From debc86b0bcb19dac5cb8894561edbe1446d656dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 21:20:27 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] 1 John 2:7-11 --- content/bible_journal/1john/2:7-11.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/1john/2:7-11.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/1john/2:7-11.md b/content/bible_journal/1john/2:7-11.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..65f7b30 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/1john/2:7-11.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ ++++ +title = "1 John 2:7–11" +date = "2024-07-30" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/1John2.7-11) + +We are now given a paradox, because John states that he is giving his readers a commandment that is both old and new at the same time. +Calling the commandment "old" is easy to understand: it is the same teaching that Jesus gave when He was on earth, namely "Sin no more." ([_John 5:14_](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/John5.14)) +And that is hardly unique to Jesus's ministry because similar instructions are found all throughout the Old Testament as well. ([_2 Chronicles 7:14_](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/2Chronicles7.14), [_Psalm 4:4_](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Psalm4.4), [_Ezekiel 3:19_](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel3.19)) + +But what makes this "a new commandment"? (_v. 8_) +It is new in the sense that we now have the perfect example of Jesus to follow, when previously there was none. +This is what is "true in him [i.e. Jesus] and in you". +And we can know it is true by the progressive nature of sanctification in the believer's life as they walk in the light. +The darkness passes away in the believer's heart and they love their brother the way Jesus loved them, not to the same degree, but closer and closer. + +* * * + +Expose our faults in the light of Your glory, and mold us into Your image more completely.