Back in the saddle again and it feels good! Sorry about the extended break. What an intense chapter to kick the new year off with!
2:1 - It should be our goal in life to live without sin...that is what we should be striving towards. Are you ever going to get there? Heck no! But striving to be like Christ is part of how we honor who he is and what he means to our lives. When we mess up, his self-sacrifice offers us forgiveness...but you don't live your life however you want to because you know Jesus will take care of it - you live you life to honor him because he is worth it!
2:4 - More from the "in your face" department! You CANNOT be a Christ follower and refuse to hold to his commandments. You can't do it. Refusing to sacrifice your flawed will for the will of God just proves how little stock you put in following Him.
2:9ff - Hatred is a blinding disease that only leads us towards a place of darkness and away from the light. Don't be a hayta!
2:16 - Here is what the world has to offer: empty promises and meaningless baubles. Don't chase after the lies!
2:22 - Something we often forget...there are anti-Christs everywhere. There always have been. Those who deny that Jesus is the Christ...those who deny his power - they are anti-Christs. These anti-Christs exist even in churches...they deny who he is by their refusal to live for what he died for.
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