1st John 2:15-17 Part 1:  15 Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. Do not love the world An obstacle to the spiritual growth which can hinder the progress toward spiritual maturity that we talked about last […]

1 John 2:12-14 12 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you on account of His name. John’s just spent time giving them evidence that they’re saved saying that if they follow God’s commands out of love for Him, then it is evidence that they are saved.  If you’re […]

9 The one who says that he is in the Light and yet hates his brother or sister is in the darkness until now. We’ve looked at our love for God as measured by our obedience to His commands now we look at our loving relationships with our brothers and sisters in Christ as a […]

1 John 2:7-8 7 Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you When we understand what God has done for us in sending Jesus to the Cross, and what Jesus has done in dying for us, for our sins so that we can have relationship with God, then we love God. We obey […]

1 John 2:5-6 5 but whoever follows His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him: Whoever follows His Word We know that we are saved because we obey God’s commandments. And we are obedient to God out of love for Him.  We […]

1 John 2:3-4 3 By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; 3 By this we know A healthy relationship with […]

1 John 2:2 and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. He Himself Not only is Jesus our Advocate in Heaven who works on our behalf, He is also the sacrifice that cleanses us and satisfies God’s just wrath, making […]

2:1  My little children, I am writing these things to you In this verse, John reveals another of his purposes in writing this epistle.  He doesn’t want us to sin.  Even though he has already reminded them that they are sinful and do continue to sin, and have sin that is in need of confession, […]

1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, John is warning us against an attitude toward sin that any believer, including him, could fall into and thereby do harm to their fellowship with God.  This is the kind of claim that might be made by one who admits to a sin nature, but sees […]

We have a choice, to confess before the Lord, or not, but there are two things that occur if confession does occur. All believers, John included, must acknowledge our sin before God, in order to experience Jesus’ cleansing work. Agreement with God in Mutual understanding of Guilt Before Him-And the idea behind the word “confess” […]