Partnering with Local Churches to Train and Send Missionaries Worldwide
‘And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.’ — 1 John 3:3 First John is a book of extreme statements such as: ‘whosoever sinneth hath not seen [God], neither known [God]’ (3:6)
‘And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.’ — 1 John 2:28 Various challenges faced the people John wrote to in 1 John.
‘That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. And these things write we unto you,
‘Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,’ — 2 Peter 3:11 Despite those who scoff, the return of Christ and the destruction of heaven
‘The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:’ — 2 Peter 2:9 Not every ‘prophet’ is a prophet. Not every teacher is teaching the
‘And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that
As Peter closed out his letter, he gave some instructions to the elders/pastors/bishops that were among them. Peter was himself an elder, a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker of the glory that will be revealed. So
‘Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; That he no longer should live the rest of his
‘For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.’ —
‘Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have tasted that the Lord
