Adopted Believers

As we study 1 John 2:12-14, we see that John gives us the three stages of spiritual maturity and what each of these must do.

While ABP is not a scholarly work, I would like to reference any material that my teaching was based on or influenced by:

– The ESV Study Bible (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2008), p. 2431

-John Piper, Desiring God (Multnomah Publishers, Inc., 2003), p. 18, I quoted “The chief  end of man is to glorify God by enjoying Him forever.”

– Donald S. Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life (Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 2014)

As we study 1 John 2:8b-11, we see how we are to love our brothers and sisters: through Christ’s strength, not our own.

Today in 1 John 2:7-8, we see how we are to love God and love others, as we are commanded through the Old and New Testaments.

As we study 1 John 2:5-6, we continue to hit on obedience and how we know how to obey — through God’s Word.

In today’s reading, 1 John 2:3-4, we dive into a key sign of our salvation, obedience, and how we are to obey.

Today we post our longest episode on the shortest passage (1 John 2:3a)! Today we see how much joy and confidence we can have in Christ and His propitiation for us.

Today’s study finds us in 1 John 2:2. We are looking at Christ’s propitiation for our sins and how this applies to the world.

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Continuing in our study of 1 John, we put 1 John 2:1 under the microscope! We see how we can fight the deceit of sin with the truth: God’s written Word to us!

Continuing in our study of 1 John, we examine verses 8-10 in chapter 1.  We see who we are as sinners saved by grace and how we as believers recover from sin.