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The apostle John wrote with a distinctive style that is easy to discern from other writers. In contrast to Paul, John used simple vocabulary and generally simple sentence structure. This makes for interesting reading not only, but often provokes thought. John comes right to the point and states blun
LESSON I. John 1:1-5 The author of this well-known Gospel narrative is the apostle John, who in his own writings is often called the disciple whom Jesus loved. John probably was a cousin of Jesus (chapter 19:25) and was at first a disciple of the Baptist with his brother James. It was his personal
love for our neighbor is evidence of a true love for God with this simple statement: “If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar” (1 John 4:20). Do you love your brothers and sisters in Christ? Not just the ones who are easy to love or the ones who agree with you, but all of them
4. John warns against heretical teaching and exhorts us to confess that Jesus is the Christ (I John 2:18-29). There are many antichrists, and their presence indicates that it is the last time. The heretics which left the church, only prove by that act that they were not really one with them. They mu
He also used his office to lord it over others that the Church Order of Dordt expressly forbids. John ends this section with an admonition for the church not to follow evil but to follow good because true goodness is from God. What about us? How are we walking towards the brothers in the church? Are
January 1 Read I John 1:1-10 As we begin another new year the three epistles of the apostle John make very instructive reading for the church of Jesus Christ. In chapter one of I John, John lays out the message that he will develop throughout this first epistle. That message is found summarized in
November 26 Read 3 John The writer in Hebrews admonishes us with these words: “Let brotherly love continue.” This is the thought in this short book consisting of one chapter. Who Gaius is does not matter; the message of the book does. Gaius had followed John’s command to show brotherly love to all
October 20 II John The first part of this short epistle admonishes us to walk in love. The second part warns us that if we do not walk in love we will be in danger of falling into false doctrines. Many times we hear people speak of love, but then say that true doctrine is not important. Th