The Biblical Illustrator: I John
Overview
Including contributions from celebrated preachers and theologians, The Biblical Illustrator provides historical and cultural insight, commentary, illustrations, and more to make your sermons engaging and practical. This volume covers the book of 1 John.
Top Highlights
“The apostle declares that the imagination of our own sinlessness is an inward lie” (Page 51)
“We have not ceased to sin because we have changed the form of our sinning.” (Page 54)
“That inward persuasion of the impossibility of the purgation of sin by any doings or feelings of our own” (Pages 37–38)
“3. Compliance with the condition of forgiveness and cleansing (ver. 9)” (Page 5)
“We are called upon to ‘believe in the name of Jesus Christ,’ to ‘love God who hath begotten us, and to love those who are begotten of Him’; to have the ‘hope of glory’ fixed in us, to declare our repentance, by ‘confessing our sins, and purifying ourselves’; to ‘overcome the wicked one and the world’; to conquer the ‘lusts of the flesh’; to ‘walk as Christ walked,’ by imitation of Him, and to ‘abide in Him’ by perseverance! to ‘hear the word preached by the ministers of Christ; to ‘ask the things we want according to His will’; to ‘open bowels of compassion,’ and distribute our worldly goods to our needy brethren; finally, to ‘do righteousness, keep God’s commandments, and do those things which are pleasing in His sight.’” (Page vii)
- Title: I. John
- Author: Joseph S. Exell
- Series: The Biblical Illustrator
- Publisher: J. Nisbet & Co.
- Print Publication Date: n.d.
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. N.T. 1 John › Commentaries
- Resource ID: LLS:BBLCLLLSTRTR1JN
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-01-10T20:30:13Z