesus spoke when He was on earth as aContinue reading “1 John 5: 1-5 etc….How do I overcome the world and ‘stand out’ for Jesus?”
1 John 4: 13-21….Living in a Perfect world!
13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abidesContinue reading “1 John 4: 13-21….Living in a Perfect world!”
1 John 4: 7-12….If words are wrongly used!
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world,Continue reading “1 John 4: 7-12….If words are wrongly used!”
1 John 4: 1-6….The devil is very good at accents!
1 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. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 and everyContinue reading “1 John 4: 1-6….The devil is very good at accents!”
1 John 3:16-24….Knowing what ‘LOVE’ is!
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? Little children, let us notContinue reading “1 John 3:16-24….Knowing what ‘LOVE’ is!”
1 John 3: 11-18….Love exampled and Ignored!
For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous. Do not be surprised, brothers,Continue reading “1 John 3: 11-18….Love exampled and Ignored!”
1 John 3: 1-10….Is John making it too simple?
1 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yetContinue reading “1 John 3: 1-10….Is John making it too simple?”
1 John 2: 23-29….Have you stopped beating your wife?
Introduction: The above question is impossible to answer with just a ‘yes’ or ‘no’! A ‘yes’ means that you were beating her, and a ‘no’ without further explanation means that you are still beating, whereas you haven’t stopped that practice! This passage is quick to read but has much ‘hidden’ in it! All the following,Continue reading “1 John 2: 23-29….Have you stopped beating your wife?”
As I read it! 