GROWING IN FAITH AS WE GROW IN LIFE: CHILDREN, YOUNG MEN, AND FATHERS
by Jerry Branch
Scripture: 1 John 2:12-14
Growing in Faith as We Grow in Life: Children, Young Men, and Fathers
Dr. Jerry Branch
1 John 2:12-14
1 John 2:12-14 (ESV)
12 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name's sake. 13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you know the Father. 14 I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
If you like theological discussions, then this passage is full of them.
In fact, if you pick up two or three different commentaries, you'll probably find at there are two different views as to how to properly interpret these 2 verses.
The disagreement stems from the terms that John uses...little children; fathers; young men; and a repeat. The scholars ask the question is John describing the maturing process of the believer where the 'little children' are those new Christians and fathers are the older and more mature?
Anyway, while I like academic discussions as much as the next guy, at the same time, I really don't believe that this discussion is where the meat is at...
That's because it seems more in the context with WHAT AND HOW that John was writing using these terms to actually show us that all Christians, regardless of their ages, from younger, children, to older, the younger men, to the older still, the fathers, he's writing to tell us that we should really know and appreciate these important truths of the Bible...
First, that sins are forgiven, period; and actually that is the ONLY one of these truths we're going to look at today.
Second, that the evil one is not overcome only by young powerful men, but by all Christians.
Third, that we truly do KNOW God...and at the same time, John is also showing us that at ...
Dr. Jerry Branch
1 John 2:12-14
1 John 2:12-14 (ESV)
12 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name's sake. 13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you know the Father. 14 I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
If you like theological discussions, then this passage is full of them.
In fact, if you pick up two or three different commentaries, you'll probably find at there are two different views as to how to properly interpret these 2 verses.
The disagreement stems from the terms that John uses...little children; fathers; young men; and a repeat. The scholars ask the question is John describing the maturing process of the believer where the 'little children' are those new Christians and fathers are the older and more mature?
Anyway, while I like academic discussions as much as the next guy, at the same time, I really don't believe that this discussion is where the meat is at...
That's because it seems more in the context with WHAT AND HOW that John was writing using these terms to actually show us that all Christians, regardless of their ages, from younger, children, to older, the younger men, to the older still, the fathers, he's writing to tell us that we should really know and appreciate these important truths of the Bible...
First, that sins are forgiven, period; and actually that is the ONLY one of these truths we're going to look at today.
Second, that the evil one is not overcome only by young powerful men, but by all Christians.
Third, that we truly do KNOW God...and at the same time, John is also showing us that at ...
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