Sunday, January 10^th, 2021

“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.”

– 1^st John 5:13 (ESV)

The Southern Baptist January Bible Study (JBS) has long been a blessing to me. For over thirty years, I have done a verse-by-verse exposition of the JBS Study almost every year.

For most of those years, I attended the Illinois Baptist JBS Pastors’ retreat at Camp Streator and I had the privilege of teaching the study there on three or four occasions.

This year, the JBS Study is “The Epistles of John.” This has made the study even more special for me since the LORD used 1^st John 5:13 to bring me to faith on Saturday, November 6^th, 1982.

Special. Really Special.

As the LORD allows, this evening (1/10) and on Sunday, 1/24 I will again teach the January Bible Study at the First Baptist Church of Lovington from 6 to 8pm.

This evening, (1/10) as the LORD allows, I plan to teach an Introduction and 1^st John 1 before a short break and then Chapters 2 and 3 after the break.

On 1/24, as the LORD allows, I plan to teach 1^st John Chapters 4 and 5 before a short break and then 2^nd and 3^rd John after the break.

Also, I have been invited to teach 1^st John 3 at Oreana Baptist Church at 6pm on Sunday, January 17^th as part of the annual CBA-wide January Bible Study.

I will appreciate your prayers for these meetings and I want you to know that if you are not having Sunday PM Services at your Church, I would love for you to attend any of these meetings that you can!

The CBA January Bible Study will also feature Dale Granda teaching 1^st John 2 this evening (1/10) at Emmanuel Baptist beginning at 6pm; Keith Schmutzler will teach 1^st John 4 at Emmanuel Baptist beginning at 6pm on January 24^th; and Dr. Scott Andrews teaching 1^st John 5 at Oreana Baptist beginning at 6pm on January 31^st.

These CBA-wide services will be live-streamed on the Church’s Facebook Page if you prefer to watch from home!

My favorite verse says, “Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4)

While every Bible verse is certainly a blessing, I think you will find that 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd John will be a special blessing to you and your family!