Thursday, May 27, 2010

3 John

"Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God."

To God be the Glory

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Love

2 John

"...I ask that we love one another. 6And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love."

"8Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully..."

Ultimately, stand firm, endure and stand up against the oppositions.
Be concerned, be focused, be loving, just as God loves us and gave us directions or instructions to love deeply those who believe.

"If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take him into your house or welcome him. 11Anyone who welcomes him shares in his wicked work."

Monday, May 24, 2010

Confidence in approaching God.

1 John 5

"14This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him."

Do not speak against God or the Holy Spirit. It is the sin that has no return.

To God be the Glory.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Real Love completes us.

1 John 4

"...This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins."

We, as humans, never knew or had love in us until God loved us first.

"11Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us."

"Whoever loves God must also love his brother."

In order to understand love, and which we established is from God and is God, we have to love one another.
In order to love one another, we mush "acknowledge" or in ASV, "abides" in him. Both description indicates that it is an action, a respond, to endure in the knowledge of God.

To God be the Glory.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

The world is passing...

1 John 2

"Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever."

" 24See that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you..."

"...continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming. "

1 John 3
"11This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another"

"23And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us."

Friday, May 21, 2010

He is a coming.

2 Peter 3

"10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief..."

"...grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen."

To God be the Glory.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

2 Peter 2

This chapter looks to serve as a warning to those who chooses to disobey. It gave many examples including Balaam, son of Boer, who was fortunate enough that a donkey saved his life by not moving and speaking out to Balaam in his language.

Often, I recognize warning signs and often I see God's miracles and his handiwork.

To God be the Glory.