Reformed Doctrine Daily Devotions

Today’s devotion comes from 1 John 3:23-24.

“This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.  The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him.  We know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.”  1 John 3:23-24.

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We may be commanded to believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, but it is God’s work that we are able to believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ.

“Therefore they said to Him, “What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?”  Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.”  John 6:28-29.

“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.”  John 1:12-13.

We may be commanded to love another, but it is God’s work that we are able to love one another.

“We love, because He first loved us.”  1 John 4:19.

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, …”  Galatians 5:22.

“for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.”  Philippians 2:13.

“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God;  and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.”  1 John 4:7.

“Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever.  Amen.”  Ephesians 3:20-21.

“…  We know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.”  Verse 23.

“By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.”  1 John 4:13. 

“I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;  that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.

“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”  John 14:16-18.

“In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.”  Ephesians 1:13-14.

“Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God, who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge.”  2 Corinthians 1:21-22.

“For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba!  Father!”  The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God,”  Romans 8:15-16.

“For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.”  2 Timothy 1:7.