Keep Yourselves From Idols

1 John 5:13-21

Key Verse 5:20

“We know also 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— even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.”

When John was wrapping up the gospel he wrote about the Lord Jesus he said: “Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” (John 20:30-31) This was God’s intention from the start in sending his Son. He wants us to … Read the rest

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He Who Has The Son Has Life

By Nonso Ukeka

1 John 5:6-12

Key Verse: 5:11

“And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.”

Before we get into the passage, I’d like to share a short, humorous story: It’s about a bagpiper who was hired to play at a gravesite service for a homeless man with no friends or family. Unfortunately, on his way to the burial site, the bagpiper got lost and it caused him to be an hour late. Finally, when he arrived, he saw that the funeral workers were all gone. There were no mourners, only the diggers and their equipment remained, and the men were off to the side eating lunch. Feeling really bad, and not knowing what else he could … Read the rest

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The Victorious Life

By Tim Lopez

John 5:1-5

Key Verse 5:5

“Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.”

Before we get into unraveling this passage, there is an urgent decision that we all have to make, which is to rest in Christ. Because as we have heard the command over and over to love each other, to love our brother, to love non-believers, we cannot but conclude that we, as believers come up short every time. The command to love God and love people is something that we make many mistakes with every day. But though this happens on and on, our assurance is based in Christ we have already perfectly loved them. This passage shows us that even when we fail to love … Read the rest

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Live in Love

1 John 4:16-21

Key Verse 16b

“God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.”

Good Morning. Today we will continue our study on 1 John 4. Continuing from verse 16b through 21. And really this is what I am doing continuing from where Nonso left off last week on love.  You see, what John has been doing in this section of chapter 4 is telling us about love, and it’s connection to God and God’s connection to us through love. He seems to be focusing on a few points repeatedly, though coming at them from slightly different angle and establishing a few other points in the process. In fact if we look back at the previous chapters, we see aspects of this passage in them. But … Read the rest

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We Rely On The Love Of God

1 John 4:7-16a

Key Verse 7

“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.”

The evangelist Jakov once met a villager named Cimmerman, and shared the gospel with him. But Cimmerman being a skeptic objected that church leaders had plundered, exploited and killed many innocent people. “You Christians wear those elaborate coats and caps,” he said, “but the lives you live cannot be ignored.” He meant that the Christians he knew lived a double life. So the evangelist said, “Sir, suppose you lend me your coat and I go to town and steal something, then come back and return your coat. But the police recognize the coat and arrest you. What would you … Read the rest

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OVERCOME

By Tim Lopez

1 John 4:1-6

Key Verse 4:4

“You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.”

The Apostle John starts this chapter by saying, “Dear friends, do not believe every spirit…, Here John decides to caution his beloved children against a very real and destructive danger. While this warning may seem a bit obvious to today’s Christian, it is quite easy for a devout believer to undermine such a warning. He say’s do not believe every spirit. The devout Christian of today, who may have close walk with the Lord, a powerful testimony of deliverance, he may have sacrificed much loss for the Lord, who actively was engaged in mission, might have been … Read the rest

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This Is How We Know

1 John 3:19-24

Key Verse 21

“Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God.”

Read verse 19. “This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence.” John says: “This is how we know.” We all want to know many things. Man is a curious creature. We wants to know everything. That’s why we explore and experiment and discover. And our desire to know is insatiable. As Christians we also so much want to know. We want to know if we are truly saved. Many have that problem, they are not sure whether they are really saved or not. Others want to know if the truth they have learned in church … Read the rest

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This Is How We Know What Love Is

1 John 3:11-18

Key Verse 3:16

“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.”

There’s a clear theme flowing throughout this letter of John. We can see it in many places and in many ways, as John has a way of saying something and them repeating it from another angel. But he wants the children of God to know that, just as there are children of God in this world, there are also children of the devil. How do we know them apart? John says: “This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: … Read the rest

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He Who Does What Is Right

1 John 3:4-10

Key Verse 9

“No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.”

The subject of sin is truly an unpleasant one. But we cannot avoid it while reflecting on the Bible. John tells us from the start here in this book that those who claims to be without sin, deceives themselves, and the truth is not in them. (1:8) Therefore, those who deny the existence of sin in any way, shape or form don’t really love themselves enough, because to deny the existence of sin is to sign one’s own death sentence. On that day when all peoples and nations are gathered … Read the rest

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1 John 3:1-3

Key Verse 2

“Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.”

John never stopped warning the Christian congregations about false teachers who had been trying to lead them astray. He often shows them what the truth is and then exposes the lie which the agents of Satan were trying to teach. John admonished them not to be deceived by the lies of the devil, but to “Continue” in Christ and in his teaching, “So that when he appears” they (as well as we) “might be confident and unashamed before him at his coming”. (2:28)  John assures us … Read the rest

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Continue In Him

1 John 2:26-29

Key Verse 28

“And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.”

