||Pastoral Passage|| The short New Testament letter called First John gives a series of ‘tests’ by which Christians (real or professed) can check whether their faith is genuine, rather than sham or superficial. The first of these so-called ‘tests’ is that of obedience.
assurance
||Pastoral Passage|| In Christian spirituality there is a place for striving, and a place for resting.
||Pastoral Passage|| A major goal of First John is to help us have assurance in our faith.
Chris Northcott 