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This is another place John relates our fellowship with God to our fellowship with each other, in personal relationship.
That's interesting to think about.I think John speaks to this generation more than any of the other apostles. Revelation 10:11
Yes. Hebrews 3:1.
yes Christ is apostle sent by the father
but only the apostles have authority from Christ to send other apostles
Sent by the living God, who is the Father.
Christ himself does the sending.
I think we’re drifting beyond the scope of the OP so I won’t make any further comment about it in this thread.
He says we are his brothers and sisters - we are joint heirs. His Father is our Father if we are born again. You can't get much more personal that that.
He says we are his brothers and sisters - we are joint heirs. His Father is our Father if we are born again. You can't get much more personal that that.
i know a man who agreed to pray for a blind woman but then found out she had no eyes just empty eye sockets. He prayed for her and when she opened her eyelids again they were there - she was miraculously given eyes.Wonderful.
If we could only grasp what it means for the Eternal God to condescend and become a man, walk among us so that we could see the stuff he's made of; highlighted in him allowing us to murder him, we would weep more than we prattle.He is relational for sure. We are individuals after all with different likes and dislikes, personalities and such so, why would He treat us like clones?
If we could only grasp what it means for the Eternal God to condescend and become a man, walk among us so that we could see the stuff he's made of; highlighted in him allowing us to murder him, we would weep more than we prattle.
Face to floor when thinking of His greatness. Cannot imagine how He could love us so much to stoop so very low. But, still and all, I'm glad He did.
Only apostles have authority from christ
That's interesting to think about.
I've personally felt like Peter's letters have especially spoken to me in his words about suffering.
John's writing is so much about communing in light and not darkness, it reminds me of Hebrews where it says to not forsake assembling together, especially as the day approaches. John of course also wrote much of love, and we so much need the assurance of God's love to carry us through these troubling times.