A ministry of the Word
God is offended by the kind of religion that makes room for both "the world" and "Christ"; he does not accept the prayers of those who continue in iniquity. Instead, God gives us greater grace in Christ so that we can cleanse our hands, purify our hearts, and humbly draw near to him through Christ.
What does it mean that "God is a consuming fire"? And what does that mean for those of us who enter his presence through the veil of Christ's body?
The heartbeat of every Christian is the desire to know Christ and enjoy the communion of the Holy Spirit in the presence of God. Let us pursue that burning desire together with all that we are. The following devotions come from: Ancient Christian Devotional: A Year of Weekly Readings: Lectionary Cycle A (p. 247) DEVOTION …
Like every Christian family with young children who are inevitably going to be exposed to the culture of Halloween, my family has been thinking through and working out how we are going to help our 4 year old daughter walk through this season with a sound mind in such a way that protects her from …
Verse 8: The Inward Deception 8 If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. This verse unfolds the second antithetical statement that runs contrary to verse five; the claim to “have no sin” is in direct and unequivocal opposition to the claim that “God is …
Verse 7: The Blood of Jesus 7 If we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. This verse continues unfolding John’s topic of “life” and “fellowship” and completes his paradigm of “light and …
1st John 1:5 (CSB) This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in him. Recall that John’s first epistle is all about “life”: “the life” (v.2), “the eternal life” (v.2), “the word of Life” (v.1). Therefore it is fitting that the …
