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Family Rules for 'Little Children' -- Part 3

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

The letter of 1 John is for the family of God. It contains the kind of expressions and information commonly heard among family members behind closed doors. We get that impression from numerous references in these five chapters addressing "little children" and "children," as well as "fathers," "young men," and "brothers." In this letter, John passed along the same kind of sage advice we hear when gathered at the knee of a family patriarch. At the time he wrote, John had lived almost a century and had endured the blast of life's harshest treatment. He had felt the brutal blows of persecution and bore the scars that proved it. He had also witnessed the fall of many who once walked closely with their Lord; he anguished over heresies that had sprung up in the lives of Christians he loved - people who were one actively engaged in churches where he had served. Because he had "seen it all," this old gentleman was able to offer some elementary rules all of us would be wise to hear and obey.

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Everything Is Under Control
by Charles R. Swindoll

At the heart of life's major struggles is a theological issue. Putting it in the form of a question: "Is God in charge or is He not?"

If we could, by some wonderful force from heaven, be allowed to slip from this earth in our present state and into the glory of heaven, we would not find one shred of evidence that reveals panic. You would never once hear "oops" from the lips of God, or "I wonder what we're going to do about that down there?" Nor would we ever observe anxiety across the face of the living God. We would be stunned with amazement at how calm things are around His awesome throne.

From this side of glory we see the tapestry of life from underneath. It is full of knots and twisted threads and frayed ends that lack meaning and beauty. But from God's perspective, looking at the top of the fabric, it is all under control.

Taken from Charles R. Swindoll, Encouragement for Life: Words of Hope and Inspiration (Nashville: J. Countryman, 2006), 60. Copyright © 2006 by Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide.

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