Water, Blood, and Spirit: The Three Witnesses
A historical reconstruction of 1 John 5:1-21 in its context of churches shaken by schism and false teaching. Examines the three witnesses (Spirit, water, blood) that testify to Jesus as Christ come in flesh, the assurance passages that John writes so believers may know they have eternal life, and the letter's abrupt closing: keep yourselves from idols.
This is vivid retellings.
The churches around Ephesus are under siege. Not from Rome—though that pressure never fully lifts. Not from synagogues—though that tension still simmers. From within. Teachers who walked with them, worshipped with them, then left. And the questions they raised haven't left with them. Was Jesus really the Christ? Did the divine truly become flesh? Can you really know you have eternal life?…
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