8th November 2015

1 John 5: 19 – 21. Loving the world. Followers of Jesus: beware idolatry. We continue to think about our experience of living in the world and John’s warning against idolatry. John’s world view is clear: we know that we belong to God even though the whole world lies passively in the thrall of evil. (v19) John felt it necessary to warn his spiritual children to guard against idols. We examined the reality of Jesus verses the phantom nature of idols. Their power often being only the fear of those who believe in them. We discussed the power of the idols of the secular world. All God substitutes are idols. We are to seek to live in the reality of God and eternal life.