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February 5 - 1 John 2 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Thursday.
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  It is the 5th of February, which is, would you believe, World
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  Nutella Day. And I don't mind what you think
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  about that delicious nutty chocolatey spread Nutella.
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  The story is actually amazing. after World War Two, there was
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  this international scarcity of cocoa.
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  They just didn't have enough. And so the very ingenious
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  Italian dude by the name of Pietro Ferrero, that's right,
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  he's the guy that started Ferrero, that made us the
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  Ferrero rochet. But anyway, Pietro decided I've
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  got an idea. So he mixed a whole lot of
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  hazelnuts, which they had plentiful supply of in Italy,
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  with a little bit of cocoa, and it made like this Hard Rock loaf
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  and they sliced it like cheese or like chocolate and put it on
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  bread. And that was going really well
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  until about five years later, 1 incredibly hot summer, it melted
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  and Pietro started spreading it onto bread and blow me down.
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  Did people love it or what? And then it was Pietro's son
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  Michelle, who 15 years later perfected the recipe and sent it
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  around the world so that you and I can enjoy some delicious nutty
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  chocolatey spread on our bread product.
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  So there you go, post war scarcity and hot stinking
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  summer's days come together to make something amazing.
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  But all of that aside, we are reading something else that's
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  truly amazing, which is this book written by Jesus disciple
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  John, urging people not only to see Jesus as this incredible
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  universe changing God, but also someone who calls us to a better
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  way of being, a way of love. So let us hear what he has to
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  say as we read together first John chapter 2.
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  My dear children, I'm writing this to you so that you will not
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  sin. But if anyone does sin, we have
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  an advocate who pleads our case before the Father.
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  He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous.
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  He Himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins, and not
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  only our sins, but the sins of all the world.
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  And we can be sure that we know Him if we obey His commandments.
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  If someone claims I know God but doesn't obey God's commandments,
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  that person is a liar and is not living in the truth.
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  But those who obey God's word truly show how completely they
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  love Him. That is how we know we are
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  living in Him. Those who say they live in God
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  should live their lives as Jesus did.
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  Dear friends, I'm not writing a new commandment for you.
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  Rather, it is an old one you have had from the very
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  beginning. This old commandment to love one
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  another is the same message you heard before, yet it is also
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  new. Jesus lived the truth of this
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  commandment, and you also are living it.
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  For the darkness is disappearing and the true light is already
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  shining. If anyone claims I am living in
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  the light but hates a fellow believer, that person is still
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  living in darkness. Anyone who loves a fellow
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  believer is living in the light and does not 'cause others to
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  stumble. But anyone who hates a fellow
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  believer is still living and walking in darkness.
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  Such a person does not know the way to go, having been blinded
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  by the darkness. I am writing to you who are
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  God's children, because your sins have been forgiven through
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  Jesus. I'm writing to you who are
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  mature in faith because you know Christ who existed from the
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  beginning. I am writing to you who are
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  young in the faith, because you have won your battle with the
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  evil 1. I have written to you who are
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  God's children, because you know the Father.
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  I have written to you who are mature in the faith, because you
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  know Christ who existed from the beginning.
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  I have written to you who are young in the faith because you
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  are strong. God's Word lives in your hearts,
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  and you have won your battle with the evil. 1 Do not love
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  this world or the things it offers you.
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  For when you love the world, you do not have the love of the
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  Father in you. For the world offers only a
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  craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see,
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  and pride in our achievements and possessions.
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  These are not from the Father, but are from this world.
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  And this world is fading away along with everything that
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  people crave. But anyone who does what pleases
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  God will live forever. Dear children, the last hour is
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  here. You have heard that the
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  Antichrist is coming, and already many such antichrists
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  have appeared. From this we know that the last
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  hour has come. These people left our churches,
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  but they never really belonged with us, otherwise they would
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  have stayed with us. When they left, it proved that
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  they did not belong with us. But you are not like that, for
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  the Holy One has given you His Spirit, and all of you know the
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  truth. So I'm writing to you, not
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  because you don't know the truth, but because you know the
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  difference between truth and lies and who is a liar.
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  Anyone who says that Jesus is not the Christ, anyone who
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  denies the Father and the Son is an Antichrist.
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  Anyone who denies the Son doesn't have the Father either,
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  but anyone who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
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  So you must remain faithful to what you have been taught from
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  the beginning. If you do, you will remain in
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  fellowship with the Son and with the Father.
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  And in this fellowship we enjoy the eternal life He promised us.
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  I'm writing these things to warn you about those who want to lead
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  you astray. But you have received the Holy
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  Spirit, and He lives within you, so you don't need anyone to
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  teach you what is true. For the Spirit teaches you
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  everything you need to know. And what He teaches is true.
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  It is not a lie. So just as he has taught you,
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  remain in fellowship with Christ.
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  And now, dear children, remain in fellowship with Christ, so
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  that when He returns, he will be full of courage and not shrink
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  back from him in shame. Since we know that Christ is
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  righteous, we also know that all who do what is right are God's
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  children. Oh Jesus, you make it so simple
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  for us to know where the truth lies.
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  How do we find the truth in the midst of this world that is so
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  confusing? Ah, this this chapter talks
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  about the lies around us. And there are so many that would
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  seek to deceive and to persuade us of their argument.
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  But our search for truth, Jesus doesn't need to find that that
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  secret argument or that that codex of information know.
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  Our search for truth just needs to find you, Jesus, you are
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  truth. And when we know you, we know
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  the truth. And when people deny you, that
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  is equivalent to a lie, because to deny you is to deny the
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  truth. Oh Jesus, please rise up in our
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  minds. Rise up in our hearts.
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  Holy Spirit, continually flood us with the knowledge and the
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  assurity and the awareness of Jesus so that we can just be
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  surrounded by truth. And that truth doesn't only set
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  us free, but sets the whole world free.
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  Oh, what a wonderful God you are, a God who embodies the
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  truth. So we praise you, our God of
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  truth, and pray that your truth would be ours.
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  And pray this in your wonderful name, Jesus, Amen.