THE PHARISEE AND THE TAX COLLECTOR / LUKE 18:9-14

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(KJV) Luke 18:9-14

THE PHARISEE AND THE TAX COLLECTOR / LUKE 18:9-14

See Matthew 3:7, for a brief background on the Pharisees.

  1. The Pharisee was puffed up with pride and self-righteousness. Such people think they are righteous (good and right with God) because of their own efforts. They ignore their sinful nature (their condition of opposition to and separation from God), their own unworthiness and their constant need for God’ s help and mercy. Because of their exceptional commitment and works that seem to be good, they do not think they need to repent and ask for God’s forgiveness. 
  2. The tax collector was a different type of man and possessed a different type of heart than the Pharisee. He had likely cheated many people, was deeply conscious of his sin and guilt and was willing to truly repent (humble himself, admit his sin, turn from his own way, surrender to God and follow God’s purposes). This man came humbly before God in repentance, and as a result, he was forgiven and made right with God. Such humility must characterize all true children of God.

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  1. HE WILL SEE THAT THEY GET JUSTICE – WILL HE FIND FAITH ON THE EARTH? / LUKE 18:8
  2. CHOSEN ONES WHO CRY OUT … DAY AND NIGHT / LUKE 18:7
  3. THEY SHOULD ALWAYS PRAY / LUKE 18:1
  4. A DEAD BODY … THE VULTURES / LUKE 17:37
  5. REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE! / LUKE 17:32
  6. THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU / LUKE 17:20-21
  7. THANKED HIM / LUKE 17:16
  8. IF HE REPENTS FORGIVE / LUKE 17:3
  9. MILLSTONE TIED AROUND HIS NECK / LUKE 17:2
  10. THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS / LUKE 16:19-31
  11. COMMITS ADULTERY / LUKE 16:18
  12. PHARISEES … LOVED MONEY / LUKE 16:14
  13. YOU CANNOT SERVE BOTH GOD AND MONEY / LUKE 16:13
  14. IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TRUSTWORTHY / LUKE 16:11
  15. WORLDLY WEALTH / LUKE 16:9
  16. COMMENDED THE DISHONEST MANAGER / LUKE 16:8
  17. BECAME ANGRY / LUKE 15:28
  18. THIS SON OF MINE … WAS LOST / LUKE 15:24
  19. WHILE HE WAS STILL A LONG WAY OFF – HIS FATHER SAW HIM AND WAS FILLED WITH COMPASSION / LUKE 15:20
  20. HE CAME TO HIS SENSES / LUKE 15:17
  21. SET OFF FOR A DISTANT COUNTRY / LUKE 15:13
  22. SEARCH CAREFULLY UNTIL SHE FINDS / LUKE 15:8
  23. REJOICING IN HEAVEN / LUKE 15:7
  24. THE LOST SHEEP / LUKE 15:4
  25. THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP / LUKE 14:28-33
  26. DOES NOT HATE HIS FATHER / LUKE 14:26-27
  27. THE PARABLE OF THE GREAT BANQUET / LUKE 14:15-24
  28. EXALTS HIMSELF … HUMBLED / LUKE 14:11
  29. SUFFERING FROM DROPSY / LUKE 14:2
  30. THE YEAST / LUKE 13:21
  31. THE LORD’S GREAT SORROW / LUKE 13:34
  32. MUSTARD SEED / LUKE 13:19
  33. THIS WOMAN … SATAN HAS KEPT BOUND / LUKE 13:16
  34. CRIPPLED BY A SPIRIT / LUKE 13:10-11
  35. FIG TREE … CUT IT DOWN / LUKE 13:6-9
  36. I HAVE CAME TO CAST FIRE … DIVISION / LUKE 12:49-51
  37. BEATEN WITH FEW BLOWS / LUKE 12:47-48
  38. MY MASTER IS DELAYED / LUKE 12:45
  39. FAITHFUL AND UNFAITHFUL MANAGER – SERVANT / LUKE 12:42-48
  40. WHEN YOU DO NOT EXPECT HIM / LUKE 12:40
  41. IT WILL BE GOOD FOR THOSE SERVANTS / LUKE 12:38
  42. DRESSED READY FOR SERVICE / LUKE 12:35-40
  43. YOUR TREASURE … YOUR HEART / LUKE 12:34
  44. GUARD AGAINST … GREED / LUKE 12:15
  45. HE WHO DISOWNS ME / LUKE 12:9
  46. FEAR HIM / LUKE 12:5
  47. HYPOCRISY / LUKE 12:1
  48. WOE TO YOU / LUKE 11:42
  49. YOUR EYE IS THE LAMP OF YOUR BODY / LUKE 11:34
  50. SEVEN OTHER SPIRITS … LIVE THERE / LUKE 11:26
  51. WHO IS NOT WITH ME IS AGAINST ME / LUKE 11:23
  52. DEMONS … THE KINGDOM OF GOD / LUKE 11:20
  53. GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE WHO ASK / LUKE 11:13
  54. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / LUKE 11:9
  55. OUR DAILY BREAD / LUKE 11:3
  56. ONE THING IS NEEDED / LUKE 10:42
  57. THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN / LUKE 10:30
  58. THE WISE … LITTLE CHILDREN / LUKE 10:21
  59. DO NOT REJOICE / LUKE 10:20
  60. SNAKES AND SCORPINS / LUKE 10:19
  61. I SAW SATAN FALL / LUKE 10:18
  62. LAMBS AMONG WOLVES / LUKE 10:3
  63. SENT THEM TWO BY TWO / LUKE 10:1
  64. REBUKED THEM / LUKE 9:55-56
  65. THE PEOPLE DID NOT WELCOME HIM / LUKE 9:52-53
  66. THE TRANSFIGURATION / LUKE 9:29
  67. ASHAMED OF ME / LUKE 9:26
  68. WHOEVER LOSES HIS LIFE / LUKE 9:24
  69. TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY / LUKE 9:23
  70. WARNED THEM NOT TO TELL / LUKE 9:21
  71. FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND / LUKE 9:12-17
  72. PREACH THE KINGDOM … HEAL THE SICK / LUKE 9:2
  73. A DEMON-POSSESSED MAN / LUKE 8:27-33
  74. MY MOTHER AND BROTHERS / LUKE 8:21
  75. CHOKED BY LIFE’S WORRIES / LUKE 8:14
  76. BELIEVE FOR A WHILE … FALL AWAY / LUKE 8:13
  77. HELPING TO SUPPORT THEM / LUKE 8:3
  78. SHE LOVED MUCH / LUKE 7:47
  79. WEEPING / LUKE 7:37-38
  80. WISDOM IS PROVED RIGHT BY ALL HER CHILDREN / LUKE 7:35
  81. GLUTTON AND A DRUNKARD / LUKE 7:34
  82. A REED SWAYED / LUKE 7:24
  83. HIS HEART WENT OUT TO HER / LUKE 7:13
  84. DO NOT DO WHAT I SAY / LUKE 4:46
  85. HIS HEART / LUKE 6:45
  86. GIVE / LUKE 6:38
  87. DO NOT JUDGE / LUKE 6:37
  88. LOVE YOUR ENEMIES / LUKE 6:27
  89. WOE TO YOU WHEN ALL MEN SPEAK WELL / LUKE 6:26
  90. WOE TO YOU WHO ARE RICH / LUKE 6:24
  91. HOW THEIR FATHERS TREATED THE PROPHETS / LUKE 6:23
  92. WHEN MEN HATE YOU / LUKE 6:22
  93. SERMON ON THE PLAIN / LUKE 6:17-19
  94. SPENT THE NIGHT PRAYING / LUKE 6:12
  95. JESUS AND THE SABBATH / LUKE 6:2-10
  96. ‘THE OLD IS BETTER’ / LUKE 5:39
  97. EAT AND DRINK WITH … ‘SINNERS’ / LUKE 5:30
  98. SON OF MAN / LUKE 5:24
  99. JESUS KNEW WHAT THEY WERE THINKING / LUKE 5:22
  100. CARRYING A PARALYTIC / LUKE 5:8
  101. THE POWER OF THE LORD WAS PRESENT / LUKE 5:17
  102. PRAYERS OF JESUS / LUKE 5:16
  103. YOU WILL CATCH MEN / LUKE 5:9-10
  104. AN EVIL SPIRIT / LUKE 4:33-35
  105. HIS MESSAGE HAD AUTHORITY / LUKE 4:32
  106. HE HAS ANOINTED ME / LUKE 4:18-19
  107. THE DEVIL / LUKE 4:9
  108. THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD / LUKE 4:5
  109. DOES NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE / LUKE 4:4
  110. JESUS, FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT / LUKE 4:1-2
  111. HOLY SPIRIT DESCENDED ON HIM / LUKE 3:22
  112. HE WILL BURN UP THE CHAFF / LUKE 3:17
  113. BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / LUKE 3:16
  114. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / LUKE 3:8
  115. CAESAR … PILATE … HEROD / LUKE 3:1-2
  116. JESUS GREW IN WISDOM / LUKE 2:52
  117. I HAD TO BE IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE / LUKE 2:49-51
  118. THE CHILD GREW / LUKE 2:40
  119. ANNA … WORHIPED / LUKE 2:36-38
  120. A SWORD WILL PIERCE YOUR OWN SOUL / LUKE 2:35
  121. RIGHTEOUS AND DEVOUT – WAITING FOR THE CONSOLATION / LUKE 2:25-32
  122. A PAIR OF DOVES / LUKE 2:24
  123. PRESENT HIM TO THE LORD / LUKE 2:22-23
  124. A SAVIOR … CHRIST THE LORD / LUKE 2:11
  125. A MANGER / LUKE 2:6-7
  126. HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS / LUKE 1:68-75
  127. FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / LUKE 1:67
  128. GOD MY SAVIOR / LUKE 1:46-47
  129. AS YOU HAVE SAID / LUKE 1:38
  130. THE HOLY ONE / LUKE 1:34-35
  131. HIS FATHER DAVID / LUKE 1:32-33
  132. YOU WHO ARE HIGHLY FAVORED / LUKE 1:28
  133. PLEDGED TO BE MARRIED / LUKE 1:26-27
  134. SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH – THE FATHERS TO THEIR CHILDREN / LUKE 1:17
  135. FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT – WINE … FERMENTED DRINK / LUKE 1:15
  136. DIVISION OF ABIJAH … DESCENDANT OF AARON / LUKE 1:5
  137. YOUR ENEMIES … ENCIRCLE YOU /LUKE 19:43
  138. SAW THE CITY, HE WEPT / LUKE 19:41
  139. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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HE WILL SEE THAT THEY GET JUSTICE – WILL HE FIND FAITH ON THE EARTH? / LUKE 18:8

