Chapter 3:1 3 See how great a love the Father has given us, that we would be called children of God; and in fact we are. For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know Him. The apostle John loves to talk about family.  He so often addresses those he […]

1 John 2:29 29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness also has been born of Him. John’s saying that they should know by now that God is righteous, but the word he uses indicates that it’s possible that some of them have not trusted in the righteousness […]

1st John 2:28 28 Now, little children, remain in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not draw back from Him in shame at His coming. And Now, Little Children If these members of the churches of Asia Minor, present day Turkey, are acting as Children of God, they will be […]

26 These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you. John doesn’t want them to be snared by these false teachings.  John says trust in Jesus, and the Power of the Holy Spirit to guide you into all Truth, not in these false teachers.  In warning them about false […]

25 This is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life. John has been telling us about the benefits of abiding, remaining in relationship with God in Christ. We have fellowship with God: 1 John 1:3 3 what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may […]

1st John 2:23-24 23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; —When people deny the Son, they show that they do not have the Father. Hebrews 10:28-31 tells us that if it’s the case that 28 Anyone who has ignored the Law of Moses is put to death without mercy on the testimony […]

1 John 2:20-22 20But you have an anointing from the Holy One, John wants to reassure his readers that they are Christians.  John draws a sharp distinction between True Believers and these false teachers by going right to the source.  2 Cor 1 21 Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed […]

What about those who choose to leave the faith? There are those who choose to leave the faith, even though they know something about Jesus.  Probably the most obvious case is Judas Iscariot (see John 13:26-7). Judas made a choice to betray Jesus, even though he saw the witness of Jesus’ love and kindness, ministering […]

1 John 2:18-19 John’s warning against false teachers. 18 Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour. Again, we see John address the churches that he is writing to as a loving […]

1st John 2:16-17 Do Not Love The World Pt. 2—The Lust of the Flesh, The Lust of the Eyes, and the Pride of Life 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but […]