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We walk through 1 John 1 to 3 to trade anxiety and guesswork for real assurance grounded in Jesus, truth, and love. We look at the signs John gives for knowing we belong to God and how to spot faith that is only talk. 
• John’s purpose for writing 1 John as assurance of being God’s child 
• eyewitness testimony about Jesus as the foundation for confidence 
• God as light and what it means to walk in the light 
• confession of sin and God’s faithfulness to forgive and cleanse 
• Jesus Christ as advocate and atoning sacrifice for the whole world 
• obedience to God’s commands as evidence of knowing him 
• love for fellow Christians as a non-negotiable marker of life 
• warning against loving the world and its desires 
• deception, Antichrist language, and denying the Son 
• remaining in the Son and the Father as a stability test 
• children of God identity and the difference between stumbling and practicing sin 
• love in action, generosity, and compassion as proof of truth 
• confidence before God, conscience, and prayer tied to obedience 
• encouragement for spiritual stages like children, young people, fathers 

Join me next time and we'll tackle the second half of First John. 

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