The halfbaked Bard

1 John:3:1 How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God. We were not good people; when we were loved. We were not mediocre okay people when we were called children of God. It was not a promotion from good to better. We were terrible sinners; wretched rebels when He first loved us. That is why; empty as we were; love has been lavished upon us. Unconditionally without limits, He loved us. His justice, His holiness, His truthfulness, His righteousness - unchanging. But love had to be lavished upon us to salvage us. There was no need for Him to make us children. He could have made us secondary citizens or servants to angels in heaven. That in itself would have been redemption. Because we deserved only eternal hell. But He made us children. Seated us in heavenly realms. Children we were, borne of God. We walked away. He made us children yet again. This is love lavished upon us. The cross is the reason for our salvation and our red...

1 John:2:28 And now dear children, continue in Him so that when He appears we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming. So when He comes back Like a thief when He returns To take you back home Will you be ashamed to face Him? Will you be found doing the very things That He told you not to do? Will you be caught redhanded? Will you be facing a teardrop in His eye? Or gleaming face? ( Though He would be delighted). Will you be ashamed to face Him? Will you be found not doing what He asked you to? Will you be found complacent and lazy Not bothered. Not concerned. Not affected. Undeterred by the things that move His heart Or will you be confident to meet Him? Because you have done everything He has asked you? In your sphere, you have done it all And would you be able to hear Him say Well done good and faithful servant If He has asked you to do huge things Will you obey? If He has asked you to do a small thing Will you obey? Procrastination is the root of disobedi...

What is eternal life? 1 John:2:24-25 See that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. And this is what He promised us - even eternal life. The Triune God remaining in you and you in Him, is eternal life.  John:17:3  - Now this is eternal life. That they may know you, the only true God and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent Eternal life is not something you will receive on the other side of death. Golden streets, the river that will continue to flow without being dried up, fruits on trees in all season. Eternal life is now. It is knowing Him and remaining in Him. Life in all its abundance. Life to the fullest as it is designed to be. Yes it extends to eternity.  That it is not limited to a time frame, is just one dimension to it. Fullness of life; abundant life as it is intended and planned by God.  Remaining in Him, like the vine and its branches.  Nourishment and necessities...

1 John:2:27 But as for you, Christ has poured out His Spirit on you. This is the promise. The third person of Trinity. Poured. Not given. Not rationed. But poured out in full to you. Do you realise the scope of this? I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion. I will never leave you nor forsake you. Behold I am with you till the end of days. He who is in you is greater than He who is in the world. Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit. Image courtesy: gemini 

Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. 1John:2:15 If you love the world, then the love of the Father is not in you. Anything of this world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, the pride of life, these are the things that you can summarise about the world. These are not of the Father. If you have these, it is evident that the love of the Father is not in you. The cravings of your body, the second look that you look, the boasts of your life, are against the Spirit who is in you. Anything self centred is not from the Father. Anything that gives you selfish pleasure is not from the Father. But anything that pleases the Father is centred around selfless love. To give. Rather than to get. Any sensual pleasure. Any security that comes out of your assets. Any hoarding. Any projecting your own self. Any lack of accomodating others. It's not from God. For He was a selfless God. He had no need to create a man in His own image. He had no business to redeem thi...

But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense, Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 1 John:2:1 A loving and compassionate God. He hates sin. But He loves me, the terrible sinner. If at all I sin, He will not condemn me. He instead intercedes for me to the Father, that He has paid for this too. That He has suffered for this too. Always continually reminding the suffering that He had to go through because of my sin. A big brother who has suffered for my sake. Now how would I really respond to the very thing that made Him suffer out of His love for me. If I love that very thing that tortured my brother, it is called treachery. Betrayal, it is. And how am I different from the Iscariot Judas. It is infidelity for I am disloyal to the One who loved me with an everlasting love. Either I do not understand the love with which He has loved me. Or I consider it silly. Or I do not value it. I am self centred, who desires instant pleasure over eternal goodness...