I want to thank the Lord for another year on this earth, with my 41st birthday just 9 days away I am so grateful for my life and especially my life in Christ. My Mother bought me the latest New Testament Commentary by John MacArthur which is 1 - 3 John. I was surprised by the new dust cover and almost startled that they had changed the cover but the binding is just as the others in my collection. I would just like to share the opening statement in the first chapter that has a bit of "The Truth War" feel to it.We live in an era that looks with suspicion on any type of certainty or conviction about the truth. Our society has abandoned the idea of absolutes, choosing instead to arbitrarily grant equal validity to every opinion and philosophical musing, Sadly, today's church, influenced by the surrounding culture, has fallen prey to an inclusivism that tolerates seemingly any and every viewpoint, except dogmatism. In the realm of biblical interpretation, for instance, a significant new movement is gaining ground that says that no one can know for sure what the Bible means. According to this emerging viewpoint, the Bible is so obscure that anyone who exegetes Scripture should offer nothing more than a cautious "humble," open-minded opinion regarding the text's meaning. But such radical, unwarranted skepticism blatantly ignores the Bible's own teaching that Christians not only can, but must, know the truth. Thus, to claim that the meaning of Scripture is unknowable is to directly attack the divinely designed clarity of the Bible; it is, in essence, to accuse God of being unable to clearly reveal Himself and His truth to humanity. The inevitable result of such arrogance for those who embrace it is the loss of certainty and confidence about the rich and essential doctrinal truths of the Christian faith.
John 8:32 - And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free
Pss. 19:8 - The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes
Prov. 22:21 - That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
Isa. 29:24 - They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
Luke 1:4 - That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
1 Tim. 4:3 - Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
2 Peter 1:12 - Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
2 Peter 1:19 - We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
1 John 2:21 - I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
1 John 4:6 - We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
2 John 1 - The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
Excerpt taken from "The MacArthur New Testament Commentary 1 - 3 John" Moody Publishing
Pss. 19:8 - The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes
Prov. 22:21 - That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
Isa. 29:24 - They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
Luke 1:4 - That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
1 Tim. 4:3 - Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
2 Peter 1:12 - Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
2 Peter 1:19 - We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
1 John 2:21 - I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
1 John 4:6 - We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
2 John 1 - The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
Excerpt taken from "The MacArthur New Testament Commentary 1 - 3 John" Moody Publishing
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