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Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 94th. Edition. Dear Holy Nation, Today we begin with Chapter 5, the chapter that has been dubbed the chapter of assurance. Our passage today (1 John 5:1-2) is a transition from the previous one. We begin to talk about…
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 93rd. Edition. Dear Saints of the Most High, Today’s passage (1 John 4:20-21) concludes our cycle of love and godliness. It is a very simple restatement of what has already been said before. Absurdity on Display (v. 20). It…
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 92nd. Edition. Dear Fellow Sojourners, Some Bible scholars have called 1 John the epistle of love, others, the epistle of assurance. Both themes are revisited, intertwined, in today’s passage (1 John 17-19). Love and the Future (v. 17). The…
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 91st. Edition. Dear Co-Labourers, In today’s passage (1 John 4:12-16), the major themes that John has been trying to impress on his readers, namely, love for one-another, assurance of being in him, and the confession of Christ, are again…
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 90th. Edition. Dear Strangers and Aliens in this World, In our passage today (1 John 4:7-11), we have gone around the circle and come back to love. We need to understand what is happening here. John’s thoughts are revolving…
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 89th. Edition. Dear Body of Christ, We continue in today’s passage (1 John 4:4-6) with the theme of false teachers and the spirit behind them. We saw in the previous passage, the lie that denies the humanity of Christ.…
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 88th. Edition. Dear People of Faith, of whom the World is not Worthy, In today’s passage (1 John 4:1-3) we finally encounter the false teaching that has generated the warnings and corrections of the last three chapters. Be Wary (v.…
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 87th. Edition. Dear People Belonging to God, Our passage today (1 John 3:19-24) touches on another of the recurring themes of this letter, assurance of our eternal security as believers. In today’s passage, the emphasis is the impact of…
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 86th. Edition. Dear Holy Nation, Having dispensed with hate and indifference in the previous passage, today’s passage (1 John 3:16-18) shifts to true love. Commencement of Love (v. 16). We would not know what love is, had God not demonstrated…
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 85th. Edition. Dear Citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven, Today’s passage (1 John 3:10-15) reverts to an issue we encountered earlier (2:9-12). The matter of love for others is central to the message of 1 John. It is not…