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

Further Resources   2 Peter 2 (ESV) False Prophets and Teachers 2 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their sensuality, and because … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 2 Peter 2

Further Resources   2 Peter 1 (ESV) Greeting Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: 2 May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 2 Peter 1

Further Resources   1 Peter 5 (ESV) Shepherd the Flock of God 5 So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: 2 shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 1 Peter 5

Further Resources   1 Peter 4 (ESV) Stewards of God’s Grace 4 Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 1 Peter 4

Further Resources   1 Peter 3 (ESV) Wives and Husbands 3 Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, 2 when they see your respectful and pure conduct. 3 Do not let your adorning be … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 1 Peter 3