Speaker: Pastor Ron Case

“But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, ‘Great is the LORD!’” – Psalm 40:16 (ESV) Continue Reading Continual Celebration

Contemplations:

(1) Reasons for writing the letter (1:4, 2:1, 5:13).

(2) Praying according to God’s will (John 16:23-24; James 4:3).

(3) “Sin leading to death” (1 Cor. 11:29-30; Acts 4:4-5).

(4) Abrupt close regarding idolatry. Continue Reading Study of 1 John 5:13-21

“And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”

– Matthew 16:18 (ESV) Continue Reading Peter the Prototype

Contemplations:

(1) The simplicity and assurance of salvation (5:1, 11, 3:24; Acts 16:31; Romans 8:15-17)

(2) “Water & blood”?

(3) “Overcomers” (5:4-5, Romans 8:37; Revelation 3:21) Continue Reading Study of 1 John 5:1-12

“Making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.”

– Ephesians 5:16 (ESV)

“… But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.”

– Luke 22:53 (ESV) Continue Reading Limited Time Opportunity

Study of 1 John 4:1-21 “Lies & Love” Continue Reading Study of 1 John 4:1-21

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.”

– Proverbs 13:12 (ESV)

“Then the angel showed me… the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.”

– Revelation 22:1-2 (ESV) Continue Reading Expectation Adaptation

“Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.”

– Hebrews 2:1 (ESV) Continue Reading Drift Alert

Contemplations

(1) Epistle structure? (1:5; 3:11)

(2) Love and material goods. (3:17; James 2:14-17; Acts 2:45, 4:32)

(3) New Covenant commandment. (3:23; 1 John 2:8-10; John 6:29, 40; 15:12)

(4) Love as confirmation of salvation. (19-20; Gal. 5:22; Rom. 5:5; 1 Peter 1:22) Continue Reading Study of 1 John 3:11-24