That y’all may know that you have eternal life! 1 John 5:11-13 11 And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.…
If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater. 1 John 5:6-12 6 This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7…
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome. 1 John 5:1-3 1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is bborn of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the child born of Him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when…
In the light of the resurrection of Christ, the Christian who loves the church has assurance of their salvation and they should have no fear of God’s coming judgment of sinners. 1 John 4:16b-21 16b God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17 By…
The life, death, and resurrection of Christ is a picture of God’s ‘Perfected Love’. 1 John 4:11-16 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in…
What God has done for us in Christ is an expression of who He is, and thereby, all Christians are called to “perfected love”.
God fulfills His promises. The God-King has made Himself known. Our hope can only be in Him. Matthew 2:1-12 1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews?…
Knowing how God has fulfilled His promises is important. We have hope now because He has revealed the future. Numbers 24:15-17 15 And he took up his discourse and said, “The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eye is opened, 16 the oracle of him who hears the words of…
Abiding in Christ causes confidence in our salvation, and the presence of God’s Spirit brings assurance! It is “By the Spirit” we know that God abides in us. 1 John 3:23-24 23 This is His commandment, that we abelieve in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded…
God and His Word will shock our hearts back into a life sustaining rhythm by causing us to remember that He is greater than our hearts. 1 John 3:19-22 19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. 20 For if our heart condemns us, God is…
