If Anyone Thirsts

John 7:37-39 ESV “On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, “Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”’ Now this he said about the Spirit, … Continue reading If Anyone Thirsts

A Divine Appointment

John 4:5-30,39-42 ESV “And he (Jesus Christ) had to pass through Samaria. So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the … Continue reading A Divine Appointment

“God’s People” Loving the Darkness

John 3:16,19-21 ESV “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” “And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone … Continue reading “God’s People” Loving the Darkness

Idolatrous Worship of Institutions

1 John 4:1-6 ESV "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and … Continue reading Idolatrous Worship of Institutions

When Our Hearts Condemn Us

1 John 3:19-24 ESV “By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask we … Continue reading When Our Hearts Condemn Us

We Should Love One Another

1 John 3:11-16 ESV “For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. Do … Continue reading We Should Love One Another

Children of God or of the Devil?

1 John 3:4-10 ESV “Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or … Continue reading Children of God or of the Devil?

Many Antichrists Have Come

1 John 2:18-25 ESV “Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have … Continue reading Many Antichrists Have Come

What or Who Has Your Heart?

1 John 2:15-17 ESV “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but … Continue reading What or Who Has Your Heart?