That's the katefinman translation of 1 John 5:21.
Over the last two days, I've been reading 1 John; the epistle is so full of the character of God versus the character of men, and on why and how the testimony of life in Christ can be trusted.
On and on we learn about who the Lord is without any mention of idolatry. And then, in the closing, it appears:
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
That's it. Those are the last two versus in the letter.
It so struck me as I read it. It's almost to say, now that you know God is love and faithful and true, why would you want anything else?
This has been such a great pairing with the Screwtape Letters, because the tempters work so hard to get the humans to focus on anything but God, because they are oh so aware of His nature and His desires. And that's exactly what the letter reminds us - God is good, give Him your all.
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