Tag Archives: Bible

Love is Active

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Don Merritt

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in … Continue reading →

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What We Have Heard From the Beginning

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Don Merritt

For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his … Continue reading →

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Doing What is Right

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Don Merritt

Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. … Continue reading →

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Children of God

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Don Merritt

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we … Continue reading →

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Continue in him

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Don Merritt

And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming. If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him. 1 … Continue reading →

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A Warning

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Don Merritt

Today’s Text: 1 John 2:18-27 So far in this letter, John has given us a reminder of the supremacy of Jesus Christ; who He is, what He is and His nature. John gave us a comparison and contrast of what … Continue reading →

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What about this world?

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Don Merritt

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from … Continue reading →

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I write to you because…

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Don Merritt

Today, we have an amazing text, one that I have never really appreciated until about 10 minutes ago. It just hit me: Wow! I must have been a victim of my training, because this is a transitional passage between John’s … Continue reading →

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The Power of One Word

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Don Merritt

We often assume that the big words are the really important ones, yet the more I think about it, the more I believe that it’s really the little words that make or break a person. This is particularly true for … Continue reading →

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Love and Hate; Light and Dark

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Don Merritt

Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard. Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen … Continue reading →