Essay

Anthony the Great makes some thought provoking insights in his interpretation of 1 John 4. even though we can do what we want to others, influence their decisions with lavish presents or hurt them, we cannot do anything to God, influence Him with physical gifts, or hurt God. Nevertheless, there are some, who when becoming a Christian, expected to love others naturally. However, when they could not, they judged themselves as failed

Saul’s son Jonathan found great favor in David. Jonathan grew to love David, and helped protect him from Saul’s wrath. The friendship of David and Jonathan was the effect of divine grace, which produces in true believers one heart and one soul, and causes them to love each other (Henry, 2000). It is possible to love other people even if a parent has hatred in their hearts towards them. When Jonathan could not stop Saul’s march toward evil, he could warn the intended victim, thus averting a tragedy (Fackler, 2006). Christians in today’s world can learn a valuable lesson of loving others even if there are issues that are impending on the situation that could cause anger to occur. Jonathan was loyal to David causing a positive reflection on his covenant and commitment to his friendship with David. “And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul” (KJV, 1 Samuel 18:1). Jonathan vowed to help David and stood by his word. Those who love Christ as their own souls will be willing to join themselves to him in an everlasting covenant (Henry, 2001). I was unaware that David and Jonathan had such a special bond; and made me think about my own life and my commitment to my friends. There can be strength found in God’s word if you put him first as David did in his own battles.

“EVERYONE HAD ALWAYS SAID THAT JOHN WOULD BE A preacher when he grew up, just like his father. It had been said so often that John, without ever thinking about it, had come to believe it himself.” Pg. 1

Sally Dingo the author of Ernie Dingo the King of the Kids, positions us as we read through the book for us to feel almost we had known him all through his life, and that we are like mates toward him. we may feel sympathy for one of their beloved family member dies or admiration for Ernie’s sporting talents in basketball, he was usually called ‘show pony’.

According to Henderson, “Historians of the new imperialism have tended to ignore the parallel histories of empire in nineteenth-century British North America”. He argues that in recent years, an increasing number of corresponding and connective histories have had the desire to locate early Canada as one site of an empire among others. He stresses how republicanism and a responsible government rely almost exclusively on published archival materials that have been used for a very long period (at least in Canada) by those who are interested in the history of the struggle for a responsible government.

Parents do not exist instead of being born inside of your mother you are born in a tube. Everything in their life is Organized from the way they look to the authority you hold in society. One of the most important things that sets John apart is his sense of love, feeling ,and individuality. John grew up with a caregiver(mother), and someone to provide for him and care for him this love also gave him an overpowering sense of individuality. His love and individuality is the most apparent things that set him apart from everyone else in the world state.

During the Cold War, the United States increasingly felt the need to protect the Western hemisphere from the supposedly evil Soviet sphere of influence. The conflicting ideologies between the capitalist United States and the socialist Soviet Union served as a reason for the United States to intervene in Chilean politics. In the 1960s and 1970s, the United States CIA moved and coordinated campaigns against the spread of communism. Following Domino Theory, where a falling domino causes an entire row of dominoes to fall, the general belief was that if one country fell to communism, the neighboring countries surrounding it would also adopt a communist ideology. Fearful of a Marxist regime, the CIA sought to keep the popular Salvador Allende

All this time we are striving to become more like Jesus in our lives but its hard graft; we’re constantly fighting against our sinful nature and the corruption of the world we live in. But John seems to be speaking here of a moment of transformation - when our lives are renewed in a way we can’t imagine and all that is imperfect is gone. In the meantime, John emphasizes that we – as children of God – shouldn’t be continuing in sin. This seems obvious but I definitely need this kind of reminder, as sin often becomes so ingrained that we barely notice its presence in our lives. John returns to his exhortation to love one another; Jesus said this was the most important commandment. This is because if we love someone completely then everything else falls naturally into place, for love is part of all the rest of the fruits of the Spirit. In this respect, John points out that if we claim to have love but our actions belay that, then we are deceiving ourselves. Love isn’t a passive feeling; it should influence everything we do. John ends with a reassurance to those who feel condemned in their hearts. God is greater than our hearts. He knows us completely and still chooses to live in us through His Holy Spirit.

Haim, ziv, lamy, and Hodes 2006) essentially aims at determining the emergence and extent at which infants develop preference for their own race, whether such preferences are as a result of same race The research by Kelly,D.J., Quinn, P.C., Slater, A. M., Lee, K., Ge, L., and Pascalis, O. (2007) and (Bar-categorization, how exposure to different faces early in life could affect their preferences. These preferences also develop and become present at age 3 months old, they prefer own race faces. (Bar-haim et., al (2006).

a man, but also a God is very important. Through Johns’ gospel, we can see how we should live our lives with Jesus as our example. My favorite passage, which was mentioned above, is John 3:16. I really like this passage because it shows how God saved me, my family, my friends, and everyone else in the world. This passage shows how much God loves us as a world, but also our individuality. I appreciate Him so much and this helps me to appreciate Him even

The idea of helping one another out was second nature to him and something I still strive for. John 15:12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved

John became the apostle of love. I will discuss the hermeneutic of and show how John’s view of love-God’s and Christians- is different from that of the world. I will explain how his power was used to bring love while respecting values of Jews and Gentiles.

The image is a blur. A quick focus shows a pair of female feet in black gum sole shoes standing on packed gravel.

The Book of 1 John is a very important book because even thought it was written during the 90 A.D and the authorship of this book has not been discover. It has some meaningful information for the people during that time and is even relevant to the believers and unbeliever of today. The Book of 1 John has many themes displayed throughout this book even though it only has five chapters in the entire book. One of the major themes displayed in this book is love. 1 John 2:7-17 scriptures let us know that God’s greatest command and greatest gift to people is Love. He lets the people of this time that this is not a new commandment because it was required in the Old Testament and it remains in the New Testament. As a believer we must love everyone just as God love us. Another example of love being displayed in 1 John is 3:11-24 when God provided us with a clear example of his love by providing a bad example and a positive example of how love should be. From this example Blomberg mentioned that “We should expect the world to hate us as they hated Christ, but we should lay down our lives for one another if necessary. The next most powerful demonstration of the genuineness of our love comes when we share from the surplus of our material possessions to help those in need (Blomberg. 2006)”. Then lastly, 1 John 4:7-21 talks about love again, that when you love it should be divine and genuine. That love should be displayed in an emotion way but we should also show love to God by obeying

Throughout the ages, many have tried to comprehend the human experience of love and its ineffable and mysterious force that leads us to complete euphoria or utter despair, with songs, paintings, and stories. In Plato’s Symposium, six guest including Socrates, tackle and attempt to define love amongst each other. With each attempt, and our study of Johns gospel, the intertextuality between the symposium and John 15:8-17 helps one better understand the portrait that John portrays of Jesus as the ultimate lover and only way to being fully complete.