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Verse 22a: Who Is The Liar? Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son. “The liar” is one of the central themes that runs through John’s first apostolic letter: 1st John 1:6 (CSB) If we say, “We have fellowship …
CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD Genesis 1:27 (CSB) So God created man in his own image; he created him in the image of God; he created them male and female. True Biblical womanhood begins with understanding how the feminine expression of human nature displays the glory and image of God. The first and greatest …
Verse 21: No Lie From The Truth I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth. The Holy One’s anointing is John’s confidence in writing this epistle, because he knows they have been taught the truth by …
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Proverbs 22:15 (CSB) Foolishness is bound to the heart of a youth; a rod of discipline will separate it from him. This kind of discipline is counter-intuitive to human nature, and I think most parents naturally detest the idea of spanking their beloved child – indeed I think we should not naturally like to discipline …
Verse 20c: You Know the Truth But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. The object of the anointing that we have received from the Holy One is our “knowledge of the truth”; the Spirit of Truth enlightens every believer’s understanding to the truth that has already …
The heartbeat of every Christian is the desire to know Christ and enjoy the communion of the Holy Spirit in the presence of God. Let us pursue that burning desire together with all that we are. The following devotions come from: Ancient Christian Devotional: A Year of Weekly Readings: Lectionary Cycle A (p. 247) DEVOTION …
Like every Christian family with young children who are inevitably going to be exposed to the culture of Halloween, my family has been thinking through and working out how we are going to help our 4 year old daughter walk through this season with a sound mind in such a way that protects her from …
Imagine for a moment what life would be like without the many little things we do that give life extra meaning and value. No birthday parties, no weddings, no holidays, no receptions, no anniversaries, no handshakes, no honorific greetings. Nothing to demonstrate and understand “specialness”. N.T. Wright asked, “Why do we do all this? Different …
Verse 20b: From the Holy One But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. The Church has received the anointing of the Holy Spirit from the Holy One so that all of us may know and live in the truth as those who bear the fruit of …
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Psalm 51:12 (CSB) Restore the joy of your salvation to me, and sustain me by giving me a willing spirit. One of the fiercest enemies of Christian joy is an unwilling spirit. An unwilling spirit must be dragged along the way of Christ, kicking and screaming, because its will is at odds with the purposes …
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