“A Promise that is Out of This World”

1 John 2:25  [25] And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. A promise can be no greater than the one who is making the promise. Some people make promises that they cannot keep. Others make promises that they can keep, but their track record of keeping promises is not very good. Promise keeping is not always an easy task.  Here we have a promise that is out of this world. This promise goes beyond the realm of time. It goes beyond the realm of physical life. It goes beyond the realm of humanity. There …

“An Abiding Friend”

1 John 2:24 KJV [24] Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. Salvation not only delivers our soul from hell but gives us a friend that is like no other. Proverbs 18:24 says, “A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother”. We know that friend is Jesus! He abides with us just as he said he would in …

“Father & Son”

1 John 2:23 KJV [23] Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.  You cannot have one without the other. The only way to have a right relationship with God is to have a real relationship with Christ. There are many in this world who claim to know God but reject Christ. They want nothing to do with Christianity, nothing to do with the cross and nothing to do with those who believe.  Our verse is very simple. If you deny Jesus, then you know not God. If …

“The World’s Biggest Liar”

1 John 2:22 KJV [22] Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.  I recently read an article on the study of lying. Psychologists say the average person lies two to three times every 10 minutes. While reading the article, I must confess, I wondered if it was true or a lie. It certainly sounds unbelievable.  There are three things that never cease to amaze me about lying. Those who tell the lie, the content of the lie and those who choose to believe the lie. …