God’s Provision for Our Complete Joy
(I John 1:1-4)
As an
exercise in meditating on the word of God, consider this passage of God’s book
with the thought of how each phrase is significant to your understanding and
belief in Jesus Christ. The apostle John is writing of his personal experience
of knowing Jesus in the flesh, watching his life, hearing his words, witnessing
his death, burial, resurrection, and ascension into heaven, and he continues to
communicate to every generation how this is the most important thing for us to
know, to receive, to believe, and to live.
With that in
mind, think about how each of these phrases is significant to your beliefs and
decisions in relation to the God revealed in the Bible.
1 That which was
from the beginning,
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which we have
heard,
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which we have seen
with our eyes,
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which we looked
upon and have touched with our hands,
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concerning the word
of life—
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2 the life was made
manifest,
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and we have seen
it,
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and testify to it
and proclaim to you the eternal life,
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which was with the
Father and was made manifest to us—
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3 that which we
have seen and heard we proclaim also to you,
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so that you too may
have fellowship with us;
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and indeed our
fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
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4 And we are
writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
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If you have any questions about how God completes our joy,
feel free to contact me at either address below.
© 2015 Monte Vigh ~ Box 517,
Merritt, BC, V1K 1B8 ~ in2freedom@gmail.com
Scriptures are from the
English Standard Version (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright ©
2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.)
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