Our Saviour had lived on the earth for thirty years, and had worked no miracle. John vi. That which is new in the gospel, in one sense, is not new in another; for, though John was about to write what he called a new commandment, yet, at the same time, he was writing something which was not novel, something which was not grafted upon the gospel, but which grows naturally out of it, namely, the law of love. They wrote at the top of the page a certain line for us to follow, and a poor following it was. 1 John 1:1. Note how love and life and light are most blessedly linked to one another. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. The Meat and Drink of the New Nature "For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.". 1 John 2:15. And now, I think, even more than when John wrote, is this the fact for antichrists are multiplying on all sides, and there are even worse evils to come than we have seen as yet; and it therefore behooves Christians to be upon the watch and to let this truth comfort them, that it is the last time. Once get through this dispensation, and the battle is ended; even though the dispensation should be protracted beyond our hope and desire, yet, still, once get through it, and it is over. The Old Testament Look at the Book. Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. We recommend Pilgrim Publications, where the Ages disk may be purchased at a discount. Never mind me: never mind your friend: never mind the old doctor that you have been hearing so long. John takes us back to this time in eternity past, to meet this One which was from the beginning. Hatred is the cerement in which the dead soul is wound up, the grave clothes in which it is put away in the tomb; but love is the garment of life in which a truly quickened spirit arrays itself. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. 1 John 2:18. Prophets The Whole Bible What a heart-searching test this is! John 2:1. 1 John 2:7. Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. 1 John 2. May the Holy Spirit graciously lead us all to this extraordinary walk of grace, for our Lord Jesus Christs sake! Do you blame them that it is so? If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall, continue in the Son, and in the Father. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. Children and the Rod of Correction - Dave Miller, Ph.D. Christian Practice - Evidence of Grace - Edwards, Meditating On The Future Life - John Calvin w/ audio, Others May, You Cannot - by G. D. Watson w/audio, The Bible Doctrine of the Separated Life - by Johannes G. Vos, The Christian and Entertainment - Rev. In the gospel these two are disjoined, and he is called first the Word, Jn. Yet the Church, for the most part, has allowed it to go unnoticed. That which is of mans making is false, but the word of the Lord endureth for ever. As the poet says, You cannot be right in the rest Unless you think rightly of him., 1 John 2:23-28. 1 John 2:19-20. Let those that want them have these novelties, these constant changes we who believe in Jesus have something far better, even the promise of eternal life. He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. The New Testament Does this strike you as an easy thing? His was the unique originality of absolute obedience. They that are saved from the death of sin need to be guided in the life of holiness, and it is infinitely condescending on the part of Christ that he becomes an example to such poor creatures as we are. John:6:55. 2 Jesus is the way our sins are taken away. He had been subject unto his parents, and had lived in obscurity. God help us to get there. All the Prayers in the Bible - Old and New Testaments. They may not know the great mysteries that the fathers have fathomed, they may not well know some things that the young men know, but even babes in Christ know the Father, and rejoice in his love. Examine Yourselves as to Whether You Are in the Faith - updated, The Christian's Craving for God's Word - MacArthur, Sproul, Piper, Washer, Chan. Growing Up With Two Moms: The Untold Childrens View. I seek not myself, but Christ. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes. Is it a hopeless case? GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point General Epistles It cannot be supposed that the Spirit of God in any case produces unholiness: the thought were blasphemy. But, oh, the pleasure, the joy, the bliss of delighting in God! 10. The Christian & Politics: Has the Contemporary Church Become Obsessed With Political Solutions? The Old Testament You cannot give out sweet waters so long as the fountains are impure. 4-6). Many a man says, "I should like to have the desires of my heart" Brother, here is the royal road thereto, the King's ascent to his treasury "Delight thyself also in the Lord." GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point 1 John 2:15. Is Hell eternal torment or eternal death. Here both are conjoined: The Word of life, the vital Word. A verification email has been sent to the address you provided. He delighted in God. The worst of men go out from among the best of men, the antichrists go out from the church of Christ. A new creature is essential to likeness to Christ: it is not possible that the carnal mind should wear the image of Jesus. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point By his person and personal names. These two things are such deadly opposites that they cannot live together where the love of the father is, there cannot be the love of the world. Can you not even now give one look to him who died for you? The overall theme of 2 John closely parallels 1 John's theme of a "recall to the fundamentals of the faith" or "back to the basics of Christianity" (vv. The promise God makes, is suitable to his own greatness, power, and goodness; it is . Prophets Do not, I pray you, be led astray by thoughtlessly following your fellow-men: it is a poor, sheepish business, that running in crowds. Dale Kuiper, The Christian and the Mosaic Law - Philip Mauro, The Preciousness of Time and the Importance of Redeeming It. He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. 1 John 2:1. Please see Blue Letter Bible's Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. 1 John 2:17. Eternal Torment or Complete Annihilation? Hard, cruel, unrelenting, iron-hearted professors will no more go to heaven than the hogs they fatten. You may teach your children at home, or teach them in the Sunday-school class; but if they see your lives to be Christless, prayerless, godless, they will not learn any good from you. If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him. This is the preaching the best preaching in the world, for it is seen as well as heard. In the days of your strength, you have won the victory which no human power can ever win unaided. What value should we put upon gospel truth! Johannine Writings Verses 1-11. Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandment, is a liar and the truth is not in him. Christ lived for God, and for God alone; let us live after his fashion. 1 John 2:8. Still the Christians object is sinless perfection, and though he will never have it till he gets to heaven, that is all the better because he will always then be pressing forward, and never reckoning that he has attained. "Ye must be born again." Does The Bible Provide an Adequate Answer to Suffering? and who, though he was rich, brought himself down to poverty for our sakes, that we might be rich unto God. - Darryl M. Erkel, Church Leaders and the Use of Honorific Titles, Feeding Sheep or Amusing Goats - Charles Spurgeon, House-Churches? By which is meant, not only that Jesus Christ died for Gentiles as well as Jews, and for some of all nations, but that there is that in the atonement of Christ which might be sufficient for every creature under heaven if God had so chosen every creature, the limitation lying, not in the value of the atonement itself, but in the design and intention of the Eternal God. You must love your enemies, or you will die with the Creed in your throats. Their Worm Does Not Die: Annihilation and Mark 9:48, Evidence for the Resurrection - William Lane Craig -Text and Audio, The Evidence for Jesus - William Lane Craig - Text and Video. Exegetical Commentary on 1 John 2:18-27. Many a sweet night he spent in those prayer-times of his in fellowship with the Father. And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. There is no room in us for two loves. Joel 2. O child of God, as thou wouldst fear to drink poison, as thou wouldst flee from a serpent, dread sin! The "Clergy/Laity" Distinction: A Hindrance to the Church? Take comfort, believer, from that declaration. Presented here is a verse by verse exposition of the New . We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. He had been subject unto his parents, and had lived in obscurity. Consolation Proportionate to Spiritual Sufferings, The Desire of the Soul in Spiritual Darkness, The Question of Fear and the Answer of Faith, Confession of SinA Sermon with Seven Texts, The Desolations of the Lord, the Consolation of His Saints, Christ Glorified as the Builder of His Church, The Wicked Man's Life, Funeral, and Epitaph, The Ceremony of Laying the First Stone of the New Tabernacle, A Blast of the Trumpet Against False Peace, The Beginning, Increase, and End of the Divine Life, The High Priest Standing Between the Dead and the Living. 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