10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
The verse that jumped out at me was verse 12. Now, your probably thinking, "Why would Michael pick a verse that is so self explanatory to talk about?!" Well, its usually because we may have the mind set of that a verse like this is so simple and we all know it, that we take it for granted.
The verse says, "He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life." This verse not only tells us that Christ is how we get saved, but also tells us HE IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET SAVED! I hate when people finally decide that God is what is needed to fill the whole in their life, and they find THE WRONG ONE! Like Muslims for example. Do you know what they have to go through to get eternal life with Allah (God in Arabic) according to them? They have to do five things throughout their life; accept Allah (kinda like when we except Christ), pray 5 times a day, give their tithings at the end of the year, fast at the beginning of the month for x amount of time, and go to Mecca once in thier life. That is a lot! To tell you the truth, we should be doing all those things (except traveling to Mecca) faithfully! God bless your soul if you do, but I know that their are many more faithful Muslims then there are Christians in this world, and that is sad! The muslims are doing all for a lie and yet we sit back cofortable knowing we will go to heaven if we accept Christ that only takes a second to do and we're done. NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE NEED TO TELL THE WORLD ABOUT THE LOVING GOD WHO SACRAFICED HIMSELF SO WE COULD BE WITH HIM FOREVER!!!!!!!!!! ESPECIALLY THE MUSLIMS!!!!!
Be faithful and spread the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ! So important!
-Michael
TUESDAY, May 19th, 2009
Hey guys how are you today? Emily and Victoria, you are doing an awesome job with being faithful! Check my comment from yesterday to see any additional info.
1 John 5
1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his ommandments.
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and hese three are one.
8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
Verse 7 is been a verse I have been long looking for! I have always wanted the bible to give a strait answer on the trinity of God! Well you can't get any clearer than that of verse 7! You must be a complete idiot not to believe in the trinity now!
Lets talk about it. The Father, that is God Almighty, Creator of the Heavens and the Earth; The Word, that is Jesus Christ, the Son of the Most High God, Redeemer and Savior of the World; The Holy Ghost, that is God's Spirit, the 3rd member of the God-head, the One that makes us feel guilty whenever we sin, and the one that dwells in us, as well as the only one in the Trinity that we actually do not worship, since worship belongs to the Father and the Son. Well a brief summary of each member of the Trinity. Now lets talk about the God-head as a whole.
He existed without beginning, and all three members are equal in power, all are eternal, one in essence, nature, power, action and will. They never disagree with each other, because God is not bi-polar (which many lost people think if you tell them about the Trinity, since lost people just don't understand, an example in John 3: 3-5).
Well, is that too much Trinity info for ya?! In all of history, the Trinity of God is what gets everyone confused, so witnessing to someone, try just not to mention the Trinity, unless you want someone thinking that God is bi-polar! He is not!
-Michael
1 John 5
1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his ommandments.
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
6 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and hese three are one.
8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
Verse 7 is been a verse I have been long looking for! I have always wanted the bible to give a strait answer on the trinity of God! Well you can't get any clearer than that of verse 7! You must be a complete idiot not to believe in the trinity now!
Lets talk about it. The Father, that is God Almighty, Creator of the Heavens and the Earth; The Word, that is Jesus Christ, the Son of the Most High God, Redeemer and Savior of the World; The Holy Ghost, that is God's Spirit, the 3rd member of the God-head, the One that makes us feel guilty whenever we sin, and the one that dwells in us, as well as the only one in the Trinity that we actually do not worship, since worship belongs to the Father and the Son. Well a brief summary of each member of the Trinity. Now lets talk about the God-head as a whole.
He existed without beginning, and all three members are equal in power, all are eternal, one in essence, nature, power, action and will. They never disagree with each other, because God is not bi-polar (which many lost people think if you tell them about the Trinity, since lost people just don't understand, an example in John 3: 3-5).
Well, is that too much Trinity info for ya?! In all of history, the Trinity of God is what gets everyone confused, so witnessing to someone, try just not to mention the Trinity, unless you want someone thinking that God is bi-polar! He is not!
-Michael
SUNDAY, May 17th, 2009
Ooooh I feel special, I'm posting my first passage :P
Alright so yay I just got baptized today =] I'll just continue from where Michael was yesterday.
1 John 4
9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
Okayyyy so. The first verse reminds me a lot of John 3:16. "For he so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Well that makes sense because it's from the same book...but regardless...moving on..
God loves us THAT MUCH that he would send his only son to DIE for us, that's pretty amazing. As we all know, parents love their children and would do anything, even die for them, to protect them. Now how many of those parents do you think would sacrifice their own child for people in the future that they don't even know, to save them? Not very many. That's how amazing God is, that He would do that for us.
Verse 20 is talking about a hypocrite, basically. Still, I'm sure we've all made this mistake. You hate your siblings or whoever else it may be, yet you love God...that's not what the Bible says. You are supposed to love ALL your enemies and family and neighbors, and worship God. That is part of the deal of worshipping the Lord; you have to love EVERYone.
~Emily
Alright so yay I just got baptized today =] I'll just continue from where Michael was yesterday.
1 John 4
9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
Okayyyy so. The first verse reminds me a lot of John 3:16. "For he so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Well that makes sense because it's from the same book...but regardless...moving on..
God loves us THAT MUCH that he would send his only son to DIE for us, that's pretty amazing. As we all know, parents love their children and would do anything, even die for them, to protect them. Now how many of those parents do you think would sacrifice their own child for people in the future that they don't even know, to save them? Not very many. That's how amazing God is, that He would do that for us.
Verse 20 is talking about a hypocrite, basically. Still, I'm sure we've all made this mistake. You hate your siblings or whoever else it may be, yet you love God...that's not what the Bible says. You are supposed to love ALL your enemies and family and neighbors, and worship God. That is part of the deal of worshipping the Lord; you have to love EVERYone.
