I looked at my notes on Statistics. And i thought: "Damn. Don't you know that today is the sabbath? Go and take a break" Oh well. There is SOME truth in that claim. And they offered me cookies(imaginary ones)
PS: Xmas is coming. So i decided to put this snowman theme on the blog. Such a cold smile.(Pun intended) It does look like an oreos smile.
The Goliath of my degree is done. 2 more little things to that certification. 'Real World', you better be prepared for my entrance. Its going to be a big thing. Beware of my bite.
"If the readers are to have fellowship with the Father and with the Son (v.3), they must understand what makes this possible. They must know who God is in himself and, consequently, who they are in themselves as creatures of God. So the author first describes the moral character of God in terms of light (v. 5) and then goes on to deny three claims made by those who falsely boast of their knowledge and fellowship with God. The false positions are (1) moral behavior is a matter of indifference in one's relationship to God (v. 6); (2) immoral conduct does not issue in sin for one who knows God (v. 8); and (3) the knowledge of God removes sin as even a possibility in the life of the believer (v. 10). True 'tests' or evidence of fellowship with God or walking in the light are (1) fellowship with one another (v. 7), with subsequent cleansing by the blood of Christ; (2) confession of sin, (v. 9) which brings both forgiveness and cleansing; and (3) trusting that if we sin we have Jesus Christ as an advocate and sacrifice for our sins (2:2)." Barker, p. 309.
"By contrast, to 'walk in darkness' (verse 6) is to hide from God and to refuse to acknowledge what we know about Him." Idem, The Epistles . . pp. 60-61.
"To know God was not merely to know Him as the philosopher knows Him; it was to know Him as a friend knows Him. In Hebrew the word to know is used of the relationship between husband and of [sic] wife, and especially of the sexual act, the most intimate of all relationships (cp. Genesis 4:1)." Barclay, p. 64.
"In other words, to 'know' God is not a matter of correct thought-processes, but of a genuine spiritual relationship. The knowledge of God, and fellowship with him, are complementary aspects of Christian experience." Smalley, p. 45.
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