Further Resources   Revelation 2 (ESV) To the Church in Ephesus 2 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. 2 “ ‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Revelation 2

Further Resources   Revelation 1 (ESV) Prologue 1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Revelation 1 (With an Introduction to Revelation)

Further Resources   Jude (ESV) Greeting 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: 2 May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. Judgment on False Teachers 3 Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Jude

Further Resources A Theology of the Face: How Endless Mask-Wearing Hides the Image of God and Hinders the Church 3 John (ESV) Greeting 1 The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. 2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 3 John

Further Resources   1 John 5 (ESV) Overcoming the World 5 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 1 John 5

Further Resources   1 John 4 (ESV) Test the Spirits 4 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 1 John 4

Further Resources   1 John 3 (ESV) 3 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 1 John 3

Further Resources   1 John 2 (ESV) Christ Our Advocate 2 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 1 John 2

Further Resources   1 John 1 (ESV) The Word of Life 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— 2 the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 1 John 1

Further Resources From Creation to New Creation: A Seven Day Pattern in Genesis 1–3 The First Day of the Lord (Genesis 3): Seven Reasons the Fall Occurred on the Seventh Day 2 Peter 3 (ESV) The Day of the Lord Will Come 3 This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 2 Peter 3