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(KJV) Luke 18:8

I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

HE WILL SEE THAT THEY GET JUSTICE – WILL HE FIND FAITH ON THE EARTH? / LUKE 18:8

HE WILL SEE THAT THEY GET JUSTICE

God is not unwilling to answer our prayers, but He does want us to learn to depend on Him more and to take an active role in His plans. As we spend time with Him in prayer, we get to know Him better and we begin to line up our lives and desires with His purposes. That will be most important in the difficult days ahead; but when Jesus returns for those “who cry out to Him day and night” (Luke 18:7), He will put an end to the distress and suffering they witnessed and endured in a wicked and hostile world. At that time, He will take them to be with Him (John 14:2-3). When Christ comes, His faithful followers will be “caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air” (1 Thessalonians 4:17). Then God will administer His justice and judgment on the wicked (1 Thessalonians 5:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:9). Ultimately, Christ will return to earth with His followers and reign with perfect justice (Revelation 19-20). Christ coming is the only real hope for His people and for this world (John 14:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Revelation 19:11-21).

WILL HE FIND FAITH ON THE EARTH?

As Jesus ends this illustration (word picture), He links faith directly with continued, pursuing prayer. Continuing to bring a need to God does not show a lack of faith, but just the opposite. It shows that the issue has been released to God. It shows we recognize that our concerns belong to God. It removes the feeling of being anxious or worried because we can depend on Christ. This will be as important as ever in the days ahead. Jesus’ question suggests that as the time for His return draws nearer, evil will be so increased that many in the church will stop depending on Christ and forsake their faith in Him (Matthew 24:11-13, 24; 1 Timothy 4:1). As Christ’s return draws nearer, every Christion should continue to ask: Am I showing my faith through continued prayer about everything? Am I praying that God’s justice will prevail and that His purposes will be accomplished completely – now and forever? If the answer is no, then as believers we need to ask ourselves if we are really living for and looking for His return (Revelation 19-22).