~Emily
SATURDAY, May 16th, 2009
If you guys werent there at the church last night, you missed out! We had a lot of fun!
And Emily, you can post a devo anytime, just whenever you see if me or PL haven't done them, and you continue on from the previous day.
1 John 4
1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Verse 1 is coming true as we speak. You know, you've definetly seen it on tv, internet, and in school. If you're wondering what a false prophet is, it's anyone that preaches the doctrine of the Antichrist. For example, some Politician said one day that you don't need a personal relationship with God. That politician is a False Prophet. And like we said the other day, a antichrist is someone who denies Christ, and doesn't believe you need Him. An antichrist denies Jesus Christ, and a false prophet teaches any doctrine opposite of the bible. So, an antichrist can be a false prophet too, and visa versa.
Verse 4 is pretty awesome too. "... you have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world." That is reffering to God and Satan directly, saying God is greater than Satan, so we have overcome him because God is in us!
So cool!
-Michael
And Emily, you can post a devo anytime, just whenever you see if me or PL haven't done them, and you continue on from the previous day.
1 John 4
1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Verse 1 is coming true as we speak. You know, you've definetly seen it on tv, internet, and in school. If you're wondering what a false prophet is, it's anyone that preaches the doctrine of the Antichrist. For example, some Politician said one day that you don't need a personal relationship with God. That politician is a False Prophet. And like we said the other day, a antichrist is someone who denies Christ, and doesn't believe you need Him. An antichrist denies Jesus Christ, and a false prophet teaches any doctrine opposite of the bible. So, an antichrist can be a false prophet too, and visa versa.
Verse 4 is pretty awesome too. "... you have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world." That is reffering to God and Satan directly, saying God is greater than Satan, so we have overcome him because God is in us!
So cool!
-Michael
FRIDAY, May 15th, 2009
Emily, that was a super long comment! Your awesome! you should try to post these devos someday, just to feel how its like. You want to?
14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
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.
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?
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
This is a continuation of yesterday's chapter. Verse 23 is the one that caught my attention on this one.
There are two great commandments that it wants us to know. Believe in Jesus, you know, the whole shibag, and to love one another.
Now, what does love really mean? love means: affectionate concern for the well-being of others. If you are concerened about someone else's problems, or hurts or feeling, then you love them. Also, you could love them by putting them before yourself, since everyone knows we love ourselves.
Now the question is, do you care about other people's problems and are willing to put them before yourself? if so, you love them. I have always wondered what really is love, but now I know. Hey, its awesome to learn new interesting things everyday!
So, do you love others?
-Michael
14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
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.
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?
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
This is a continuation of yesterday's chapter. Verse 23 is the one that caught my attention on this one.
There are two great commandments that it wants us to know. Believe in Jesus, you know, the whole shibag, and to love one another.
Now, what does love really mean? love means: affectionate concern for the well-being of others. If you are concerened about someone else's problems, or hurts or feeling, then you love them. Also, you could love them by putting them before yourself, since everyone knows we love ourselves.
Now the question is, do you care about other people's problems and are willing to put them before yourself? if so, you love them. I have always wondered what really is love, but now I know. Hey, its awesome to learn new interesting things everyday!
So, do you love others?
-Michael
THURSDAY, May 14th, 2009
Hey guys, sorry for sounding a little demanding on tuesday's blog, and sorry for not posting yesterday. I have something to confess to everyone. Most of the time I think of posting these devotions like a chore, or a job, when it should be something fun, and to learn more about God's Word, not a job or chore. My purpose for posting these devos from now on will be with the open mind of "what new thing will I learn about God and how will I apply it to my life?" If this sounds familiar to yourself, which I hope not, just ask yourself that question everytime you read the passage.
Well onto 1 John 3
1 John 3
1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
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.
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.
11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
Wow this is defiently jam packed with God's truths in it!! Wow, why did I say that?! the WHOLE BIBLE HAS AWESOME TRUTHS IN IT!!! But this is like the gold in a safe of the bible! There are so many here I dont know where to start!
Verse 7 seems to catch my attention the most. People in our day and age are SO EASILY DECIEVED TO DO SOMETHING WHETHER GOOD OR BAD, but mostly bad. Like Christ said in the gospels, "...the road to destruction is wide and short." What it means is many people take that road, and it doesn't take long to get lost and destroy your life. Why do many people take that road? Because many are decieved into thinking it's the right way, and hey, its more fun. Sure its more fun, but is it the WISEST THING TO DO? Absolutely not.
Don't be decieved into the thinking of the world's philosophy! It will lead to destruction!
-Michael
Well onto 1 John 3
1 John 3
1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
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.
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.
11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
Wow this is defiently jam packed with God's truths in it!! Wow, why did I say that?! the WHOLE BIBLE HAS AWESOME TRUTHS IN IT!!! But this is like the gold in a safe of the bible! There are so many here I dont know where to start!
Verse 7 seems to catch my attention the most. People in our day and age are SO EASILY DECIEVED TO DO SOMETHING WHETHER GOOD OR BAD, but mostly bad. Like Christ said in the gospels, "...the road to destruction is wide and short." What it means is many people take that road, and it doesn't take long to get lost and destroy your life. Why do many people take that road? Because many are decieved into thinking it's the right way, and hey, its more fun. Sure its more fun, but is it the WISEST THING TO DO? Absolutely not.
Don't be decieved into the thinking of the world's philosophy! It will lead to destruction!
-Michael
TUESDAY, May 12th, 2009
I'm sad. ): come on guys, no comments yesterday ): Can you go back and do them for Uncle Michael and Almighty God?! Please before I have a heart attack. ):
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