Tara-Leigh Cobble

We read about that in Matthew 3.

And the third witness, the blood, is almost certainly a reference to his death and resurrection.

If you overcome the grave, that speaks for itself.

And because he has overcome death, he holds the keys to eternal life.

He alone stands as the line of demarcation between life and death.

Verse 12 says it this way, Whoever has the Son has life.

Whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

John writes this so plain and clear for one reason, according to the next verse.

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.

He wants believers to be assured of their faith, to know that it's real.

All this talk about love and obedience and truth and light and life, it's all to help us gain confidence not just in what we believe, but in who He is and to know that we are His.

My God shot was in 410 and 419, which both talk about the great pursuing love of God.

Verse 10 says, The Father set all this in motion while we were still in rebellion against Him.

Verse 19 says, we love because he first loved us.

His love was the catalyst for our love.

The only reason I can love him at all is because all of this was his idea.

I never would have sought him out.

I'm so glad he loved me and made a way for me to abide with him forever because he's where the joy is.

Tomorrow, we continue with the second and third letters of John.

We've included the same video summary from yesterday if you want to check it out.