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. CHOSEN ONES WHO CRY OUT … DAY AND NIGHT / LUKE 18:7
  2. THEY SHOULD ALWAYS PRAY / LUKE 18:1
  3. A DEAD BODY … THE VULTURES / LUKE 17:37
  4. REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE! / LUKE 17:32
  5. THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU / LUKE 17:20-21
  6. THANKED HIM / LUKE 17:16
  7. IF HE REPENTS FORGIVE / LUKE 17:3
  8. MILLSTONE TIED AROUND HIS NECK / LUKE 17:2
  9. THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS / LUKE 16:19-31
  10. COMMITS ADULTERY / LUKE 16:18
  11. PHARISEES … LOVED MONEY / LUKE 16:14
  12. YOU CANNOT SERVE BOTH GOD AND MONEY / LUKE 16:13
  13. IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TRUSTWORTHY / LUKE 16:11
  14. WORLDLY WEALTH / LUKE 16:9
  15. COMMENDED THE DISHONEST MANAGER / LUKE 16:8
  16. BECAME ANGRY / LUKE 15:28
  17. THIS SON OF MINE … WAS LOST / LUKE 15:24
  18. WHILE HE WAS STILL A LONG WAY OFF – HIS FATHER SAW HIM AND WAS FILLED WITH COMPASSION / LUKE 15:20
  19. HE CAME TO HIS SENSES / LUKE 15:17
  20. SET OFF FOR A DISTANT COUNTRY / LUKE 15:13
  21. SEARCH CAREFULLY UNTIL SHE FINDS / LUKE 15:8
  22. REJOICING IN HEAVEN / LUKE 15:7
  23. THE LOST SHEEP / LUKE 15:4
  24. THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP / LUKE 14:28-33
  25. DOES NOT HATE HIS FATHER / LUKE 14:26-27
  26. THE PARABLE OF THE GREAT BANQUET / LUKE 14:15-24
  27. EXALTS HIMSELF … HUMBLED / LUKE 14:11
  28. SUFFERING FROM DROPSY / LUKE 14:2
  29. THE YEAST / LUKE 13:21
  30. THE LORD’S GREAT SORROW / LUKE 13:34
  31. MUSTARD SEED / LUKE 13:19
  32. THIS WOMAN … SATAN HAS KEPT BOUND / LUKE 13:16
  33. CRIPPLED BY A SPIRIT / LUKE 13:10-11
  34. FIG TREE … CUT IT DOWN / LUKE 13:6-9
  35. I HAVE CAME TO CAST FIRE … DIVISION / LUKE 12:49-51
  36. BEATEN WITH FEW BLOWS / LUKE 12:47-48
  37. MY MASTER IS DELAYED / LUKE 12:45
  38. FAITHFUL AND UNFAITHFUL MANAGER – SERVANT / LUKE 12:42-48
  39. WHEN YOU DO NOT EXPECT HIM / LUKE 12:40
  40. IT WILL BE GOOD FOR THOSE SERVANTS / LUKE 12:38
  41. DRESSED READY FOR SERVICE / LUKE 12:35-40
  42. YOUR TREASURE … YOUR HEART / LUKE 12:34
  43. GUARD AGAINST … GREED / LUKE 12:15
  44. HE WHO DISOWNS ME / LUKE 12:9
  45. FEAR HIM / LUKE 12:5
  46. HYPOCRISY / LUKE 12:1
  47. WOE TO YOU / LUKE 11:42
  48. YOUR EYE IS THE LAMP OF YOUR BODY / LUKE 11:34
  49. SEVEN OTHER SPIRITS … LIVE THERE / LUKE 11:26
  50. WHO IS NOT WITH ME IS AGAINST ME / LUKE 11:23
  51. DEMONS … THE KINGDOM OF GOD / LUKE 11:20
  52. GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE WHO ASK / LUKE 11:13
  53. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / LUKE 11:9
  54. OUR DAILY BREAD / LUKE 11:3
  55. ONE THING IS NEEDED / LUKE 10:42
  56. THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN / LUKE 10:30
  57. THE WISE … LITTLE CHILDREN / LUKE 10:21
  58. DO NOT REJOICE / LUKE 10:20
  59. SNAKES AND SCORPINS / LUKE 10:19
  60. I SAW SATAN FALL / LUKE 10:18
  61. LAMBS AMONG WOLVES / LUKE 10:3
  62. SENT THEM TWO BY TWO / LUKE 10:1
  63. REBUKED THEM / LUKE 9:55-56
  64. THE PEOPLE DID NOT WELCOME HIM / LUKE 9:52-53
  65. THE TRANSFIGURATION / LUKE 9:29
  66. ASHAMED OF ME / LUKE 9:26
  67. WHOEVER LOSES HIS LIFE / LUKE 9:24
  68. TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY / LUKE 9:23
  69. WARNED THEM NOT TO TELL / LUKE 9:21
  70. FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND / LUKE 9:12-17
  71. PREACH THE KINGDOM … HEAL THE SICK / LUKE 9:2
  72. A DEMON-POSSESSED MAN / LUKE 8:27-33
  73. MY MOTHER AND BROTHERS / LUKE 8:21
  74. CHOKED BY LIFE’S WORRIES / LUKE 8:14
  75. BELIEVE FOR A WHILE … FALL AWAY / LUKE 8:13
  76. HELPING TO SUPPORT THEM / LUKE 8:3
  77. SHE LOVED MUCH / LUKE 7:47
  78. WEEPING / LUKE 7:37-38
  79. WISDOM IS PROVED RIGHT BY ALL HER CHILDREN / LUKE 7:35
  80. GLUTTON AND A DRUNKARD / LUKE 7:34
  81. A REED SWAYED / LUKE 7:24
  82. HIS HEART WENT OUT TO HER / LUKE 7:13
  83. DO NOT DO WHAT I SAY / LUKE 4:46
  84. HIS HEART / LUKE 6:45
  85. GIVE / LUKE 6:38
  86. DO NOT JUDGE / LUKE 6:37
  87. LOVE YOUR ENEMIES / LUKE 6:27
  88. WOE TO YOU WHEN ALL MEN SPEAK WELL / LUKE 6:26
  89. WOE TO YOU WHO ARE RICH / LUKE 6:24
  90. HOW THEIR FATHERS TREATED THE PROPHETS / LUKE 6:23
  91. WHEN MEN HATE YOU / LUKE 6:22
  92. SERMON ON THE PLAIN / LUKE 6:17-19
  93. SPENT THE NIGHT PRAYING / LUKE 6:12
  94. JESUS AND THE SABBATH / LUKE 6:2-10
  95. ‘THE OLD IS BETTER’ / LUKE 5:39
  96. EAT AND DRINK WITH … ‘SINNERS’ / LUKE 5:30
  97. SON OF MAN / LUKE 5:24
  98. JESUS KNEW WHAT THEY WERE THINKING / LUKE 5:22
  99. CARRYING A PARALYTIC / LUKE 5:8
  100. THE POWER OF THE LORD WAS PRESENT / LUKE 5:17
  101. PRAYERS OF JESUS / LUKE 5:16
  102. YOU WILL CATCH MEN / LUKE 5:9-10
  103. AN EVIL SPIRIT / LUKE 4:33-35
  104. HIS MESSAGE HAD AUTHORITY / LUKE 4:32
  105. HE HAS ANOINTED ME / LUKE 4:18-19
  106. THE DEVIL / LUKE 4:9
  107. THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD / LUKE 4:5
  108. DOES NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE / LUKE 4:4
  109. JESUS, FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT / LUKE 4:1-2
  110. HOLY SPIRIT DESCENDED ON HIM / LUKE 3:22
  111. HE WILL BURN UP THE CHAFF / LUKE 3:17
  112. BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / LUKE 3:16
  113. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / LUKE 3:8
  114. CAESAR … PILATE … HEROD / LUKE 3:1-2
  115. JESUS GREW IN WISDOM / LUKE 2:52
  116. I HAD TO BE IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE / LUKE 2:49-51
  117. THE CHILD GREW / LUKE 2:40
  118. ANNA … WORHIPED / LUKE 2:36-38
  119. A SWORD WILL PIERCE YOUR OWN SOUL / LUKE 2:35
  120. RIGHTEOUS AND DEVOUT – WAITING FOR THE CONSOLATION / LUKE 2:25-32
  121. A PAIR OF DOVES / LUKE 2:24
  122. PRESENT HIM TO THE LORD / LUKE 2:22-23
  123. A SAVIOR … CHRIST THE LORD / LUKE 2:11
  124. A MANGER / LUKE 2:6-7
  125. HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS / LUKE 1:68-75
  126. FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / LUKE 1:67
  127. GOD MY SAVIOR / LUKE 1:46-47
  128. AS YOU HAVE SAID / LUKE 1:38
  129. THE HOLY ONE / LUKE 1:34-35
  130. HIS FATHER DAVID / LUKE 1:32-33
  131. YOU WHO ARE HIGHLY FAVORED / LUKE 1:28
  132. PLEDGED TO BE MARRIED / LUKE 1:26-27
  133. SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH – THE FATHERS TO THEIR CHILDREN / LUKE 1:17
  134. FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT – WINE … FERMENTED DRINK / LUKE 1:15
  135. DIVISION OF ABIJAH … DESCENDANT OF AARON / LUKE 1:5
  136. YOUR ENEMIES … ENCIRCLE YOU /LUKE 19:43
  137. SAW THE CITY, HE WEPT / LUKE 19:41
  138. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog post! May the words inspire and uplift all who read them. Your support and interest mean the world to me, and I’m grateful for every moment you spend here. Stay tuned for more, and feel free to share your thoughts in the comments!” Blessings, Margarita & Stace

CHOSEN ONES WHO CRY OUT … DAY AND NIGHT / LUKE 18:7

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(KJV) Luke 18:7

And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

CHOSEN ONES WHO CRY OUT … DAY AND NIGHT / LUKE 18:7

If someone who is not godly will respond to someone who continues to plead with him or her, how much more will God respond to His devoted followers who continually pray for God’s purposes to prevail on earth and for Christ to return to destroy Satan’ s power and the evil world system. Until then, Christ wants His followers to participate in His plans through prayer. He is ready and willing to respond to those prayers in His perfect time and way. When God’s people demonstrate their trust in Him through persistent prayer, He will “see that they get justice, and quickly” (Luke 18:8).

