7. Honoring your mother and father even though their ideas seem so old fashioned and out to lunch. 8. Giving the gift of love to a child who seems impossibly difficult. So what is the principle of life John shares in 2:17? It’s an old adage, but it is captured by the thrust of this verse: Only one life, ‘twill soon be past; Only what’s done for Christ will last. In our war with the world John has given us three principles to help give us the victory. The principle of love says we cannot
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