Category - Devotionals

05/18               1 John 2: 1 

My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous. 

ATTORNEY

Jesus is our attorney when we confess our sin and ask Him for forgiveness.  He is seated at the right hand of God and is always intervening for us.  The Lord sees those of us that are in Christ and forgiven and perfect based upon the redeeming work of Jesus.  Jesus is Lord.  

05/17               1 John 1:10 

If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts.

VERDICT

We are dead in our trespass and sin and yet Christ died for us that we might have forgiveness.  Claim that forgiveness.  Go to Jesus and ask Him to forgive you of your sin.  He will and He will break your bondage to sin and bring you into fellowship with the Father.  

05/16               1 John 1:9 

But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.

TRUTH

The truth is that we can do nothing about our sinfulness except go to Jesus and ask Him to forgive us.  He will.  He will bring us into God’s family.  

05/15               1 John 1:8 

If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. 

ALL

All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.  Come to Jesus and admit your sin and ask Him to forgive you of your sin and give you new life.  He will give you light and life.  Jesus is Lord.  

05/14               1 John 1:7 

But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. 

BELIEVE

He who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.  We don’t create the light we walk in His light and truth.  Jesus is Lord.  He is the Lord of all Universes.  

05/13               1 John 1:6 

So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth. 

COME
When you come to Christ you come into the light.  You are a new creature.  The chains of sin have been broken and now you have light for living everyday of your life.  Jesus is Lord. 

05/12               1 John 1:4-5 

We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy.  5This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all. 

LIGHT

Before Jesus came we walked in the darkness of our sin.  He died to save us from our sin and has brought the light of God to mankind.  Jesus is the light and in Him there is no darkness.  Christ is our king and Lord.  Jesus Christ is God and brings light to our life. 

05/11               1 John 1:3 

We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 

FIRST

Everything we tell you is first hand knowledge.  We saw Him with our own eyes.  We know what happened and we tell you, God came in the flesh and resided on Earth with us.  He is God and He loves all of us. 

05/10               1 John 1:2 

This one who is life itself was revealed to us, and we have seen him. And now we testify and proclaim to you that he is the one who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then he was revealed to us. 

YES

Jesus was here.  Yes we walked and talked with Him.  He said that when we had seen him we had seen the Father. We testify to His miracles.  We saw Him pray.  We know everything about Him firsthand.  Jesus lived a perfect life, put to death on the Cross and was raised to life conquering death by the power of God and is alive today seated at the right hand of the Father. 

05/09               1 John 1: 1 

We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life. 

JESUS

Jesus was always with the Father, is with the Father, will always be with the Father.  Jesus is Lord.  When you see Jesus you have seen the Father.  Praise the Lord from whom all blessings flow.