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. THEY SHOULD ALWAYS PRAY / LUKE 18:1
  2. A DEAD BODY … THE VULTURES / LUKE 17:37
  3. REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE! / LUKE 17:32
  4. THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU / LUKE 17:20-21
  5. THANKED HIM / LUKE 17:16
  6. IF HE REPENTS FORGIVE / LUKE 17:3
  7. MILLSTONE TIED AROUND HIS NECK / LUKE 17:2
  8. THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS / LUKE 16:19-31
  9. COMMITS ADULTERY / LUKE 16:18
  10. PHARISEES … LOVED MONEY / LUKE 16:14
  11. YOU CANNOT SERVE BOTH GOD AND MONEY / LUKE 16:13
  12. IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TRUSTWORTHY / LUKE 16:11
  13. WORLDLY WEALTH / LUKE 16:9
  14. COMMENDED THE DISHONEST MANAGER / LUKE 16:8
  15. BECAME ANGRY / LUKE 15:28
  16. THIS SON OF MINE … WAS LOST / LUKE 15:24
  17. WHILE HE WAS STILL A LONG WAY OFF – HIS FATHER SAW HIM AND WAS FILLED WITH COMPASSION / LUKE 15:20
  18. HE CAME TO HIS SENSES / LUKE 15:17
  19. SET OFF FOR A DISTANT COUNTRY / LUKE 15:13
  20. SEARCH CAREFULLY UNTIL SHE FINDS / LUKE 15:8
  21. REJOICING IN HEAVEN / LUKE 15:7
  22. THE LOST SHEEP / LUKE 15:4
  23. THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP / LUKE 14:28-33
  24. DOES NOT HATE HIS FATHER / LUKE 14:26-27
  25. THE PARABLE OF THE GREAT BANQUET / LUKE 14:15-24
  26. EXALTS HIMSELF … HUMBLED / LUKE 14:11
  27. SUFFERING FROM DROPSY / LUKE 14:2
  28. THE YEAST / LUKE 13:21
  29. THE LORD’S GREAT SORROW / LUKE 13:34
  30. MUSTARD SEED / LUKE 13:19
  31. THIS WOMAN … SATAN HAS KEPT BOUND / LUKE 13:16
  32. CRIPPLED BY A SPIRIT / LUKE 13:10-11
  33. FIG TREE … CUT IT DOWN / LUKE 13:6-9
  34. I HAVE CAME TO CAST FIRE … DIVISION / LUKE 12:49-51
  35. BEATEN WITH FEW BLOWS / LUKE 12:47-48
  36. MY MASTER IS DELAYED / LUKE 12:45
  37. FAITHFUL AND UNFAITHFUL MANAGER – SERVANT / LUKE 12:42-48
  38. WHEN YOU DO NOT EXPECT HIM / LUKE 12:40
  39. IT WILL BE GOOD FOR THOSE SERVANTS / LUKE 12:38
  40. DRESSED READY FOR SERVICE / LUKE 12:35-40
  41. YOUR TREASURE … YOUR HEART / LUKE 12:34
  42. GUARD AGAINST … GREED / LUKE 12:15
  43. HE WHO DISOWNS ME / LUKE 12:9
  44. FEAR HIM / LUKE 12:5
  45. HYPOCRISY / LUKE 12:1
  46. WOE TO YOU / LUKE 11:42
  47. YOUR EYE IS THE LAMP OF YOUR BODY / LUKE 11:34
  48. SEVEN OTHER SPIRITS … LIVE THERE / LUKE 11:26
  49. WHO IS NOT WITH ME IS AGAINST ME / LUKE 11:23
  50. DEMONS … THE KINGDOM OF GOD / LUKE 11:20
  51. GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE WHO ASK / LUKE 11:13
  52. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / LUKE 11:9
  53. OUR DAILY BREAD / LUKE 11:3
  54. ONE THING IS NEEDED / LUKE 10:42
  55. THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN / LUKE 10:30
  56. THE WISE … LITTLE CHILDREN / LUKE 10:21
  57. DO NOT REJOICE / LUKE 10:20
  58. SNAKES AND SCORPINS / LUKE 10:19
  59. I SAW SATAN FALL / LUKE 10:18
  60. LAMBS AMONG WOLVES / LUKE 10:3
  61. SENT THEM TWO BY TWO / LUKE 10:1
  62. REBUKED THEM / LUKE 9:55-56
  63. THE PEOPLE DID NOT WELCOME HIM / LUKE 9:52-53
  64. THE TRANSFIGURATION / LUKE 9:29
  65. ASHAMED OF ME / LUKE 9:26
  66. WHOEVER LOSES HIS LIFE / LUKE 9:24
  67. TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY / LUKE 9:23
  68. WARNED THEM NOT TO TELL / LUKE 9:21
  69. FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND / LUKE 9:12-17
  70. PREACH THE KINGDOM … HEAL THE SICK / LUKE 9:2
  71. A DEMON-POSSESSED MAN / LUKE 8:27-33
  72. MY MOTHER AND BROTHERS / LUKE 8:21
  73. CHOKED BY LIFE’S WORRIES / LUKE 8:14
  74. BELIEVE FOR A WHILE … FALL AWAY / LUKE 8:13
  75. HELPING TO SUPPORT THEM / LUKE 8:3
  76. SHE LOVED MUCH / LUKE 7:47
  77. WEEPING / LUKE 7:37-38
  78. WISDOM IS PROVED RIGHT BY ALL HER CHILDREN / LUKE 7:35
  79. GLUTTON AND A DRUNKARD / LUKE 7:34
  80. A REED SWAYED / LUKE 7:24
  81. HIS HEART WENT OUT TO HER / LUKE 7:13
  82. DO NOT DO WHAT I SAY / LUKE 4:46
  83. HIS HEART / LUKE 6:45
  84. GIVE / LUKE 6:38
  85. DO NOT JUDGE / LUKE 6:37
  86. LOVE YOUR ENEMIES / LUKE 6:27
  87. WOE TO YOU WHEN ALL MEN SPEAK WELL / LUKE 6:26
  88. WOE TO YOU WHO ARE RICH / LUKE 6:24
  89. HOW THEIR FATHERS TREATED THE PROPHETS / LUKE 6:23
  90. WHEN MEN HATE YOU / LUKE 6:22
  91. SERMON ON THE PLAIN / LUKE 6:17-19
  92. SPENT THE NIGHT PRAYING / LUKE 6:12
  93. JESUS AND THE SABBATH / LUKE 6:2-10
  94. ‘THE OLD IS BETTER’ / LUKE 5:39
  95. EAT AND DRINK WITH … ‘SINNERS’ / LUKE 5:30
  96. SON OF MAN / LUKE 5:24
  97. JESUS KNEW WHAT THEY WERE THINKING / LUKE 5:22
  98. CARRYING A PARALYTIC / LUKE 5:8
  99. THE POWER OF THE LORD WAS PRESENT / LUKE 5:17
  100. PRAYERS OF JESUS / LUKE 5:16
  101. YOU WILL CATCH MEN / LUKE 5:9-10
  102. AN EVIL SPIRIT / LUKE 4:33-35
  103. HIS MESSAGE HAD AUTHORITY / LUKE 4:32
  104. HE HAS ANOINTED ME / LUKE 4:18-19
  105. THE DEVIL / LUKE 4:9
  106. THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD / LUKE 4:5
  107. DOES NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE / LUKE 4:4
  108. JESUS, FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT / LUKE 4:1-2
  109. HOLY SPIRIT DESCENDED ON HIM / LUKE 3:22
  110. HE WILL BURN UP THE CHAFF / LUKE 3:17
  111. BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / LUKE 3:16
  112. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / LUKE 3:8
  113. CAESAR … PILATE … HEROD / LUKE 3:1-2
  114. JESUS GREW IN WISDOM / LUKE 2:52
  115. I HAD TO BE IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE / LUKE 2:49-51
  116. THE CHILD GREW / LUKE 2:40
  117. ANNA … WORHIPED / LUKE 2:36-38
  118. A SWORD WILL PIERCE YOUR OWN SOUL / LUKE 2:35
  119. RIGHTEOUS AND DEVOUT – WAITING FOR THE CONSOLATION / LUKE 2:25-32
  120. A PAIR OF DOVES / LUKE 2:24
  121. PRESENT HIM TO THE LORD / LUKE 2:22-23
  122. A SAVIOR … CHRIST THE LORD / LUKE 2:11
  123. A MANGER / LUKE 2:6-7
  124. HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS / LUKE 1:68-75
  125. FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / LUKE 1:67
  126. GOD MY SAVIOR / LUKE 1:46-47
  127. AS YOU HAVE SAID / LUKE 1:38
  128. THE HOLY ONE / LUKE 1:34-35
  129. HIS FATHER DAVID / LUKE 1:32-33
  130. YOU WHO ARE HIGHLY FAVORED / LUKE 1:28
  131. PLEDGED TO BE MARRIED / LUKE 1:26-27
  132. SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH – THE FATHERS TO THEIR CHILDREN / LUKE 1:17
  133. FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT – WINE … FERMENTED DRINK / LUKE 1:15
  134. DIVISION OF ABIJAH … DESCENDANT OF AARON / LUKE 1:5
  135. YOUR ENEMIES … ENCIRCLE YOU /LUKE 19:43
  136. SAW THE CITY, HE WEPT / LUKE 19:41
  137. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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THEY SHOULD ALWAYS PRAY / LUKE 18:1

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(KJV) Luke 18:1

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

THEY SHOULD ALWAYS PRAY / LUKE 18:1

Jesus is concerned that His followers learn to be consistent and diligent in prayer so they can fully accomplish God’s plans and purposes for their lives. Keep in mind that a parable is meant to teach or express a concept with descriptive words so the hearer can learn a specific lesson or point; not every element of a parable represents or relates directly to something else. For example, the unjust judge is obviously not a reference to God, as if we had to beg Him for justice. Jesus is simply making a point about faith and persistence in prayer. From this story, we learn several things:

  1. Prayer is our means of communicating our concern to God; we must keep praying about all things until Jesus returns (Luke 18:7-8; Romans 12:12; Ephesians 6:18; Colossians 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17).
  2. In this life, we will face injustice (Luke 18:3); our main adversary is Satan (1 Peter 5:8). Prayer can protect us from the evil one (Matthew 6:13).
  3. In our prayers, we should cry out against sin and injustice and ask God to demonstrate His perfect justice (Luke 18:7). Our requests must be accompanied by a willingness to listen for God’s direction and to do what He tells us.
  4. Steadfast prayer shows our faith and trust in God (Luke 18:8).
  5. In the final days before Christ’s return, there will be the prayers of God’s faithful people (1 Timothy 4:1), meaning that they must resist the urge to quit praying. Because of Satan’s schemes and the pleasures of the world, many will give up a persistent prayer life (Luke 8:14; Matthew 13:22; Mark 4:19).

