1 John – Poimen Chris

Integrity

Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is notContinue reading “Integrity”

Perspectives

Falsehoods

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 doesContinue reading “Falsehoods”

MIne, Mine, Mine

Love One Another

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 “Love One Another”

Adoption

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. – 1 John 3:1 Before I continue in 1st John, I want to talk a little bit about adoption. As I said in my last post, my wife and I have twoContinue reading “Adoption”

Abide

And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming. If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him. See what kind of love the Father hasContinue reading “Abide”

Love

Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness isContinue reading “Love”

The Real Me

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with, the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. And byContinue reading “The Real Me”

Light

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as heContinue reading “Light”