I John 3:13 “Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.” Did you ever get the feeling that somebody didn’t like you, and you couldn’t figure out why? I hate it when that happens! I always want to figure out a reason for their dislike. If there is a reason, then I […]

I John 3:12 “Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.” I am a people pleaser. I want people to like me. And when they don’t like me, I have been […]

I John 3:11 “This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.” Do you remember that little children’s song, “It’s love, it’s love, it’s love that makes the world go ’round”? I can remember singing that song – very loudly – when I was in pre-school. Loving others truly is […]

I John 3:7-9 “Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. He who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the […]

I John 3:10 “This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother.” The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. He’s a […]

I John 3:4-6 “Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. But you know that he appeared that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.” […]

I John 3:2b-3 “But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.” Do you remember that old Ivory Soap commercial, advertising it as 100% pure? I do. I can just […]

I John 3:1b “. . . The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.” Throughout God’s Word, we Christians are referred to as “strangers in the world,” “peculiar people,” even “aliens!” Sometimes we feel a little uncomfortable, like we are different. Not really a part of things. Outsiders. […]

I John 3:1a “How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! . . .” Wow! Even though I live as a child of God each and every day, I still have difficulty wrapping my mind around the significance […]