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PHall | February 6, 2010
It is no wonder that people misunderstand me when I preach. No, I am not referring to my frequent verbal faux pas, mangling of multiple syllabic words, or even the occasional disconnect between my brain and mouth – sometimes the inserted foot makes for a bad connection. No, I am not surprised that people misunderstand […]
PHall | December 1, 2009
Listed below are the miracles of the Great Physician, Jesus, as recorded in Scripture. Being God incarnate, He performed innumerably more: John 21:25 – And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that would […]
PHall | September 22, 2009
The major interpretations are: 1) the water and blood which poured from Jesus’ side at His death (Jn.19:34) – Augustine; 2) the ordinances of baptism and communion – Calvin, Luther; 3) purification and redemption; 4) the water of Jesus’ baptism and the blood shed in His death. Remember, whichever interpretation is correct; it must be […]
PHall | September 22, 2009
1 Whoever [Lit., everyone that] believes that Jesus [emphasis on Humanity] is the Christ [emphasis on Deity – “The Cerinthian antichrist denies the identity of Jesus and Christ – 2:22] is born [perfect; or begotten; “The Divine Begetting is the antecedent, not the consequent of the believing” – Law] of God; and whoever loves the […]
PHall | September 22, 2009
Here is an example of where we let familiar words in the verse itself define the more unfamiliar words. Testing the spirits is testing the prophets. Also through this method we learn what a prophet is – one who speaks directly by the Spirit (or claimed spirits) through the prophet. Since John was dealing with […]
PHall | September 22, 2009
1 Beloved [three times in this chapter (vv.1,7,11)], do not believe [negative present imperative; “Credulity means gullibility and some believers fall easy victims to the latest fads in spiritualistic humbuggery” – Robertson] every spirit [i.e. prophet], but test [present imperative] the spirits [i.e. prophets] to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets […]
PHall | September 22, 2009
1 See [aorist imperative; lit. See you (plural)] how [lit., what kind of love] great [potapos – primarily, from what country, then, of what sort, as in wonderment] a love [“Within this section there are forty-six occurrences of some form of the root word for love.” (J.W. Roberts, The Letters of John, p.76)] the Father […]
PHall | September 22, 2009
Vv.1-2 – Jesus is Our Advocate 1 My little children [teknion (5040); Jn.13:33; 1 Jn.2:12,28; 3:7,18; 4:4; 5:21; Extended Notes], I [more personal than “we” in 1:4] am writing these things to you so that you may not sin [aorist; What John said earlier concerning being in the light consisting of confessing sins (1:7) […]
PHall | September 22, 2009
Vv.1-4 – Introduction 1 What [ho; Notice the use of the neuter (instead of masculine – He who) in reference to Jesus through verse one – “what.” Probably this was to emphasize the fact, the details, the reality “concerning the Word.”] was from the beginning [Jn.8:44; 15:27; 9 times (2:13 )in 1 Jn.; twice in […]
PHall | September 22, 2009
False humility is repugnant – we’ve all seen it, and possibly shown it. Misguided piety is not false humility, but is wrong and unscriptural. And even worse, it is an indictment against God. What is misguided piety? Preachers, trying to get us to repent emphasize our learned depravity (Eph.2:1-3); and quote scriptures such as Isaiah’s For […]