I John 2:15 “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” The Greek word for world is kosmos, from which we get our word cosmetic. Funny that the word for a skin-deep beauty actually has its root in the […]

I John 2:12-14 “I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, dear children, because […]

I John 2:9-11 “Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him to make him stumble. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness; he does […]

I John 2:7-8 “Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard. Yet I am writing you a new command: its truth is seen in him and you, because the darkness is passing and […]

I John 2:5-6 “But if anyone obeys his word, God’s love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.” Most of us are familiar with the Ten Commandments, given by Moses in the Old Testament. But did […]

I John 2:4 “The man who says, ‘I know him,’ but does not do what he says is a liar, and the truth is not in him.” My dear husband is a very important man. He regularly receives phone calls from the president of the United State. These calls are made to check whether or […]

John 2:3 “We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands.” In my home, we have a security system. It is an electronic device that sets off an alarm, and sends a message to local police if security is breached. If the alarm is set off, someone from the security […]

I John 2:2 “He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.” Have you ever goofed up in a relationship? Really? Me too. More than once – okay, more than twice, even – I’ve had to admit that I’ve done something really […]