Wednesday's Slice of Bread

 “Give us this day our daily bread.”(Matt. 6:11)

A family devotional to help get the spiritual food we need!

Contrasts

1 John 3:10-15 - In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.  For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another, not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother.  And why did he murder him?  Because his works were evil and his brother's righteous.  Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you.  We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death.  Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 

Thought:If you wanted to summarize the Bible in one word, what would it be?  John uses the word love over and over again to tell us what God is all about.  Love is the root of everything. 

Questions: There are 6 contrasts in this passage.  Fill in the blanks with the correct word(s).

1.      Children of God v. _____________________

2.      Love v. _______________

3.      Cain’s works evil  v. Abel’s works ______________

4.      Death v. _____________

5.      Love v. _____________

6.      Murderer v. __________________

(Answers: Children of the devil, wicked, righteous, life, death, eternal life)

Exercise: Contrasts (1 person reads & everyone else gives the answer. Answers are bolded)

Light v.  Dark                                    Tall – short                 Heavy – light              Pretty – ugly                              Jumbo – Shrimp                     Love – Hate                God – devil                 Randy Daw - ____?____                               

Prayer: Pray that we are made manifest  to the world around us, by the way we live our lives.