Written between A. D. 65 and 70 by Jude, the brother of James the apostle and biological brother of Yeshua, the Christ we know as Jesus. The author of this letter, Jude (Judas in Greek, or Judah in Hebrew) chooses to identify himself as a “servant” of the Lord rather than through his kin relationship […]

From his dwelling in Ephesus, the aging apostle John was called by God to address and single out Diotrephes as a misguided leader out on a selfish mission to serve Satan rather than His creator. First, John refers to a letter he has previously written to the Corinthian church to which Gaius belonged. The beloved […]

Around A.D. 70, the churches throughout the Roman province of Asia Minor were under the authority of Diotrephes, a misguided leader on a selfish agenda who, according to John, had strayed from the narrow path. In this, his third canonized letter, the apostle John, residing in Ephesus writes words of encouragement to a struggling church. […]

Around A.D. 85, the aging apostle John, son of Zebedee and Salome, and brother of James, wrote his second letter of encouragement to the churches throughout the region or “Ekklesia,” Greek for gathering. While Paul, the apostle to the Gentiles focused on the saved, John’s outreach was targeted more at non-believers, skeptics and false teachers. […]

The faith or Christians was tested in similar ways as we are challenged today. The enemy, Satan continues his attack on humanity, preying on the weak, always lurking. Because those with faith in Jesus Christ are empowered by the Holy Spirit, a renewed spiritual self named after the spiritual character of God almighty. John now […]

Within the Mosaic law, obedience to God’s commandments had been an integral part of one’s righteousness until Jesus came to fulfill prophecy as the messiah, the savior of man. Replacing obligation with loving desire, Yeshua, the living Son of God was born of immaculate conception, lived a perfect life, dies on the cross and was […]

John continues his exhortation of the believers scattered among the churches throughout the Roman province of Asia. The principle that God was symbolic with love was nothing new, however the revelation about brotherly love needed clarification to fully blossom among and beyond the apostle’s beloved flock. “17 Love has been perfected among us in this: […]

In his letter to the churches scattered throughout the Roman province of Asia, the apostle John teaches us how, by faith, believers can rejoice in the sight and comfort of God’s presence. By faith, and through Agape, Greek for “brotherly love,” the presence of Yahweh can be seen and felt in others. “12 No one […]

John’s love for his audience was obvious in the tone he used in his admonition of scattered believers he considered his flock. Christians throughout the Roman Asia Minor region were under spiritual attack by the enemy, disguised as Gnostics, Judaizers or Greek philosophers out to deceive on behalf of Satan. Having battled sin previously in […]

God gave us commandments so we could fail. In turn, failure to equal our divine creator grew into submission, which itself blossomed to bear fruit according to a perfectly devised plan, crafted by a supreme being we cannot understand or imagine. Through the humbling experience involved in one’s spiritual growth, believers are made righteous as […]