Wrath Turned Aside | 1 John 2:1-6 | This Week’s Devotions
This week's devotions grow out of our sermon on 1 John 2:1-6, Wrath Turned Aside, where we considered two words at the heart of the gospel: advocate and propitiation. Sin rightly deserves the wrath of God, and the question every person must face is where that wrath will land. Over the next five days, we'll trace that question through Scripture, beginning with the holiness and wrath of God, moving through the advocacy and propitiating work of Christ, and ending with what it means to keep his commands and walk as he walked. Each day includes a short reflection and questions meant to help you sit with the text, not just read past it. Watch the sermon first if you haven't already, then work through these devotions at whatever pace lets the truth settle in.
Wrath Turned Aside | 1 John 2:1-6 | Walking in the Light
Sin rightly deserves the wrath of God. So where does that wrath land? In this sermon from 1 John 2:1-6, we look at two words you may not use often but that are essential to the gospel: advocate and propitiation. John writes as a father in the faith, calling believers to holiness while reminding them that when they fail — and they will — they have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
Bible Vocab: Holiness
Holiness is a word that I did not initially have on my list of words to feature as "Bible Vocab". I thought that it was a word that was pretty easy to understand. While I think most of us have a concept of what the word holiness means, do we really grasp it? Do we really understand the scope of it? These thoughts came to mind as I was preparing the sermon for February 19, 2017, and read Leviticus 19:2 where it says, "Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy". Preparing a sermon on this really caused me to ponder what exactly the word holiness means.