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  1. A DEAD BODY … THE VULTURES / LUKE 17:37
  2. REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE! / LUKE 17:32
  3. THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU / LUKE 17:20-21
  4. THANKED HIM / LUKE 17:16
  5. IF HE REPENTS FORGIVE / LUKE 17:3
  6. MILLSTONE TIED AROUND HIS NECK / LUKE 17:2
  7. THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS / LUKE 16:19-31
  8. COMMITS ADULTERY / LUKE 16:18
  9. PHARISEES … LOVED MONEY / LUKE 16:14
  10. YOU CANNOT SERVE BOTH GOD AND MONEY / LUKE 16:13
  11. IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TRUSTWORTHY / LUKE 16:11
  12. WORLDLY WEALTH / LUKE 16:9
  13. COMMENDED THE DISHONEST MANAGER / LUKE 16:8
  14. BECAME ANGRY / LUKE 15:28
  15. THIS SON OF MINE … WAS LOST / LUKE 15:24
  16. WHILE HE WAS STILL A LONG WAY OFF – HIS FATHER SAW HIM AND WAS FILLED WITH COMPASSION / LUKE 15:20
  17. HE CAME TO HIS SENSES / LUKE 15:17
  18. SET OFF FOR A DISTANT COUNTRY / LUKE 15:13
  19. SEARCH CAREFULLY UNTIL SHE FINDS / LUKE 15:8
  20. REJOICING IN HEAVEN / LUKE 15:7
  21. THE LOST SHEEP / LUKE 15:4
  22. THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP / LUKE 14:28-33
  23. DOES NOT HATE HIS FATHER / LUKE 14:26-27
  24. THE PARABLE OF THE GREAT BANQUET / LUKE 14:15-24
  25. EXALTS HIMSELF … HUMBLED / LUKE 14:11
  26. SUFFERING FROM DROPSY / LUKE 14:2
  27. THE YEAST / LUKE 13:21
  28. THE LORD’S GREAT SORROW / LUKE 13:34
  29. MUSTARD SEED / LUKE 13:19
  30. THIS WOMAN … SATAN HAS KEPT BOUND / LUKE 13:16
  31. CRIPPLED BY A SPIRIT / LUKE 13:10-11
  32. FIG TREE … CUT IT DOWN / LUKE 13:6-9
  33. I HAVE CAME TO CAST FIRE … DIVISION / LUKE 12:49-51
  34. BEATEN WITH FEW BLOWS / LUKE 12:47-48
  35. MY MASTER IS DELAYED / LUKE 12:45
  36. FAITHFUL AND UNFAITHFUL MANAGER – SERVANT / LUKE 12:42-48
  37. WHEN YOU DO NOT EXPECT HIM / LUKE 12:40
  38. IT WILL BE GOOD FOR THOSE SERVANTS / LUKE 12:38
  39. DRESSED READY FOR SERVICE / LUKE 12:35-40
  40. YOUR TREASURE … YOUR HEART / LUKE 12:34
  41. GUARD AGAINST … GREED / LUKE 12:15
  42. HE WHO DISOWNS ME / LUKE 12:9
  43. FEAR HIM / LUKE 12:5
  44. HYPOCRISY / LUKE 12:1
  45. WOE TO YOU / LUKE 11:42
  46. YOUR EYE IS THE LAMP OF YOUR BODY / LUKE 11:34
  47. SEVEN OTHER SPIRITS … LIVE THERE / LUKE 11:26
  48. WHO IS NOT WITH ME IS AGAINST ME / LUKE 11:23
  49. DEMONS … THE KINGDOM OF GOD / LUKE 11:20
  50. GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE WHO ASK / LUKE 11:13
  51. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / LUKE 11:9
  52. OUR DAILY BREAD / LUKE 11:3
  53. ONE THING IS NEEDED / LUKE 10:42
  54. THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN / LUKE 10:30
  55. THE WISE … LITTLE CHILDREN / LUKE 10:21
  56. DO NOT REJOICE / LUKE 10:20
  57. SNAKES AND SCORPINS / LUKE 10:19
  58. I SAW SATAN FALL / LUKE 10:18
  59. LAMBS AMONG WOLVES / LUKE 10:3
  60. SENT THEM TWO BY TWO / LUKE 10:1
  61. REBUKED THEM / LUKE 9:55-56
  62. THE PEOPLE DID NOT WELCOME HIM / LUKE 9:52-53
  63. THE TRANSFIGURATION / LUKE 9:29
  64. ASHAMED OF ME / LUKE 9:26
  65. WHOEVER LOSES HIS LIFE / LUKE 9:24
  66. TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY / LUKE 9:23
  67. WARNED THEM NOT TO TELL / LUKE 9:21
  68. FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND / LUKE 9:12-17
  69. PREACH THE KINGDOM … HEAL THE SICK / LUKE 9:2
  70. A DEMON-POSSESSED MAN / LUKE 8:27-33
  71. MY MOTHER AND BROTHERS / LUKE 8:21
  72. CHOKED BY LIFE’S WORRIES / LUKE 8:14
  73. BELIEVE FOR A WHILE … FALL AWAY / LUKE 8:13
  74. HELPING TO SUPPORT THEM / LUKE 8:3
  75. SHE LOVED MUCH / LUKE 7:47
  76. WEEPING / LUKE 7:37-38
  77. WISDOM IS PROVED RIGHT BY ALL HER CHILDREN / LUKE 7:35
  78. GLUTTON AND A DRUNKARD / LUKE 7:34
  79. A REED SWAYED / LUKE 7:24
  80. HIS HEART WENT OUT TO HER / LUKE 7:13
  81. DO NOT DO WHAT I SAY / LUKE 4:46
  82. HIS HEART / LUKE 6:45
  83. GIVE / LUKE 6:38
  84. DO NOT JUDGE / LUKE 6:37
  85. LOVE YOUR ENEMIES / LUKE 6:27
  86. WOE TO YOU WHEN ALL MEN SPEAK WELL / LUKE 6:26
  87. WOE TO YOU WHO ARE RICH / LUKE 6:24
  88. HOW THEIR FATHERS TREATED THE PROPHETS / LUKE 6:23
  89. WHEN MEN HATE YOU / LUKE 6:22
  90. SERMON ON THE PLAIN / LUKE 6:17-19
  91. SPENT THE NIGHT PRAYING / LUKE 6:12
  92. JESUS AND THE SABBATH / LUKE 6:2-10
  93. ‘THE OLD IS BETTER’ / LUKE 5:39
  94. EAT AND DRINK WITH … ‘SINNERS’ / LUKE 5:30
  95. SON OF MAN / LUKE 5:24
  96. JESUS KNEW WHAT THEY WERE THINKING / LUKE 5:22
  97. CARRYING A PARALYTIC / LUKE 5:8
  98. THE POWER OF THE LORD WAS PRESENT / LUKE 5:17
  99. PRAYERS OF JESUS / LUKE 5:16
  100. YOU WILL CATCH MEN / LUKE 5:9-10
  101. AN EVIL SPIRIT / LUKE 4:33-35
  102. HIS MESSAGE HAD AUTHORITY / LUKE 4:32
  103. HE HAS ANOINTED ME / LUKE 4:18-19
  104. THE DEVIL / LUKE 4:9
  105. THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD / LUKE 4:5
  106. DOES NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE / LUKE 4:4
  107. JESUS, FULL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT / LUKE 4:1-2
  108. HOLY SPIRIT DESCENDED ON HIM / LUKE 3:22
  109. HE WILL BURN UP THE CHAFF / LUKE 3:17
  110. BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / LUKE 3:16
  111. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / LUKE 3:8
  112. CAESAR … PILATE … HEROD / LUKE 3:1-2
  113. JESUS GREW IN WISDOM / LUKE 2:52
  114. I HAD TO BE IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE / LUKE 2:49-51
  115. THE CHILD GREW / LUKE 2:40
  116. ANNA … WORHIPED / LUKE 2:36-38
  117. A SWORD WILL PIERCE YOUR OWN SOUL / LUKE 2:35
  118. RIGHTEOUS AND DEVOUT – WAITING FOR THE CONSOLATION / LUKE 2:25-32
  119. A PAIR OF DOVES / LUKE 2:24
  120. PRESENT HIM TO THE LORD / LUKE 2:22-23
  121. A SAVIOR … CHRIST THE LORD / LUKE 2:11
  122. A MANGER / LUKE 2:6-7
  123. HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS / LUKE 1:68-75
  124. FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / LUKE 1:67
  125. GOD MY SAVIOR / LUKE 1:46-47
  126. AS YOU HAVE SAID / LUKE 1:38
  127. THE HOLY ONE / LUKE 1:34-35
  128. HIS FATHER DAVID / LUKE 1:32-33
  129. YOU WHO ARE HIGHLY FAVORED / LUKE 1:28
  130. PLEDGED TO BE MARRIED / LUKE 1:26-27
  131. SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH – THE FATHERS TO THEIR CHILDREN / LUKE 1:17
  132. FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT – WINE … FERMENTED DRINK / LUKE 1:15
  133. DIVISION OF ABIJAH … DESCENDANT OF AARON / LUKE 1:5
  134. YOUR ENEMIES … ENCIRCLE YOU /LUKE 19:43
  135. SAW THE CITY, HE WEPT / LUKE 19:41
  136. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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LOVE … WITH ACTIONS AND IN TRUTH / 1 JOHN 3:18

START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION

(KJV) 1 John 3:18

 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

LOVE … WITH ACTIONS AND IN TRUTH / 1 JOHN 3:18

True love for God is expressed in our actions and is done for His sake. It is more than kind words and loving feelings; true love is shown through active compassion that meets real needs in tangible ways (1 John 3:17). Such actions show others what God’s love is like and will often open their hearts spiritually to consider accepting Christ as their personal Savior. Christians who truly want to reach others for Christ must realize that they may need to meet people’s physical needs before some will be open to receive help for their spiritual needs.

