In our text today, John uses courtroom terminologies as he summarizes his case that Jesus is God. Using words like testimony and witness further prove to his readers that what John is stating is fact beyond any doubt. Today we will explore these...

As long as we live on this earth, we are engaged in a spiritual battle; a battle for our faith, the allegiance of our hearts, even our very souls. Scripture speaks frequently and directly about the spiritual battle we are engaged in. And John...

Assurance of salvation is a blessed gift. And God wants his children to have assurance not only of His love, but also of their eternal, righteous standing before him; lest they fear the coming Day of Judgment. We can live in peace and indeed eager...

God has first loved us and He has dealt with our sins in and through Jesus Christ. By His grace and mercy, our sins have been taken away. His love should arouse in us a wonder at the magnitude of his generosity such that we can’t do anything else but...

Being loved by God is the greatest gift in the world. God loves us with a perfect love. As objects of his love, we are completely undeserving. The supreme manifestation of the love of God towards us is not our present circumstances, but rather the...

We live in an age of confusion and falsehood. False teachers and prophets all claim to be from God or speak for God and seek to lead many astray. John teaches the church that we must be discerning. We should not believe every one who claims a...

Christians are to live counter-culturally. This does not mean that Christians are to be weird, or practice strange rituals - but Christians are to live a life of generosity, continuously looking for ways to help others. With Christ as our example...

Having been born again and come to faith in Christ, Christians are commanded to love one another. Within the household of faith, there are to be bonds of unity, commitment and self-sacrificial love. Just as our nature has been transformed by being...

Jesus appeared to take away our sins and destroy the works of the devil. Through Jesus' perfect record of obedience, his substitutionary and atoning death and his triumph over death through his resurrection, Jesus has taken away our sin...

All human fatherhood should be modeled after God's divine Fatherhood over us. Christian fathers should actively seek to encourage their children, not dealing with them harshly and teach them to place their hope in God. The ability to be an...