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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 were righteous. Today’s Reading 1 John 3:11-18 We are a society that likes to blame someone else for what is happening. Listen to theContinue reading “28Nov 2011 1 John 3:12”

18 We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him. Have you ever wondered what we are responsible for in our spiritual life and what God is responsible for? This verse gives us lays outContinue reading “15Nov2008 1Jn 5:18”

11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. This the most wonderful verse in Scripture and the most terrible verse, all at theContinue reading “14Nov2008 1Jn 5:11-12”

3 This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. So often we think rules are a burden, that they inhibit our freedom, that they keep us from enjoying ourselves. We think that if we could just chuck all theContinue reading “13Nov2008 1Jn 5:3-4a”

4 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. We have a power that resides is us as Jesus-followers that cannot be defeated. In the life of a believer, that power brought about defeat the momentContinue reading “12Nov2008 1Jn 4:4”

1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,Continue reading “11Nov2008 1Jn 4:1-3a”

23 No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also. The reality of the three-in-one nature of God is shown in this short verse. If there are not separate persons in the Godhead, then this verse is nonsense. If Father and Son are the same person, whyContinue reading “10Nov2008 1Jn 2:23”

17 The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. The temporary nature of this world is so often ignored. So much investment of energy goes into making life in this world comfortable that you would think for some, this is all there is. But thisContinue reading “9Nov2008 1Jn 2:16”

1That 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. What we so often forget in our day when the Gospel is so quickly dismissed, is that the people who wroteContinue reading “8Nov2008 1Jn 1:1”