There is a qualitative difference in one who has been claimed by the faith, by the Spirit. God’s love looks like something; faith looks like something. There is a…
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God’s love is “one another” love. This makes perfect sense, for God is one God in three Persons, blessed Trinity. John was writing in a situation where people in…
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“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God” (4:7). Everyone who loves. Well, then. If someone…
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John doesn’t want us to be afraid. He knows Jesus. How many times, John remembers so well, Jesus said, “Don’t be afraid.” John wants us to be wise. He…
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I’ve spoken of purification, obedience, and rejecting the world. We reject the world when we say Yes to Christ and No to the panorama of alluring sins in vogue…
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In Communion, we experience God and our fellowship with Him. How humbly he comes among us! During many of our Communion celebrations, in our praying we say, Christ has…
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What is world-born is world-bound; what is Spirt-born is heaven-bound. With Jesus, the spirit-born are called to live differently from the world-born. Scottish pastor and biblical scholar William Barclay…
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We make progress in love together in Christ. When love is returned in kind, the obligation of love is not burdensome. Where love is not returned, any thought of obligation…
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Ours is a fellowship of confession. Fellowship begins with Christ. The Greek word we translate as fellowship is koinonia, which could also be translated as participation, communion. We have…
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