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  1. HIS BROTHER IN NEED / 1 JOHN 3:17
  2. WE OUGHT TO LAY DOWN OUR LIVES / 1 JOHN 3:16
  3. NO MURDERER HAS ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 3:15
  4. CHILDREN OF GOD … CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:10
  5. HE CANNOT GO ON SINNING / 1 JOHN 3:9
  6. THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:8
  7. LIVES IN HIM – SEEN HIM OR KNOWN HIM / 1 JOHN 3:6
  8. EVERYONE WHO HAS THIS HOPE IN HIM PURIFIES HIMSELF / 1 JOHN 3:3
  9. CHILDREN OF GOD / 1 JOHN 3:1
  10. HIS ANOINTING TEACHES YOU / 1 JOHN 2:27
  11. HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING / 1 JOHN 2:24
  12. THE LIAR … WHO DENIES THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST / 1 JOHN 2:22
  13. AN ANOINTING / 1 JOHN 2:20
  14. THEY WENT OUT FROM US / 1 JOHN 2:19
  15. THE LAST HOUR … MANY ANTICHRISTS / 1 JOHN 2:18
  16. WHOEVER LOVES HIS BROTHER / 1 JOHN 2:10
  17. OLD COMMAND … NEW COMMAND / 1 JOHN 2:7-8
  18. MUST WALK AS JESUS DID / 1 JOHN 2:6
  19. DOES NOT DO WHAT HE COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 2:4
  20. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW HIM / 1 JOHN 2:3
  21. ANTONING SACRIFICE / 1 JOHN 2:2
  22. SO THAT YOU WILL NOT SIN / 1 JOHN 2:1
  23. CLAIM WE HAVE NOT SINNED / 1 JOHN 1:10
  24. CONFESS OUR SINS / 1 JOHN 1:9
  25. IF WE CLAIM TO BE WITHOUT SIN / 1 JOHN 1:8
  26. WALK IN THE LIGHT / 1 JOHN 1:7
  27. FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM / 1 JOHN 1:6
  28. FELLOWSHIP WITH US / 1 JOHN 1:3
  29. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 1:2
  30. THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING – SEEN WITH OUR EYS OUR HAND HAVE TOUCHED / 1 JOHN 1:1
  31. UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE EVIL ONE / 1 JOHN 5:19
  32. SIN THAT DOES NOT LEAD TO DEATH / 1 JOHN 5:17
  33. HE SHOULD PRAY AND GOD WILL GIVE HIM LIFE; 1 JOHN 5:16
  34. THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN5:13
  35. HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:12
  36. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:11
  37. THERE ARE THREE THAT TESTIFY / 1 JOHN 5:7-9
  38. BY WATER AND BLOOD / 1 JOHN 5:6
  39. OVERCOME THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH / 1 JOHN 5:4
  40. HIS COMMANDS ARE NOT BURDENSOME / 1 JOHN 5:3
  41. THIS IS HOW WE KNOW / 1 JOHN 5:2
  42. BELIEVES … LOVES / 1 JOHN 5:1
  43. BECAUSE WE OBEY HIS COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 3:22
  44. ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL / 1 JOHN 5:14
  45. Guided By Grace About

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HIS BROTHER IN NEED / 1 JOHN 3:17

START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION

(KJV) 1 John 3:17

But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

HIS BROTHER IN NEED / 1 JOHN 3:17

Love is expressed by sincerely helping people in need. One way to do this is to show compassion in tangible, material ways and includes sharing our earthly possessions with them (James 2:14-17). Refusing to help people who are genuinely in need of basic necessities such as food, clothing or money – when it is within our ability to help – is to close our hearts to them (Deuteronomy 15:7-11). This also includes giving our money to help bring Christ’s message to those who have not heard (1 John 4:9-10). Such gifts of love reflect “the love of God” (God’s kind of love) and are acts of ministry directly to Christ (Matthew 25:34-40).

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. WE OUGHT TO LAY DOWN OUR LIVES / 1 JOHN 3:16
  2. NO MURDERER HAS ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 3:15
  3. CHILDREN OF GOD … CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:10
  4. HE CANNOT GO ON SINNING / 1 JOHN 3:9
  5. THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:8
  6. LIVES IN HIM – SEEN HIM OR KNOWN HIM / 1 JOHN 3:6
  7. EVERYONE WHO HAS THIS HOPE IN HIM PURIFIES HIMSELF / 1 JOHN 3:3
  8. CHILDREN OF GOD / 1 JOHN 3:1
  9. HIS ANOINTING TEACHES YOU / 1 JOHN 2:27
  10. HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING / 1 JOHN 2:24
  11. THE LIAR … WHO DENIES THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST / 1 JOHN 2:22
  12. AN ANOINTING / 1 JOHN 2:20
  13. THEY WENT OUT FROM US / 1 JOHN 2:19
  14. THE LAST HOUR … MANY ANTICHRISTS / 1 JOHN 2:18
  15. WHOEVER LOVES HIS BROTHER / 1 JOHN 2:10
  16. OLD COMMAND … NEW COMMAND / 1 JOHN 2:7-8
  17. MUST WALK AS JESUS DID / 1 JOHN 2:6
  18. DOES NOT DO WHAT HE COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 2:4
  19. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW HIM / 1 JOHN 2:3
  20. ANTONING SACRIFICE / 1 JOHN 2:2
  21. SO THAT YOU WILL NOT SIN / 1 JOHN 2:1
  22. CLAIM WE HAVE NOT SINNED / 1 JOHN 1:10
  23. CONFESS OUR SINS / 1 JOHN 1:9
  24. IF WE CLAIM TO BE WITHOUT SIN / 1 JOHN 1:8
  25. WALK IN THE LIGHT / 1 JOHN 1:7
  26. FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM / 1 JOHN 1:6
  27. FELLOWSHIP WITH US / 1 JOHN 1:3
  28. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 1:2
  29. THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING – SEEN WITH OUR EYS OUR HAND HAVE TOUCHED / 1 JOHN 1:1
  30. UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE EVIL ONE / 1 JOHN 5:19
  31. SIN THAT DOES NOT LEAD TO DEATH / 1 JOHN 5:17
  32. HE SHOULD PRAY AND GOD WILL GIVE HIM LIFE; 1 JOHN 5:16
  33. THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN5:13
  34. HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:12
  35. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:11
  36. THERE ARE THREE THAT TESTIFY / 1 JOHN 5:7-9
  37. BY WATER AND BLOOD / 1 JOHN 5:6
  38. OVERCOME THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH / 1 JOHN 5:4
  39. HIS COMMANDS ARE NOT BURDENSOME / 1 JOHN 5:3
  40. THIS IS HOW WE KNOW / 1 JOHN 5:2
  41. BELIEVES … LOVES / 1 JOHN 5:1
  42. BECAUSE WE OBEY HIS COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 3:22
  43. ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL / 1 JOHN 5:14
  44. Guided By Grace About

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WE OUGHT TO LAY DOWN OUR LIVES / 1 JOHN 3:16

START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION

(KJV) 1 John 3:16

Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

WE OUGHT TO LAY DOWN OUR LIVES / 1 JOHN 3:16

This does not necessarily mean a physical sacrifice of one’s life (although that may be required at times to save another person; John 15:13). Rather, it means that we should be willing to put aside our own rights, interests and concerns for the sake and benefit of others, particularly to show God’s love to others, particularly to show God’s love to them and bring them closer to Christ (Romans 12:10; 1 Corinthians 10:24; Philippians 2:3; Philippians 2:5; Philippians 2:17-18).

