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PHall | September 4, 2024
Temptation is often divided into three parts: lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, pride of life.(1 John 2:16). This is a proper way of viewing temptation. This is proper, but it is limited because it applies to us tempting ourselves: OUR flesh, OUR eyes, OUR pride. Temptation also involves how we view God. […]
PHall | January 23, 2024
A – NEGATIVE – IF WE SAY – LIAR: 6) If we say, “We have fellowship with him,” and yet we walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth. B – POSITIVE – WE WALK – CLEANSE: 7) If we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, […]
PHall | February 21, 2019
At our Coffeehouse Evangelism Bible study, I was reminded of a description I made of my Mom at her Celebration of Life: “My Mom loved you before she met you; and after she met you, she even liked you which might be harder than loving you.” Agape love is redefined by the life and death […]
PHall | November 24, 2018
At the beginning of the last week, on Sunday, Jesus entered Jerusalem riding a donkey. First century Jews, including Jesus’s own disciples, thought Jesus came to deal a blow to imperial Roman power. They failed to see the greater struggle; and by “greater” I mean more important and more powerful. On Thursday of the last […]
PHall | June 28, 2018
“Love wins” is a popular slogan for homosexual marriages. “Pride Parades” are advertised celebrations for the same lifestyle. I agree that love wins, but what does that mean? Love wins, but only through the cross; not by denying what caused the need for the cross, which is our sin. Pride is destroyed by Christ’s humiliation. […]
PHall | December 2, 2015
Formal Chiasm All through 1 John, the writer has been contrasting the two groups. In this chiasm we can see these contrasts in the complementary parts. A – TRUE AND FALSE SPIRITS (1a) Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, B – FALSE PROPHETS […]
PHall | November 18, 2015
1 John is notoriously hard to organize. Some suggest the epistle’s structure is best described as “rambling.” Believing the Holy Spirit to be behind the writing, I have a difficult time describing this letter in way that to me sounds at best disorganized and at worst derogatory. Part of the problem is John does so […]
PHall | November 11, 2015
NASB – They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us. HCSB – They went out from us, but they did not […]
PHall | November 11, 2015
Does John have a sarcastic sense of humor? Does John use a pun to antagonize the antagonists? The opposition who left the orthodox denied the fleshly reality of Jesus. The Docetists could be called “The Seemists” because they taught it only seemed or appeared that Jesus had flesh. Christ was only a spirit. John says, […]
PHall | October 20, 2015
NASB (17) The world is passing away, and [also] its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever. HCSB (17) And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does God’s will remains forever. ESV (17) And the world is passing away along with its desires, but […]