Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the child born of Him.                                                                                                             1 John 5:1  As we near the end of John’s letter, I believe it would be beneficial for us to go back and review all of the statements that…

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.                                                                                                                         1 John 4:18  And now we come to my favorite passage in John’s letter. This single statement contains four indisputably important…

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.                                                                                                                       1…

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.                                                                                                                          1 John 4:7-8  We cannot even begin to consider living a Christian life in the…

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God…            …

This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.                                                                                                                      1 John 3:23  Stay in the Bible long enough and two things will continue to float to the surface. One is a concept that is…

Do not be surprised, brethren, if the world hates you. We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.                                                                                    …

No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.                                                …

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.                                                                                                                        1 John 3:1  It is a common misnomer. Often, we hear people…

This is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life. These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you. As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and…