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. NO MURDERER HAS ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 3:15
  2. CHILDREN OF GOD … CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:10
  3. HE CANNOT GO ON SINNING / 1 JOHN 3:9
  4. THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:8
  5. LIVES IN HIM – SEEN HIM OR KNOWN HIM / 1 JOHN 3:6
  6. EVERYONE WHO HAS THIS HOPE IN HIM PURIFIES HIMSELF / 1 JOHN 3:3
  7. CHILDREN OF GOD / 1 JOHN 3:1
  8. HIS ANOINTING TEACHES YOU / 1 JOHN 2:27
  9. HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING / 1 JOHN 2:24
  10. THE LIAR … WHO DENIES THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST / 1 JOHN 2:22
  11. AN ANOINTING / 1 JOHN 2:20
  12. THEY WENT OUT FROM US / 1 JOHN 2:19
  13. THE LAST HOUR … MANY ANTICHRISTS / 1 JOHN 2:18
  14. WHOEVER LOVES HIS BROTHER / 1 JOHN 2:10
  15. OLD COMMAND … NEW COMMAND / 1 JOHN 2:7-8
  16. MUST WALK AS JESUS DID / 1 JOHN 2:6
  17. DOES NOT DO WHAT HE COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 2:4
  18. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW HIM / 1 JOHN 2:3
  19. ANTONING SACRIFICE / 1 JOHN 2:2
  20. SO THAT YOU WILL NOT SIN / 1 JOHN 2:1
  21. CLAIM WE HAVE NOT SINNED / 1 JOHN 1:10
  22. CONFESS OUR SINS / 1 JOHN 1:9
  23. IF WE CLAIM TO BE WITHOUT SIN / 1 JOHN 1:8
  24. WALK IN THE LIGHT / 1 JOHN 1:7
  25. FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM / 1 JOHN 1:6
  26. FELLOWSHIP WITH US / 1 JOHN 1:3
  27. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 1:2
  28. THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING – SEEN WITH OUR EYS OUR HAND HAVE TOUCHED / 1 JOHN 1:1
  29. UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE EVIL ONE / 1 JOHN 5:19
  30. SIN THAT DOES NOT LEAD TO DEATH / 1 JOHN 5:17
  31. HE SHOULD PRAY AND GOD WILL GIVE HIM LIFE; 1 JOHN 5:16
  32. THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN5:13
  33. HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:12
  34. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:11
  35. THERE ARE THREE THAT TESTIFY / 1 JOHN 5:7-9
  36. BY WATER AND BLOOD / 1 JOHN 5:6
  37. OVERCOME THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH / 1 JOHN 5:4
  38. HIS COMMANDS ARE NOT BURDENSOME / 1 JOHN 5:3
  39. THIS IS HOW WE KNOW / 1 JOHN 5:2
  40. BELIEVES … LOVES / 1 JOHN 5:1
  41. BECAUSE WE OBEY HIS COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 3:22
  42. ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL / 1 JOHN 5:14
  43. Guided By Grace About

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NO MURDERER HAS ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 3:15

START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION

(KJV) 1 John 3:15

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

NO MURDERER HAS ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 3:15

All sin – great or small – is evidence of a corrupt human nature that, apart from God, would bring spiritual death and separation from God to all people. Yet, the Bible generally distinguishes between different kinds of sins, particularly as they relate to those who claim to know and follow Christ. These include unintentional sins (Leviticus 4:2, 3, 13, 22; 5:4-6; Numbers 15:31), less serious sins that do not lead to spiritual death (Matthew 5:19), and deliberate and intentional sins (1 John 5:16; 1 John 5:17), some of which lead to spiritual death (1 John 5:16). John emphasizes that there are certain sins that true born-again believers will not commit because of the eternal life of Christ at work within them (1 John 2:11, 15-16; 3:6-10, 14-15; 4:20; 5:2; 2 John 1:9). These sins, because of their seriousness and their origin in the very core of one’s spirit, indicate an intense rebellion against God. People who commit them prove that they are not in the right relationship with God or that they have separated themselves from life and spiritual salvation through Christ (Galatians 5:4). 

  1. Examples of sins that prove that a person is still enslaved to their own God-defying way or that they have abandoned a personal relationship with God include: apostasy (spiritual rebellion and refusal to have faith in God; (1 John 2:19; 1 John 4:6; Hebrews 10:26-31), murder (1 John 3:15; 2:11), sexual impurity or immorality (Romans 1:21-27; 1 Corinthians 5; Ephesians 5:5; Revelation 21:8), abandonment of one’ family (1 Timothy 5:8), leading others into sin (Matthew 18:6-10), cruelty (Matthew 24:48-51) and a practice of dishonesty and lying (Deuteronomy 25:16; Proverbs 6:17; John 8:44; Acts 5:3; 22:15). These detestable sins reveal defiance and dishonor toward God and a lack of godly care and respect for others (1 John 2:9-10; 3:6-10; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; Galatians 5:19-21; 1 Thessalonians 4:5; 2 Timothy 3:1-5; Hebrews 3:7-19). For this reason, anyone who claims to be Jesus’ friend with the Holy Spirit living within him or her, yet willingly participates in the above-mentioned sins, is deceiving himself or herself and “is a liar, and the truth is not in him” (1 John 2:4; 1 John 1:6; 1 John 3:7-8).
  2. Believers must keep in mind, however, that all sin – even the less serious ones – if not repented of, can lead to a weakening of spiritual life, to a rejection of the Holy Spirit’s leading and finally to spiritual death and eternal separation from God (Romans 6:15-23; 8:5-13). Also, those who are guilty of serious sins that have cut them off from God can be restored to a relationship if they truly repent (admit their sin, turn from their own God-defying way, surrender to God and follow His purposes) and abandon their sin (1 John 1:9). This does not, however, guarantee freedom from the temporary, earthly consequences of the sin (2 Samuel 12:10-15).

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. CHILDREN OF GOD … CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:10
  2. HE CANNOT GO ON SINNING / 1 JOHN 3:9
  3. THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:8
  4. LIVES IN HIM – SEEN HIM OR KNOWN HIM / 1 JOHN 3:6
  5. EVERYONE WHO HAS THIS HOPE IN HIM PURIFIES HIMSELF / 1 JOHN 3:3
  6. CHILDREN OF GOD / 1 JOHN 3:1
  7. HIS ANOINTING TEACHES YOU / 1 JOHN 2:27
  8. HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING / 1 JOHN 2:24
  9. THE LIAR … WHO DENIES THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST / 1 JOHN 2:22
  10. AN ANOINTING / 1 JOHN 2:20
  11. THEY WENT OUT FROM US / 1 JOHN 2:19
  12. THE LAST HOUR … MANY ANTICHRISTS / 1 JOHN 2:18
  13. WHOEVER LOVES HIS BROTHER / 1 JOHN 2:10
  14. OLD COMMAND … NEW COMMAND / 1 JOHN 2:7-8
  15. MUST WALK AS JESUS DID / 1 JOHN 2:6
  16. DOES NOT DO WHAT HE COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 2:4
  17. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW HIM / 1 JOHN 2:3
  18. ANTONING SACRIFICE / 1 JOHN 2:2
  19. SO THAT YOU WILL NOT SIN / 1 JOHN 2:1
  20. CLAIM WE HAVE NOT SINNED / 1 JOHN 1:10
  21. CONFESS OUR SINS / 1 JOHN 1:9
  22. IF WE CLAIM TO BE WITHOUT SIN / 1 JOHN 1:8
  23. WALK IN THE LIGHT / 1 JOHN 1:7
  24. FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM / 1 JOHN 1:6
  25. FELLOWSHIP WITH US / 1 JOHN 1:3
  26. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 1:2
  27. THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING – SEEN WITH OUR EYS OUR HAND HAVE TOUCHED / 1 JOHN 1:1
  28. UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE EVIL ONE / 1 JOHN 5:19
  29. SIN THAT DOES NOT LEAD TO DEATH / 1 JOHN 5:17
  30. HE SHOULD PRAY AND GOD WILL GIVE HIM LIFE; 1 JOHN 5:16
  31. THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN5:13
  32. HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:12
  33. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:11
  34. THERE ARE THREE THAT TESTIFY / 1 JOHN 5:7-9
  35. BY WATER AND BLOOD / 1 JOHN 5:6
  36. OVERCOME THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH / 1 JOHN 5:4
  37. HIS COMMANDS ARE NOT BURDENSOME / 1 JOHN 5:3
  38. THIS IS HOW WE KNOW / 1 JOHN 5:2
  39. BELIEVES … LOVES / 1 JOHN 5:1
  40. BECAUSE WE OBEY HIS COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 3:22
  41. ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL / 1 JOHN 5:14
  42. Guided By Grace About

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CHILDREN OF GOD … CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:10

START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION

(KJV) 1 John 3:10

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

CHILDREN OF GOD … CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:10

This is the heart and conclusion of John’s teaching in 1 John 2:28 – 3:10. He has warned these troubled believers not to be deceived about the nature of true salvation and a personal relationship with God (1 John 3:7). This means that true believers must reject any belief or teaching that claims that we can be out of fellowship with God (1 John 1:3), continue to sin, do the works of the devil (1 John 3:8), love the world (1 John 2:15), do harm to others (1 John 3:14-18) and yet be children of God who are spiritually saved and destined for heaven.

