Jude v 17 - 25
Jude's final words contain encouragement, promises and warnings. It is clear that his heart was with them and that he was concerned for...
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- Apr 26, 2021
Jude v 12 - 16
This is one of the great passages of invective in the New Testament, although missing Paul's slices of sarcasm. It blazes with moral...
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- Apr 25, 2021
Jude v 10 - 11
Cain, Balaam and Korah are fairly familiar figures to readers of the Old Testament and their stories can be found respectively in Genesis...
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- Apr 24, 2021
Jude v 8 - 9
Jude attacks the people to whom he has been referring as false prophets, dreamers of false dreams who must be treated in ways consistent...
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- Apr 23, 2021
Jude v 4 - 7
Jude writes that the threat comes from WITHIN the Church and the Church was not aware of it. These people were now trusted and accepted...
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- Apr 22, 2021
Jude v 1 - 3
The highlights of the little letter of Jude, for the modern reader, are the beginning and the end and the great majority can be...
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- Apr 21, 2021
3 John v 9 - 15
In case the modern reader of Scriptures had a rosy-eyed view of the early Church and first-century believers, we have an example here of...
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- Apr 20, 2021
3 John v 5 - 8
In this passage we see revealed the main reason why John is writing this short missive. A group of travelling missionaries is on its way...
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- Apr 19, 2021
3 John v 1 - 4
This way of beginning letters seems so much more sensible than the way we use, which is to only tell the recipient the letter's origin at...
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- Apr 18, 2021
2 John v 7 - 13
We have read already of the heretics John has had to deal with in his first letter: not only do they deny that Jesus was fully incarnated...
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- Apr 17, 2021
2 John v 1 - 6
John writes here as one whose authority goes out to the Church at large and he begins his second letter by stating that he is writing to...
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- Apr 16, 2021
1 John 5 v 18 - 21
For the sons and daughters of God, sinning is to be seen as allowing the enemy to disrupt our walk with God. In whatever way it is...
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- Apr 15, 2021
1 John 5 v 14 - 17
In verses 14 and 15 John sets down the basis and principle of prayer. The basis is the clear and obvious fact that God listens to our...
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- Apr 14, 2021
1 John 5 v 9 - 13
We should remind ourselves that John was a Jew and thought like a Jew and he would assume that his readers would know of the Law's...
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- Apr 13, 2021
1 John 5 v 6 - 8
This is one of the most perplexing passages in the New Testament and that is probably because we do not have full knowledge of the...
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- Apr 12, 2021
1 John 5 v 1 - 5
As believers, we are in a unique place: we become overcomers through our position as children in the family of God. John views love of...
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- Apr 10, 2021
1 John 4 v 2 - 6
The ones who walked with Jesus and lived with Him whilst He was alive on the earth are the ones believers should listen to. That was...
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- Apr 9, 2021
1 John 3 v 24b - 4 v 1
In the Early Church there was a surging life of the Spirit which brought its own perils. Some kind of test proved necessary for the many...
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- Apr 8, 2021
1 John 3 v 19 - 24a
It is natural for all believers at some point in their lives to wonder if they are really Christians. The gift is so incredible and so...
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- Apr 7, 2021
1 John 3 v 9 - 18
A few thoughts on this passage...1. John writes here about giving up the PRACTICE of sinning, that is to say the commitment to a pattern...
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