Our Inheritance
One day when Jesus observed the anxiety on the face of His disciples, He made them a promise. “I am going to prepare a place for you. Then I am
September 15, 2023
One day when Jesus observed the anxiety on the face of His disciples, He made them a promise. “I am going to prepare a place for you. Then I am
After Peter identifies himself, addresses the pilgrims, and bestows a blessing of grace and peace, he enters into worship. Have you ever wondered at the phrase “Bless God?” I have.
Having looked at the Epistles of John, we now turn our attention to the First Epistle of Peter. He identifies himself as an apostle of Jesus Christ. We know him
We don’t write letters the same anymore but in the apostle’s time, it provided communication over the distance. Although never adequate, it served a purpose that still ministers to us
Jesus, in the days before His death told His followers another would come, to remind them of His words and further instruct them. When Jesus returned to His disciples after
John writes about Jesus the Christ when he declares that He came both by water and by blood. The Spirit of God is the witness because He is the Spirit
I wonder how John’s readers felt about all his writing about love. Jesus had been crucified by the Romans and there was fierce opposition toward those who chose to follow
As we learn about God, we learn He is a just God. We gain an understanding of His wrath, but we also learn how Jesus gave His life to satisfy
John in verse 12 of 1 John 4 writes that no one has seen God at any time. Still, when we love one another, it shows that God is in
This theme of love motivates John’s pen. He returns to it in 1 John 4:7-11. As we look to these verses we reflect on the love of God, what it
“The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.” These words of the apostle Paul reverberate as John writes, “By this we know that He
With so much chatter of love in our world, it’s easy to lose sight of the reality. John speaks to this in 1 John 3: 16-23 writing about what love
A common phrase, “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” relates to today’s reflection. Family traits are an entertaining phenomenon observed throughout time. John shares with his readers that
The apostle John in 1 John 3:4-9 wrote about sin. He taught truths which would give firm foundations to the believers in Jesus. It is plain and simple according to
Let’s face it. We live for ourselves. Our affections may extend to our families and close friends. However, if someone looks different, smells different, or talks different, it stretches us.
The apostles wrote to fight the deceptive times they were living in. Jesus, before ascending to heaven, commissioned them to go and make disciples. As they did so, the intensity
John, addresses the little children, (the young in the faith) and tells them it is the last hour. He could have said it is the eleventh hour, but his point
We continue our study of 1 John 1 by looking at verses 15-17. We know from last week that he is writing to the family of God at all levels
In the next verses of 1 John 2, John communicates to whom he is writing. Experiencing Jesus and the subsequent presence of the Holy Spirit caused a fire within him.
Someone may ask you if you have been born again. How do you know? The apostle John answers the question in 1 John 2. It isn’t as much about what
Since we have completed our time in the Gospel of John, I am continuing with John through his epistles, 1,2, and 3rd John. This week we are considering 1 John
We come to this Good Friday with the story John writes about Peter. It is now the third visit of Jesus since His resurrection from the dead. The tragic weekend
When Jesus made his third visit, to the disciples after the cross, it was at the Sea of Tiberias. Some of the disciples, still felt a bit lost, and got
For some reason, when Jesus appeared to the disciples, Thomas was absent. Eight days later, they gathered again, inside, with the doors shut. This time Thomas was there. In the