Contrary to this false teaching, John clearly states that anyone who continues to defy God and His standards (1 John 3:9) “is of the devil” (1 John 3:8) and “is not a child of God.” They are liars (1 John 2:4). True children of God are characterized by a love for God that is shown by following His commands (1 John 5:2) and showing true concern for the spiritual and physical needs of others (1 John 3:16-17).

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. HE CANNOT GO ON SINNING / 1 JOHN 3:9
  2. THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:8
  3. LIVES IN HIM – SEEN HIM OR KNOWN HIM / 1 JOHN 3:6
  4. EVERYONE WHO HAS THIS HOPE IN HIM PURIFIES HIMSELF / 1 JOHN 3:3
  5. CHILDREN OF GOD / 1 JOHN 3:1
  6. HIS ANOINTING TEACHES YOU / 1 JOHN 2:27
  7. HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING / 1 JOHN 2:24
  8. THE LIAR … WHO DENIES THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST / 1 JOHN 2:22
  9. AN ANOINTING / 1 JOHN 2:20
  10. THEY WENT OUT FROM US / 1 JOHN 2:19
  11. THE LAST HOUR … MANY ANTICHRISTS / 1 JOHN 2:18
  12. WHOEVER LOVES HIS BROTHER / 1 JOHN 2:10
  13. OLD COMMAND … NEW COMMAND / 1 JOHN 2:7-8
  14. MUST WALK AS JESUS DID / 1 JOHN 2:6
  15. DOES NOT DO WHAT HE COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 2:4
  16. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW HIM / 1 JOHN 2:3
  17. ANTONING SACRIFICE / 1 JOHN 2:2
  18. SO THAT YOU WILL NOT SIN / 1 JOHN 2:1
  19. CLAIM WE HAVE NOT SINNED / 1 JOHN 1:10
  20. CONFESS OUR SINS / 1 JOHN 1:9
  21. IF WE CLAIM TO BE WITHOUT SIN / 1 JOHN 1:8
  22. WALK IN THE LIGHT / 1 JOHN 1:7
  23. FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM / 1 JOHN 1:6
  24. FELLOWSHIP WITH US / 1 JOHN 1:3
  25. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 1:2
  26. THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING – SEEN WITH OUR EYS OUR HAND HAVE TOUCHED / 1 JOHN 1:1
  27. UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE EVIL ONE / 1 JOHN 5:19
  28. SIN THAT DOES NOT LEAD TO DEATH / 1 JOHN 5:17
  29. HE SHOULD PRAY AND GOD WILL GIVE HIM LIFE; 1 JOHN 5:16
  30. THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN5:13
  31. HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:12
  32. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:11
  33. THERE ARE THREE THAT TESTIFY / 1 JOHN 5:7-9
  34. BY WATER AND BLOOD / 1 JOHN 5:6
  35. OVERCOME THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH / 1 JOHN 5:4
  36. HIS COMMANDS ARE NOT BURDENSOME / 1 JOHN 5:3
  37. THIS IS HOW WE KNOW / 1 JOHN 5:2
  38. BELIEVES … LOVES / 1 JOHN 5:1
  39. BECAUSE WE OBEY HIS COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 3:22
  40. ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL / 1 JOHN 5:14
  41. Guided By Grace About

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog post! May the words inspire and uplift all who read them. Your support and interest mean the world to me, and I’m grateful for every moment you spend here. Stay tuned for more, and feel free to share your thoughts in the comments!” Blessings, Margarita & Stace

HE CANNOT GO ON SINNING / 1 JOHN 3:9

START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION

(KJV) 1 John 3:9

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

HE CANNOT GO ON SINNING / 1 JOHN 3:9

The verb “to sin” (Greek hamartano) is a present active infinitive, implying continued or present active infinitive, implying continued or persistent action. John emphasizes that those who truly are God’s children cannot make sin their way of life because God’s life cannot exist in those who make a practice or habit of sinning (1 John 1:5-7; 2:3-11, 15-17, 24-29; 3:6-24; 4:7-8, 20).

  1. Spiritual birth produces renewed spiritual life that results in a new and ongoing relationship with God. In this letter, every time John speaks of the new birth of the believer, he uses the Greek perfect tense to emphasize the continued and sustained relationship that started when a person first received Christ and entrusted his or her life to the Lord (1 John 2:39; 3:9; 4:7; 5:1, 4, 18).
  2. It is impossible for people who have God’s life in them (who are “born of God”) to continue in the habit of sinning; it is a spiritual contradiction. The Holy Spirit cannot remain in a life that is full of sin, and God cannot have a covenant relationship with any who continue to “walk in the darkness” (1 John 1:7). Believers may occasionally lapse from God’s holy standard, but they will not deliberately continue in sin as a lifestyle (1 John 3:6; 1 John 3:10).
  3. That which keeps Christ’s faithful followers from willfully and continually sinning is “God’s seed” in them (God’s very life, Spirit and nature living in them, 1 John 5:11-12; John 15:4; 2 Peter 1:4).
  4. By an active faith in God (1 John 5:4), the inner presence of Christ, the guiding power of the Holy Spirit and the written Word of God (1 Thessalonians 2:10), all Christians can live consistently free from the life-entangling power of sin.

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:8
  2. LIVES IN HIM – SEEN HIM OR KNOWN HIM / 1 JOHN 3:6
  3. EVERYONE WHO HAS THIS HOPE IN HIM PURIFIES HIMSELF / 1 JOHN 3:3
  4. CHILDREN OF GOD / 1 JOHN 3:1
  5. HIS ANOINTING TEACHES YOU / 1 JOHN 2:27
  6. HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING / 1 JOHN 2:24
  7. THE LIAR … WHO DENIES THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST / 1 JOHN 2:22
  8. AN ANOINTING / 1 JOHN 2:20
  9. THEY WENT OUT FROM US / 1 JOHN 2:19
  10. THE LAST HOUR … MANY ANTICHRISTS / 1 JOHN 2:18
  11. WHOEVER LOVES HIS BROTHER / 1 JOHN 2:10
  12. OLD COMMAND … NEW COMMAND / 1 JOHN 2:7-8
  13. MUST WALK AS JESUS DID / 1 JOHN 2:6
  14. DOES NOT DO WHAT HE COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 2:4
  15. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW HIM / 1 JOHN 2:3
  16. ANTONING SACRIFICE / 1 JOHN 2:2
  17. SO THAT YOU WILL NOT SIN / 1 JOHN 2:1
  18. CLAIM WE HAVE NOT SINNED / 1 JOHN 1:10
  19. CONFESS OUR SINS / 1 JOHN 1:9
  20. IF WE CLAIM TO BE WITHOUT SIN / 1 JOHN 1:8
  21. WALK IN THE LIGHT / 1 JOHN 1:7
  22. FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM / 1 JOHN 1:6
  23. FELLOWSHIP WITH US / 1 JOHN 1:3
  24. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 1:2
  25. THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING – SEEN WITH OUR EYS OUR HAND HAVE TOUCHED / 1 JOHN 1:1
  26. UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE EVIL ONE / 1 JOHN 5:19
  27. SIN THAT DOES NOT LEAD TO DEATH / 1 JOHN 5:17
  28. HE SHOULD PRAY AND GOD WILL GIVE HIM LIFE; 1 JOHN 5:16
  29. THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN5:13
  30. HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:12
  31. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:11
  32. THERE ARE THREE THAT TESTIFY / 1 JOHN 5:7-9
  33. BY WATER AND BLOOD / 1 JOHN 5:6
  34. OVERCOME THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH / 1 JOHN 5:4
  35. HIS COMMANDS ARE NOT BURDENSOME / 1 JOHN 5:3
  36. THIS IS HOW WE KNOW / 1 JOHN 5:2
  37. BELIEVES … LOVES / 1 JOHN 5:1
  38. BECAUSE WE OBEY HIS COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 3:22
  39. ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL / 1 JOHN 5:14
  40. Guided By Grace About

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog post! May the words inspire and uplift all who read them. Your support and interest mean the world to me, and I’m grateful for every moment you spend here. Stay tuned for more, and feel free to share your thoughts in the comments!” Blessings, Margarita & Stace

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