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…we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous…Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment…At the same time, it is a new commandment… 1 John 2:1-14 In the ancient world, the advocate was like a modern defense attorney who pleads a defendant’s case before a judge. When John calls Jesus “our Advocate,” he means…

Isaiah 23-25 An Oracle Concerning Tyre and Sidon 23 The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish,    for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor!From the land of Cyprus[a]    it is revealed to them.2 Be still, O inhabitants of the coast;    the merchants of Sidon, who cross the sea, have filled you.3 And on many watersyour revenue was the grain of Shihor,    the harvest of the…

But if we walk in the light, as He [Christ] is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 1 John 1 Most humans are aware of the concept of light or the contrast between light and darkness. The contrast is a suitable metaphor for…

Isaiah 20-22 A Sign Against Egypt and Cush 20 In the year that the commander in chief, who was sent by Sargon the king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and fought against it and captured it— 2 at that time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loose the sackcloth from your waist and take off your…

 …I am writing to you…scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. They will say, “Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation… 2 Peter 3 Peter ends his second letter to the dispersed Christians…

Isaiah 17-19 An Oracle Concerning Damascus 17 An oracle concerning Damascus. Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city    and will become a heap of ruins.2 The cities of Aroer are deserted;    they will be for flocks,    which will lie down, and none will make them afraid.3 The fortress will disappear from Ephraim,    and the kingdom from Damascus;and the remnant of Syria will be    like the glory of the children…

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you…Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones… 2 Peter 2 Peter uses an entire “chapter” of this letter to write about false teachers that had arisen in his day and will arise throughout church history. These…

Isaiah 14-16 The Restoration of Jacob 14 For the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel, and will set them in their own land, and sojourners will join them and will attach themselves to the house of Jacob. 2 And the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them…

For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty. 2 Peter 1:16-21 Peter tells the Christians, to whom he is writing, about the Apostles’ eyewitness of Jesus Christ in His Risen Body. Many false teachers had arisen to discredit…

Isaiah 11-13 The Righteous Reign of the Branch 11 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,    and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,    the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,    the Spirit of counsel and might,    the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.3 And his delight shall be in…