November 30
Holy Friendship
8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.
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vs 3 Do you have fellowship with God?
and also do you consider the reading of the Word to give you fellowship with the writers of these books?
As you read through each Holy Spirit inspired Word, line by line, you are also getting a glimpse into the life of the man who penned it down for us!
These men gave it all they had.... they met Jesus Christ while he breathed earth-air! Verse 1 above always gives me chills! They HEARD him speak...out loud... audibly... to them directly!
They SAW him with their own eyes! They looked into His face!
They TOUCHED His earthly body... gripped His hands.... probably poked him in the ribs a few times as they laughed together....perhaps they placed a hand on His shoulder during times of prayer or as they walked along in deep discussion with the LORD OF HEAVEN! WOW
Can you just imagine!
Try, if you will to picture yourself walking along with Him in deep conversation.
That is where we are today, my friends.... walking along in fellowship with Jesus Christ and, as we read their personal accounts of lives spent with Him, fellowship with the first disciples!
Holy Friendship
1 John 1:1-10
The Incarnation of the Word of Life
1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 2 The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. 3 We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4 We write this to make our[a] joy complete.
Light and Darkness, Sin and Forgiveness
5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[b] sin.8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.
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vs 3 Do you have fellowship with God?
and also do you consider the reading of the Word to give you fellowship with the writers of these books?
As you read through each Holy Spirit inspired Word, line by line, you are also getting a glimpse into the life of the man who penned it down for us!
These men gave it all they had.... they met Jesus Christ while he breathed earth-air! Verse 1 above always gives me chills! They HEARD him speak...out loud... audibly... to them directly!
They SAW him with their own eyes! They looked into His face!
They TOUCHED His earthly body... gripped His hands.... probably poked him in the ribs a few times as they laughed together....perhaps they placed a hand on His shoulder during times of prayer or as they walked along in deep discussion with the LORD OF HEAVEN! WOW
Can you just imagine!
Try, if you will to picture yourself walking along with Him in deep conversation.
That is where we are today, my friends.... walking along in fellowship with Jesus Christ and, as we read their personal accounts of lives spent with Him, fellowship with the first disciples!
Footnotes:
- 1 John 1:4 Some manuscripts your
- 1 John 1:7 Or every
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