tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6293021585820584668.post569329005804153231..comments2023-08-26T19:57:53.134-05:00Comments on There's no place like Home: 1 John. .week 1. .DiscussionMelaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10476707833109337386noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6293021585820584668.post-32160245871951814122013-10-11T08:33:43.822-05:002013-10-11T08:33:43.822-05:00LOVE your thoughts Connie!! We often are eager to ...LOVE your thoughts Connie!! We often are eager to fess up to SOME of our shortcomings. .but some of them are too close to be comfortable! We will be looking for those soon!! Thanks for sharing!Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10476707833109337386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6293021585820584668.post-9409964842907993712013-10-05T00:18:01.905-05:002013-10-05T00:18:01.905-05:00P.S. I usually use an ESV MacArthur Study Bible bu...P.S. I usually use an ESV MacArthur Study Bible but my 1 John is marked up in that one so I am using a New King James MacArthur Study Bible with this study...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6293021585820584668.post-4949990059136173772013-10-04T22:58:16.755-05:002013-10-04T22:58:16.755-05:00(no fair counting my typos :-) )
Week 1 – 1 John t...(no fair counting my typos :-) )<br />Week 1 – 1 John thoughts<br /><br />1:6, 8 “If we say we have fellowship with Him but still walk in darkness we lie and do not practice the truth…” “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us”<br /><br />I have never been shy about admitting that I sin… ask my SS class, I can be very transparent. But what came to me this time was this… am I willing to admit that my chronic sinning, you know those everyday sins that seem to go unnoticed, are keeping me in darkness? Those little sins that are accepted by everyone as harmless, no biggies… do they matter? I want to be convicted of anything that would keep me from walking in the light! That includes too much time on Facebook, too much idle time, too much idol time!<br /><br />2:9-11 He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes” <br /><br />The word brothers means fellow believers… there are fellow believers who I do not like being around (I’m sure that doesn’t shock anyone!). Some of those believers are also family members (again, not a shocker). Because of my unloving feelings for them (I don’t hate them but I also don’t love them) I am wandering around in the darkness…. That darkness has blinded me from seeing them how God sees them and is keeping me from having a really good relationship with them.. I have built up walls that I thought were protecting me but are actually hurting me..<br /><br />Further thoughts on loving others… The sin of not loving them is also preventing me from having a victorious life in Christ…. I cannot love with my own power; I have proved that. Only through Christ will I have victory… Oh Lord how I need YOU! <br /><br />2:15-16 “Do not love the world or the things in the world………. For all that is in the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life – is not of the Father but is of the world”<br /><br />In SS, we are studying the book of Genesis. Last week we went through the temptation of Eve in Genesis chapter 3. The serpent and Eve carried on a conversation… <br />Eve speaking… God said ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ (Which was stretching what God actually said) <br />Slimy serpent said… “You will not surely die, for God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” <br />“So the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that is was pleasant to the eyes and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of it’s fruit and ate”…<br />She saw that the tree was good…. The lust of the flesh v16<br />That is was pleasant to the eyes…. The lust of the eyes v16<br />It was desirable to make one wise… The pride of life v16<br /><br />From the very beginning the slimy serpent has been tickling our fancy with <br />Sins of the flesh… For me that’s food, body image or my desire to be liked<br />Sins of the eyes… Body image… wanting to look like “her”… “if I were more like_______ maybe I would have more friends”<br />Sins of pride… Body image and friendships/desire to be liked<br />(trust me.. this is a very condensed list, I could go on and on)<br /><br />Those things we long for the most will be the things the slimy one uses against us, to lure us, to keep us in defeat…. And that’s” NOT of the Father but of this world”<br />That’s only the first 2 chapters!! All of these verses I have read and re-read over the years but this week they hit me like upside the head. I was using the Word as a mirror into my heart (instead of pointing my finger at someone else “oh Lord she really needs that verse, can I tell her☺), some of the things I saw were good, some were bad… Praise the Lord I am being Perfected!!!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com