Questions for this morning

We will finish up 1 John 5 this morning, then dive into 2 John, which has only one chapter. Here are some questions to consider:

1. Again, John enjoins his "little ones" to be wary of deceivers, the antichrists. What are the little ones supposed to hold onto?
2. Another reprise: John challenges the little ones to love, with obedience to the commandment, which is not new. Why does he keep writing about this?

Let's start with these questions today, and gaze once again into the Word, God's perfect law of freedom.

Unfinished business

We concluded last Thursday with a homework assignment: Where during Mass do we mention the saints of God, and why?

This is related to our unfinished question:

1. John mentions confidence again, in v. 11. How is this confidence different or related to the confidence John mentions in 1 John 2: 28 and 1 John 4:17?

Beginning

This week we start a study of John's first letter, A good set of starting questions is:

1. Re-read John's gospel, chapter 1. Does this chapter bear any resemblance to the concepts in Johns first letter, chapter 1?
2. Re-read John's gospel, chapter 15. Does this chapter bear any resemblance to the concepts in Johns first letter, chapter 1?
3. Re-read Revelation, chapter 22. Does this chapter bear any resemblance to the concepts in Johns first letter, chapter 1?

Every Thursday morning, we meditate on God's Word, and we pray for the Lord's wisdom to penetrate our minds. These questions will be a good start.