The Epistles of John: Living in Truth and Love. 1 John 4:2-3
Week 35: Sept 30, 2012 Study i. How to test (4:2-3) 2 – This is how you can recognize God’s Spirit: Every spirit who acknowledges that Jesus the Messiah[1] has become human—and remains so—is from God. – Having said that we should test, John now gives us a means for testing. Jesus the Messiah […]
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Week 34: Sept 23, 2012 Study i. The Commandment (3:23-3:24) 23 – And this is his commandment: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus the Messiah,[1] and to love one another as he commanded us. – John spells out what is expected of us: Believe in the name (On name see notes […]
Read More..>>The Epistles of John: Living in Truth and Love. 1 John 3:19-22
Week 33: Sept 16 2012 Having contrasted sin with abiding in Christ, John now gives two positive examples to show what abiding in Christ and love really mean. Study i. Two Benefits (3:19-3:20) *19-20 – This is how we will know that we are from[1] the truth and how we will be able to […]
Read More..>>The Epistles of John: Living in Truth and Love. 1 John 3:16-18
Week 31: May 20, 2012 / Sept 9 2012 Having contrasted sin with abiding in Christ, John now gives two positive examples to show what abiding in Christ and love really mean. Study 16 – This is how we have come to know love: the Messiah[1] gave his life for us. We, too, ought to […]
Read More..>>Responding to Cornwall: Ryan
In his evaluation of the Romney-Ryan team Bob Cornwall, made a number of points, but I believe that many of them will be better addressed later on, as I am sure the issues will come up again and probably in a more direct fashion. So here let me address a couple of his underlying assumptions. […]
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