If there were a book that...

How did Romans become the most common book for communicating the Gospel? I submit that 1 John take its place. If I were to pick a 'favorite' book of the Bible that had so gripped my heart to actually change the way I lived my life by faith, it would certainly be 1 John. If there were a book that not only communicates our sinful nature and our need for something out of this world and beyond us for salvation and connection with God, 1 John shows us that. If there were a book that continues throughout to show that Jesus Christ is the only solution to aforementioned crisis, 1 John would be it. If there were a book that communicates the new life and identity we gain with salvation through Jesus Christ, it would be 1 John. If there were a book that challenges the heart to let go of guilt and take a hold of real and honest grace that changes our very identity, 1 John communicates it over and over. If there were a book that communicated that once having acquired salvation and a new spiritual identity, there is a cal to a phenomenal life of love for God and other people, 1 John would light it up. Today, I underlined the crap out of 1 John and remembered how amazing and heart-gripping communication of the whole Gospel it entails. ------------- Listening to: "There Came A Lion" by Ivoryline