Summary In 1 Peter we see the apostle do something that he was never planning to do: write to gentiles

3:16-18 - Simple Beauty 1 John 4:8-10 - This Is Love Psalm 103 - Praise the LORD! ​ ​ Article 4: A Twofold Response to the Gospel John 1:9-13 - The TRUE Light John 3:31-36 - Wrath Removed John 6:37-40 - Tensegral Theology John 12:42-50 - Buffet Theology Psalm 16 - In God We Trust ​ Article 3-6 - Before the Foundation Deuteronomy 7:1-10 - Set Apart John 17:1-5 - Sovereign Submission John 17 Kept Psalm 33 - God's Control, Authority & Presence Article 9: Election Not Based on Foreseen Faith John

3:16-18 - Simple Beauty 1 John 4:8-10 - This Is Love Psalm 103 - Praise the LORD! ​ ​ Article 4: A Twofold Response to the Gospel John 1:9-13 - The TRUE Light John 3:31-36 - Wrath Removed John 6:37-40 - Tensegral Theology John 12:42-50 - Buffet Theology Psalm 16 - In God We Trust ​ Article 3-6 - Before the Foundation Deuteronomy 7:1-10 - Set Apart John 17:1-5 - Sovereign Submission John 17 Kept Psalm 33 - God's Control, Authority & Presence Article 9: Election Not Based on Foreseen Faith John

John 3:19–21 (NIV) 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead Here John calls men “darkness.” Summary Two words. That's all it took. Two single syllable words. Dig Deeper The context of today's passage from John 3 is fascinating. Christians, on the other hand, defined by John here as "people who live by the truth," seek to "come John never makes clear whether or not Nicodemus ever fully stepped out of the darkness and into this

3:16-18 - Simple Beauty 1 John 4:8-10 - This Is Love Psalm 103 - Praise the LORD! ​ ​ Article 4: A Twofold Response to the Gospel John 1:9-13 - The TRUE Light John 3:31-36 - Wrath Removed John 6:37-40 - Tensegral Theology John 12:42-50 - Buffet Theology Psalm 16 - In God We Trust ​ Article 3-6 - Before the Foundation Deuteronomy 7:1-10 - Set Apart John 17:1-5 - Sovereign Submission John 17 Kept Psalm 33 - God's Control, Authority & Presence Article 9: Election Not Based on Foreseen Faith John

Samuel has anointed David king, but Saul is still on the throne. 1 Samuel 17 (NIV) 17 Now the Philistines faith in a king like all the other nations to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles (1 Saul was no slouch - he stood a head taller than all the people (1 Sa. 9:2 & 10:23).

Acts 13:1–5 (NASB95) 1 Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers reached Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they also had John But it is spread and dispersed throughout the entire world, though still joined and united in heart and

As the story turns to 1 Samuel, the spiritual darkness remains: the priesthood is corrupt, and the people dedicated by his loving mother to serve the LORD under the high priest Eli, whose own sons were wicked. 1

3:16-18 - Simple Beauty 1 John 4:8-10 - This Is Love Psalm 103 - Praise the LORD! ​ ​ Article 4: A Twofold Response to the Gospel John 1:9-13 - The TRUE Light John 3:31-36 - Wrath Removed John 6:37-40 - Tensegral Theology John 12:42-50 - Buffet Theology Psalm 16 - In God We Trust ​ Article 3-6 - Before the Foundation Deuteronomy 7:1-10 - Set Apart John 17:1-5 - Sovereign Submission John 17 Kept Psalm 33 - God's Control, Authority & Presence Article 9: Election Not Based on Foreseen Faith John

to Him; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - 2 Corinthians 1