1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. 8a If we say that we have no sin, Now that John has reminded us of the complete moral purity of God, and of the necessity of walking in the light, John wants […]

5a This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you 1st John is an attestation by an eye-witness of what John heard.  John is bearing witness that this comes directly from God.  5b that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. So John begins the main […]

3 what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ. These first three verses serve as the prologue of this epistle.  First John is written to encourage us, as believers, […]

Authorship-The author of this epistle is John, the beloved Apostle, the author of the gospel of John, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd John, as well as Revelation.  There is no surviving early copy of the epistle that does not attribute it to him in the title.  Unanimous attribution of the early church (including Ignatius in 110 […]

All human fathers are imperfect. That’s why we need a Heavenly Father. To be a Godly father, we  emulate our Heavenly Father.  Genesis 18:19 tells us that God chose Abraham because of his fatherhood, even before he was a father to Isaac.  Genesis 18:19  19 For I have chosen him, so that he may command […]

And everyone who hears these words of Mine In Luke Luke 6:46, He says everyone who comes to me. Everyone who hears or reads Jesus’ words is responsible for activing on them.  Although many at least intend to act on them, not everyone does.  This week we’re looking at the false Christian, the pseudo-Christian, the […]

Jesus has finished His foundational instructions to His disciples, and to us, about what it means to be a true follower of Jesus.  Jesus, the Word from the Beginning, is our foundation, the rock on which our life, our house is built, and His teachings tell us what it means to be His disciple.  If […]

Lord—Kurios–“one who is in charge by virtue of possession”, the owner, a persion in a position of authority exercising absolute ownership rights as Lord.  There is a difference between paying lip-service to Jesus as Lord, and actually making Him Lord of your life  “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’       Jesus is contrasting […]

Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes, nor figs from thistles, are they? Grapes and figs are good fruit.  In the Old Testament, the nation of Israel is symbolized as a fig tree.  We see Israel represented as a fig tree (in Hosea 9:10 and in Jeremiah 24), or a fig tree that bears no […]

False prophets are defined as those who, claim for themselves the capacity to define for others the will of God, but represent in their practice and teaching a false understanding of the will of God, specifically an understanding that is not in accord with scripture.  Jesus is warning us of wolves that disguise themselves as […]