1 João 2
George MacDonald · Citado em PreceptAustin
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MacDonald: Man should not live as if his body were all. He should not devote all his strength and talents to the feeding of his body, which in a few short years will be eaten by worms. Rather, he should make sure that his soul is fed day by day with the Word of God. “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.” (Mt 4:4) We should work tirelessly to acquire a better knowledge of the Word of God. (BORROW Believer's Bible Commentary) John 6:56 "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. Bible Knowledge Commentary - One who partakes of Christ enjoys a mutual abiding relationship with Christ. He remains (menei) in Christ, and Christ remains in him. Menō is one of the most important theological terms in John’s Gospel. The Father “remains” in the Son (Jn 14:10), the Spirit “remains” on Jesus (Jn 1:32), and believers “remain” in Jesus and He in them (Jn 6:56; Jn 15:4). The implications of this “remaining” are many. A believer enjoys intimacy with and security in Jesus. John 7:9 Having said these things (Always pause to ask "What things?" - this forces you to either remember or if you can't remember, to go back and read the previous context, both of which are of value in facilitating meditation on the passage. In this case read Jn 7:6-8) to them, He stayed in Galilee. John 8:31+ So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, "If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; Charles Ryrie on "Jews who had believed Him" - Likely only a profession because of what they said in Jn 8:33 (Ed: Not to mention what they sought to do in Jn 8:59!). (Ryrie study Bible: New American Standard Bible)
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MacDonald: Whether the word “Son” applies to the Son of God or whether it applies to those who become children of God by faith in Christ, it is clear that the Lord Jesus was telling these Jews (Ed: Contrary to what some teach, these were the same Jews addressed in John 8:30-31.) that they were not sons, but slaves who could be put out at any time. (BORROW Believer's Bible Commentary) John 9:41 Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, 'We see,' your sin remains. Comment: The religious leaders were spiritually blind to their sin and thus they continued in the state of guilt because of their sin. NET Note: The blind man received sight physically, and this led him to see spiritually as well. But the Pharisees, who claimed to possess spiritual sight, were spiritually blinded. The reader might recall Jesus’ words to Nicodemus in Jn 3:10, “Are you the teacher of Israel and don’t understand these things?” In other words, to receive Jesus was to receive the light of the world, to reject him was to reject the light, close one’s eyes, and become blind. This is the serious sin of which Jesus had warned before (Jn 8:21-24). The blindness of such people was incurable since they had rejected the only cure that exists (cf. Jn 12:39-41). John 10:40 And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing, and He was staying there. John 11:6 So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was. John 11:54 Therefore Jesus no longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the country near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples. John 12:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. MacDonald: Seed never produces grain until first it falls into the ground and dies. The Lord Jesus here referred to Himself as a grain (or kernel) of wheat. If He did not die, He would abide alone. He would enjoy the glories of heaven by Himself; there would be no saved sinners there to share His glory. But if He died, He would provide a way of salvation by which many might be saved. The same applies to us, as T. G. Ragland says: If we refuse to be corns of wheat—falling into the ground, and dying (Read Jn 12:25); if we will neither sacrifice prospects, nor risk character, and property, and health; nor, when we are called, relinquish home, and break family ties, for Christ’s sake; then we shall abide alone. But if we wish to be fruitful, we must follow our Blessed Lord Himself, by becoming a corn of wheat, and dying, then we shall bring forth much fruit. (BORROW Believer's Bible Commentary)
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MacDonald: They are separate Persons, yet They are one as to attributes and will. We should not be discouraged if we cannot understand this. No mortal mind will ever understand the Godhead. We must give God credit for knowing things that we can never know. If we fully understood Him, we would be as great as He! Jesus had power to speak the words and to do the miracles, but He came into the world as the Servant of Jehovah and He spoke and acted in perfect obedience to the Father. (BORROW Believer's Bible Commentary) John 14:17 that is the Spirit of truth, Whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides (present tense) with you and will be in you. Bengel: A most exquisite title… The Spirit, Who has the truth, reveals it, by knowledge in the understanding; confers it by practical proof and taste in the will; testifies of it to others also through those to whom He has revealed it; and defends that truth, of which John 1:17 speaks, grace and truth…The truth makes all our virtues true. Otherwise there is a kind of false knowledge, false faith, false hope, false love; but there is no such thing as false truth.” (Gnomon of the New Testament) A T
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MacDonald - Abiding is the secret of a successful prayer life. The closer we get to the Lord, the more we will learn to think His thoughts after Him. The more we get to know Him through His Word, the more we will understand His will. The more our will agrees with His, the more we can be sure of having our prayers answered. touch with Christ moment by moment. (BORROW Believer's Bible Commentary)
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MacDonald: We should pause to marvel at His dwelling in us and our dwelling in Him. (Believer's Bible Commentary) 1 John 4:15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. NET Note: Here menei, from meno]) has been translated as “resides” because the confession is constitutive of the relationship, and the resulting state (“God resides in him”) is in view. (1 John 4) Ryrie: Confess. Say the same thing; i.e., agree with some authority outside of one’s self. Son of God. “This confession of the deity of Jesus Christ implies surrender and obedience also, not mere lip service” (A. T. Robertson, Word Studies in the New Testament). (The Wycliffe Bible Commentary) 1 John 4:16 We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. NET Note: Meno in its three occurrences in 1Jn 4:16 looks at the mutual state of believers and God. No change of status or position is in view in the context, so the participle and both finite verbs are translated as “resides.” 2 John 1:2 for the sake of the truth which abides in us and will be with us forever: Comment: Truth takes up residence (present tense = continually) in a believer's heart and cannot be uprooted!