From: ngninja@baptist.email   
      
   Bible Reading for December 24   
      
   1 John Chapter 1   
      
   1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have   
   seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have   
   handled, of the Word of life;   
      
   2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness,   
   and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was   
   manifested unto us;)   
      
   3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also   
   may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the   
   Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.   
      
   4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.   
      
   5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto   
   you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.   
      
   6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we   
   lie, and do not the truth:   
      
   7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship   
   one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us   
   from all sin.   
      
   8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is   
   not in us.   
      
   9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our   
   sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.   
      
   10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word   
   is not in us.   
      
   1 John Chapter 2   
      
   1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not.   
   And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ   
   the righteous:   
      
   2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but   
   also for the sins of the whole world.   
      
   3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.   
      
   4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a   
   liar, and the truth is not in him.   
      
   5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God   
   perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.   
      
   6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as   
   he walked.   
      
   7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment   
   which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which   
   ye have heard from the beginning.   
      
   8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him   
   and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.   
      
   9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in   
   darkness even until now.   
      
   10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none   
   occasion of stumbling in him.   
      
   11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in   
   darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath   
   blinded his eyes.   
      
   12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you   
   for his name's sake.   
      
   13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the   
   beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the   
   wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the   
   Father.   
      
   14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is   
   from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are   
   strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the   
   wicked one.   
      
   15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any   
   man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.   
      
   16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of   
   the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.   
      
   17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth   
   the will of God abideth for ever.   
      
   18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that   
   antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we   
   know that it is the last time.   
      
   19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been   
   of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out,   
   that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.   
      
   20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.   
      
   21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but   
   because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.   
      
   22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is   
   antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.   
      
   23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he   
   that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.   
      
   24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the   
   beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain   
   in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.   
      
   25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.   
      
   26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.   
      
   27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and   
   ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth   
   you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath   
   taught you, ye shall abide in him.   
      
   28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear,   
   we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.   
      
   29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth   
   righteousness is born of him.   
      
   1 John Chapter 3   
      
   1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we   
   should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not,   
   because it knew him not.   
      
   2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what   
   we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like   
   him; for we shall see him as he is.   
      
   3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he   
   is pure.   
      
   4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the   
   transgression of the law.   
      
   5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him   
   is no sin.   
      
   6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen   
   him, neither known him.   
      
   7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness   
   is righteous, even as he is righteous.   
      
   8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the   
   beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might   
   destroy the works of the devil.   
      
   9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth   
   in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.   
      
   10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the   
   devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that   
   loveth not his brother.   
      
   11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we   
   should love one another.   
      
   12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And   
   wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his   
   brother's righteous.   
      
   13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.   
      
      
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