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Knowing the Spirit of God 1 John 4:2-3
1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; 3 and every […]
Testing the Spirits – 1 John 4:1
1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; 3 and every […]
Interview – Romance of Grace with Shaun Tabatt
An interview with me, the humble Jim McNeely, with Shaun Tabatt, which tells some of the story of how the Romance of Grace was written and published, and some nice questions about the message of the book. Love breathes the air of grace. [audio:http://thereforenow.com/dumpy/podcast/Author_Talks_Episode_16_Jim_McNeely.mp3]
1 John 3:23-24 The Gift of the Abiding Spirit
23 ¶ And this is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us. 24 And the one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And we know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit […]
The Passion in the Propitiation
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only […]
Love in the Land of Wrath
I’m still expanding on ideas from this post: http://thereforenow.com/2013/03/take-the-red-pill/. Christ’s death is the door out of wrath The main thing I am examining is not the idea of wrath, but the way in which belief in Christ and Him crucified opens the door to and becomes the animus for our love for one another (1 […]
Reflections on the Wrath of God
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. (Romans 1:18, 19, NASB). In the last post I said, “When Paul says […]
Take the Red Pill!
We want honest love and truly we are like Neo in the matrix – we have never breathed it or really tasted it. Everything is about our performance and about pretending our failures and the failures of everyone around us don’t matter when they do. 23 And this is His commandment, that we believe in […]