KEEPING HIS COMMANDMENT OF LOVE
1 John 2:1
It is clearly possible to be kept from known and presumptuous sin. We
shall be tempted, for that is an inevitable experience of life in this
world; but we may be perfectly kept by the indwelling Spirit. Yet if
we should be overtaken by some sudden gust of... [ Continue Reading ]
TRANSIENT DESIRES, ABIDING LIFE
1 John 2:12
There are gradations in Christian experience-the child, the father,
the young man. The note of the child is the glad sense of forgiveness;
of the father, a deep knowledge of God; of the young man, victory over
the power of evil. With all these is growth.... [ Continue Reading ]
LOYALTY TO TRUTH
1 John 2:18
The Holy One is surely the risen Savior, who has passed into the
heavens, whence He bestows the Holy Spirit as a sacred chrism on meek
and trustful souls. We can say with the psalmist, “Thou anointest my
head with oil.” Let us seek fresh anointing. “I shall be anointed... [ Continue Reading ]