John draws clear contrasts for a world mired in nuance. Bible.com John 1:9-13 (NIV) 9  The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election 1 - God's right to condemn all people 2 - God What an interesting adjective John uses here! Dig Deeper We're going to spend this entire week in John's gospel because John, more than any other

Scripture is the sufficient source for knowing and testing what is true. 1 John 4:1–6 (NIV) Dear friends Summary The first letter of John is an excellent overview of the basics of the faith. The apostle John has the same goal as his gospel account in this letter, “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life” (1 John 5 :13).

John 1:6-14 (NIV) CONTEXT: This is part of the famous prologue that introduces John's gospel. 6  There Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity John has an interesting and unique way of describing belief in the true light. The people Jesus ministered amongst are a good example of what John means. Today: Luke 10

DailyVerses.net 1 John 4:8-10 (NIV) 8  Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election 1 - God's right to condemn all people 2 - God In today's passage, John reminds us that that God is love . In John's poetic writing style, he often repeats concepts with a slight twist, and today he doesn't disappoint

Biblia.com John 17:1-5 (NIV) CONTEXT: Jesus has been teaching His disciples after the Last Supper and We'll read the first five verses today, and vss. 6-12 tomorrow. 17 After Jesus said this, he looked toward Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election 1 - God's right to condemn all people 2 - God Today: Acts 15

Today's passage helps form the basis for the classic hymn Not What My Hands Have Done (especially v4-5) 1 John 4:13-16 (NIV) 13  This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election Point 2 - Limited Atonement Point 3 - Total Depravity The Apostle John wants you to know that you live in Christ, and that Christ lives in you. John anticipated your question.

John 3:1-7 (NIV) Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling One of John's best features are the secondary characters we read about throughout the gospel, all of John draws his readers deep into the lives of men like Thomas, Pilate and even John himself using their But one of John's most fascinating secondary characters is Nicodemus. Today: 1 Thessalonians 2

Romans 1:1–17 (NASB95) 1 Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly I make mention of you, 10 For I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be established; 12 encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine. 13 Yet before he touches on the topic of sin, Paul first gives us verses 16-17 which set the tone for this

Summary John's favorite term for the Christians he writes to - not just 2,000 years ago, but now - is That day will come (John tells us about that in another book he wrote called Revelation). Yet you can know that this is true, and John tells you how in v5-6. He is, as John describes in v1, the Righteous One. ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Matthew 19

Mark begins with a prophecy of Isaiah, and then writes about John the Baptist. John’s introduction is a theological statement about who Jesus is. John’s prologue (John 1:1-18), builds on the very first statement of Jesus being the Word, speaking of He has always existed, that is why John says, “In the beginning was the Word.” But as we read John 1:3, we know that cannot be true.