I am so thrilled to be studying this Spirit-inspired book with all of you. Since I don't have internet access every day, I'll probably play "catch-up" and post in little chunks like this one. I hope you don't mind! So onto God's Words for us...
That which...we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes (1 John 1:1)
I, too, was struck by the thought that the apostles touched and gazed upon the One who had created them. To hear the very words of Jesus as He spoke them, to observe His life of compassionate service and sacrifice - what wonder! And yet, don't we have this same inexpressible joy, though we have not yet seen Him face to face? Every time we study the Word, we hear the voice of our Good Shepherd. We take salvation into our mouth at the Lord's Supper. And through studies like this one, we strive with the Spirit's help to know every more fully this Savior we adore.
The life appeared (1 John 1:2)
I read the first three words of this verse and stopped in my tracks (mentally anyway :)). The miracle of Jesus' incarnation always floors me. That God should wrap himself in the flesh of a little baby and enter human time and space is beyond my comprehension. I've always liked the last stanza of this ancient Nativity hymn:
"'Glory' saints and angels sang; heaven with their praises rang; while shepherds saw with wondering eyes the Shepherd who had made the world." (C. Sedulius, 400s AD).
My prayer for you dear girls is that this study would draw all of us closer to Him and embolden us to proclaim Him to the world. May God bless and keep you today.
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