How can John say that love is a mark of believers and hate is a mark of non-believers when we know believers who struggle with hate and non-believers who genuinely love others? Lecture notes: https://www.wednesdayintheword.com/1john7/ Teacher: Krisan Maro

No true believer is committed to sin as a lifestyle because God plants in believers a longing for holiness and righteousness which opposes any tendency to rebel. Believers no longer remain committed to a lifestyle of sin. Lecture notes: https://www.wednes

John adds a second criteria to the marks of genuine believers: believing Jesus is the Christ. Lecture notes: https://www.wednesdayintheword.com/1john5/ Teacher: Krisan Marotta Series: 1 John: Discerning the True Gospel For more information: Wednesdayinthe

John sets the world and the gospel in opposition to each other. You can’t serve them both. You have to choose and his first exhortation is don’t choose the world. Lecture notes: https://www.wednesdayintheword.com/1john4/ Teacher: Krisan Marotta Series: 1

How should we handle theological disagreements among believers? What issues are so critically important that we should draw a line? And, on what issues should we agree to disagree? John gives us a place to draw the line. Lecture notes: https://www.wednesd

John begins his summary of the true gospel by saying God is the source of and all life, salvation and holiness. Therefore those who are trust Him will have lives marked by a concern for goodness and a pursuit of righteousness. Lecture notes: https://www.w

In his preface, John argues the apostles are the only reliable source of information about the way to gain eternal life because they were intimate eye-witnesses to the life, ministry and teaching of Jesus. Lecture notes: https://www.wednesdayintheword.com

Peter concludes the letter by discussing the end of the age, the return of Christ and what that tells us about how we should live now. Lecture notes: https://www.wednesdayintheword.com/2peter14/ Teacher: Krisan Marotta Series: 2 Peter: How to find Life Fo

2 Peter 3:8-9 features in the debate over God’s sovereignty and human free will. While this verse does not settle the debate, understanding what Peter means in context teaches us a lot about both good Bible study and the issues in the debate. Lecture note

Peter argues that more than anything else we need to find life through forgiveness and to find fulfillment through righteousness. It is this hope that he wants us to remember such that we let it change our lives today. Lecture notes: https://www.wednesday