Closer Day By Day

Bible Passage: 1 John 5 A year on… Coincidentally, I was assigned to blog about this same chapter last year. Nearly a year has passed since. Having read what I wrote then, I realized the same verse stood out for me, even stronger this time: For this is the love of God, that we keep [...]

Bible Passage:  1 John 4 Love Has Been Perfected Among Us As I read today’s chapter, I see the marvelous relationship between love and the Holy Spirit. At first glance, it may seem as if elder John has changed the topic in this chapter; in the opening verses of 1 John 4, he tells us [...]

Bible Passage:  1 John 3   Come on…  Admit it!  What came to mind when you read 1 John 3:1? Maybe this youtube video will jog your mind a bit . Were you singing along? Behold what manner of love the Father has given unto us? Behold what manner of love the Father has given [...]

Bible Passage:  1 John 2 Elder John gave an overall good assessment of the spiritual state of the believers then. Refer to verses 12 to 14 of this chapter. He mentioned that the children have ‘known the Father’, the young men are ‘strong, abided in the word of God’ and have ‘overcome the wicked one’ [...]

Bible Passage:  1 John 1 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life— 2 the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that [...]

Bible Passage: 1 John 5 My first write up as a bible blog writer was on 2 John. That was nearly a year ago..I wrote about how we should love the people of the world who yet to hear the gospel and are not saved. God’s love motivates us to share with them the good [...]

Bible Passage:  1 John 4 Elder John is truly the Apostle of love.  In today’s chapter, he once again returned to the subject of love and revisits the theme that we read about yesterday.  I will try to be brief today but I do encourage you to take your time to read the passage carefully [...]

Bible Passage:  1 John 3 The theme for this book is the ‘Love of God for Man’.  And we see repeatedly the message of love in 1 John (someone told me that there are around 50 references to the word ‘love’ just in 5 chapters of 1 John alone!).  And not only do we read [...]

Bible Passage:  1 John 2 Today’s reading brims with so many precious gems that I run the risk of understating all the good teachings with just a few words. Nevertheless, as we have read from elder John’s message to the brethren, every verse can apply to us in some way or the other. What makes [...]

Bible Passage:  1 John 1.