Today is Friday, December 14th, 2012; Karen's Korner #2465
Our church family just finished with a several-week study series on I John. Hard to give Karen's Korner readers all of the good points, but I thought I would give you the three broad areas found in the five chapters; the first verse in each area plus commentary on that one verse:
GOD IS LIGHT
"This is the message God has given us to pass on to you:
that God is Light and in him is no darkness at all."
~ I John 1:5
(first verse after the introduction)
Commentary:
Light represents what is good, pure, true, holy, and reliable.
Darkness represents sin and evil.
Just as darkness cannot exist in the presence of light,
sin cannot exist in the presence of a holy God.
GOD IS LOVE
"See how very much our heavenly Father loves us,
for he allows us to be called his children -
think of it -
and we really are!!
~ I John 3:1a
Commentary:
As believers, our self-worth is based on the fact that God loves us
and calls us his children.
We are his children, now;
not just sometime in the distant future.
Knowing that we are his children encourages us to live as Jesus did.
GOD IS LIFE
"If you believe that Jesus is the Christ -
that he is God's Son and your Savior -
than you are a child of God."
~ I John 5:1a
Commentary:
"When we become Christians,
we become part of God's family,
with fellow believers as our brothers and sisters.
It is God who determines who the other family members are;
not us.
We are simply called to accept and love them.
How well do you treat your fellow members in the family of God?
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