John has been talking a lot about who actually has a relationship with the Lord Jesus, and who does not. He’s told us that those who have a relationship with Christ acknowledge that he is the Christ, the Son of God, the one who came in the flesh, and sacrificed his life to solve our sin problem. They walk in the light of his word and obey his commands. They love the brotherhood of believers. They renounce the world and its glittering temptations and embrace the truth of God instead. John also tells us that the children of God have an anointing from God, the mark … Read the rest

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This Is What He Promised— Eternal Life

1 John 2:24-27

Key Verse 2:25

“And this is what he promised us— even eternal life.”

Read verses 24-25. “See that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. And this is what he promised us–even eternal life.” The beginning John is talking about here goes back to what he had been saying from the start of his letter. He begins his letter like this: “That which was from the beginning….. this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.” (1 John 1:1) He’s talking about Jesus Christ— His Incarnation, his birth, his life, his Kingdom message, his declaration of who he is— the Way, the Truth and the Life— his death … Read the rest

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Remain In The Son And In The Father

1 John 2:21-24

Key Verse 24

“See that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.”

In the last section John drew a clear line between those who were in Christ and those who were not. He drew a line between the apostates (defectors, deserters, heretics) and the true believers in the church. He said of the apostates in verse 19 “They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.” These were the ones who heard the gospel, seemed to have received it, remained in the … Read the rest

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You Have An Anointing

1 John 2:18-21

Key Verse 2:20

“But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.”

If we remember from the last passages 2:12, John first addresses the general assembly of Christians at the church calling everyone “children” expressing his tender regard for all the church members as his own children in the faith.  Then he addresses the three different classes of people in the church according to seniority. In verses 12-14 he first addresses the “fathers”, then the “young” people, and lastly he addresses the “children” again. The “children” he addresses here are indeed the youngest people in the faith, the young converts to the Christian faith, the newly born again members who have newly made the confession that Christ is Lord of … Read the rest

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Do Not Love The World

1 John 2:15-17

Key Verse 15

“Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”

God is light and those who walk in the light walk in fellowship with him. To walk in the light is to walk in the truth of the word of God, because in him there is no lie. And the truth John speaks of in his letter is that Jesus Christ came in the flesh and shed his blood to atone for our sins. Anyone who claims anything else is walking in darkness and has no fellowship with God. That person is not a Christian at all. But the true Christian who walks in the light and has fellowship with … Read the rest

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I Write To You

1 John 2:12-14

Key Verse 2:12

“I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.

Let’s read verses 12-14 together: (12) “I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. (13) I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, dear children, because you have known the Father. (14) I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.”

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God’s Love Is Truly Made Complete

1 John 2:3-11

Key Verse 2:8

“Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.”

John has already told us that God is light and that those who know him walk in the light of his word. They are happy when his word shines the truth into their hearts and exposes the  darkness and brings their sins into the light. They are happy to confess their sins to the Incarnate Lord who alone is able to purge them from sin and purify them from all unrighteous. He is their Advocate in heaven whose atoning sacrifice keeps them walking in the light. Not so those who love darkness. No truth lives … Read the rest

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So That You Will Not Sin

1 John 2:1-6

Key Verse 2:1a

“My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin.”

The Christian life is a life of fellowship. It is a fellowship with God and fellowship with one another. The terms that John uses in his letter maybe strange to the non-Christians. But to the Christians, the terms he uses are not so strange. Rather they are somewhat interesting because they draw lines for us in life that otherwise we do not see in the world. For example, John uses terms such as light and darkness. He says that those who have fellowship with God, walk in the light, while those who do not have fellowship with God walk darkness. We talked a little bit about that when we went through chapter … Read the rest

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CONTINUE IN HIM

By Joseph Magno

1 John 2:1-29

Key Verse 2:28

“And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.”

In the first chapter John instructed the early church regarding the problem and dangers of the “Gnostics” of the time who denied the coming of our Lord Jesus in the flesh. Then John talked extensively about the importance of fellowship with God and with one another. John concluded with the issue of sin. The “Gnostics” freely sinned in their false theology. But John encouraged the early Christians to reconcile with God in fellowship by confessing their sins and receiving the forgiveness of God. In that way their fellowship with God and with each other would be secure as well as the … Read the rest

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God Is Light

1 John 1:5-9

Key Verse 5

“This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.”

John tells us one of the several things why he has written this letter to the church. “We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.” (3) His primary aim is that we believe what he has proclaimed, and by believing, we might have fellowship with God and with each other. It’s faith in what was proclaimed about Christ Jesus that secures for us eternal life and brings us into fellowship with God and consequently with one another as … Read the rest

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