24-1110: Christ-followers testify of God’s love to the world by our love for one another. As John writes to late First-Century Christians, he teaches them of the full impact of God’s love. And his rationale is clear. If God is love, and He is, then when we know God it will be most accurately...
24-1027: Love from God gives life that becomes life-giving as we love one another. Once John establishes the character of God as the foundation of our understanding for Him, and that our relationship with Him is due to His love for us to make us His children, he moves to the next aspect of...
24-1020: Children of God live to consume their life with more of Jesus, so more Jesus comes through their life. With the understanding that many antichrists are already active in the world, it is important for Christians to understand how they can live faithfully now. And what does John recommend? He repeated his exhortation...
24-1013: Abiding in Jesus Christ guards one against deception to remain faithful and live ready for His return. John begins this passage by stating that many antichrists are already here, many who want to be like the Antichrist, who actively serve in the same spirit. And this is how we know we live in...
24-0929: Real Christ-followers live by faith in the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ to walk as he walked. John writes his letter out of a deep abiding with the Lord Jesus and from a deep affection for His followers, to remind them that the foundation for all his message is the unending,...
24-0908: Jesus is Lord; the Son of God became the Son of Man, so that by faith in Him we might become a child of God. Matthew concludes Jesus encounters with the religious leaders by a question Jesus poses to them. It is a question that exposes more than it inquires, and satisfies in...
With Jesus, you get everything, ALL of GOD! There’s only one salvation n Jesus Christ, from dark to light, death to life, eternal torment to abundant life forevermore! God has NO version of salvation that does not include resurrection unto eternal life. You are either saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone...
24-0818: Jesus is worthy for your whole life to be rendered for His glory. The religious leaders confront Jesus in an effort to trap him. They bring the Herodians, thinking that either way he answers their question they can bring charges against him, either of blasphemy or treason. His answer, though, as a master...
24-0811: Jesus is the King who calls all to life in His Kingdom by faith, but you must respond with “Yes” to Him. Jesus completes his encounter with the religious leaders with a pointed parable. Unlike the previous encounters, there is no discussion or interaction, only a direct statement to make the point; For...
24-0804: Jesus is God’s Son sent to bring forgiveness of sin and righteousness to all who believe. Jesus has another confrontation with the Pharisees and religious leaders, and uses a parable to make His point with them. What began by Him not answering their question because He knew their motive, has become Him exposing...