First of all, I thank God for His love, that Jesus Christ, who is God Himself for all of us, came to this earth, was baptized, shed His blood, and has thereby delivered us, who had been sinners, from all our sins once for all.
There were two reasons for which God the Father planned to bestow His merciful love on those of us who believe in the true God Jesus Christ. The first reason was to demonstrate His true love with God’s righteousness and mercy, for the wicked angels had lusted after His authority, and the second reason was to show that the throne of God couldn’t be conquered by the power of any creation.

https://www.bjnewlife.org/ 
https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission 
https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

In today’s Scripture passage, 1 John 3:9 says, “Whoever has been born of God does not sin.” First of all, we need to realize here that this passage is spoken to the believers in the gospel of the water and the Spirit. The Apostle John, in other words, said this to those who believe in the divinity of Jesus our God and the gospel of the water and the Spirit. Those who do not believe in the divinity of Jesus, and those who do not believe in the gospel Truth of the water and the Spirit, are all turning themselves into God’s enemies. We need to realize that their faith is fruitless and all futile.

https://www.bjnewlife.org/ 
https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission 
https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

Today’s Scripture passage is telling us to love one another according to God’s commandments.
The Apostle John also said in 1 John 3:14-15, “We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death. Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.” This passage here was spoken to those who have come out from death and entered into life by believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit given by the Lord. It is telling us that if we have indeed been saved from all the sins of this world, then we should love one another. As such, if we have passed from death to life by believing in the true gospel, then it is only right for us to love one another and to do God’s work.

https://www.bjnewlife.org/ 
https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission 
https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

The Lord is telling us, “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world” (1 John 4:1).
A person is composed of three components: one’s spirit, flesh, and soul. The soul, which is in a person, is lacking among animals. That is why the Scripture tells us to test the spirits whether they are of God or Satan. We have to test whether someone’s spirit belongs to Jesus Christ or not by testing whether that person believes in the gospel of the water and the Spirit. In order to do that, we have to also test whether that person truly acknowledges Jesus Christ as God.

https://www.bjnewlife.org/ 
https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission 
https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

We are now spreading the true gospel all over the world. Without wasting a second of our lives, we want to devote ourselves to witnessing the gospel to the water and the Spirit.
Everyone knows that the Apostle John is called as ‘the Apostle of love.’ That is because the Apostle John not only knew but also believed in Jesus Christ who came by the gospel of the water and the Spirit. He was one of the four intimate disciples of Jesus, but was also called son of thunder because of his impatient personality. Still, the Apostle John was a true believer in the gospel Truth of the water and the Spirit (1 John 5:7-9).

https://www.bjnewlife.org/ 
https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission 
https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

I thank God even for the fact that the Korean national soccer team advanced to the semifinals of 2002 World Cup. This event was big enough to make our country known around the world. I am sure this will be very helpful to our ministry. I really give thanks to God for that, and also believe that God will bless every step of our ministries in various ways like that.
Today, we have read 1 John 4:16-21. 1 John 4:16 states, “And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.” To reiterate, it says, “He who abides in love abides in God.” This phrase means that the people, who know and believe that they are delivered from the sins of this world by the gospel Truth of the water and the Spirit, dwell within God. We can abide in God by believing in the love of God through the salvation granted to us in the gospel Truth of the water and the Spirit.

https://www.bjnewlife.org/ 
https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission 
https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

This Scripture passage explains why God had to judge the people at the time Noah was living. God had to judge the people of that time because the sons of God had united with the daughters of men, after having seen their beauty. God gives a plain and easy explanation for the judgment of people, which even a 1st grade elementary student could understand without any trouble.

https://www.bjnewlife.org/ 
https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission 
https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

In today’s Scripture passage of 1 John 5:4-8, the Apostle John says that the faith that overcomes the world lies within one’s belief in Jesus Christ as the Savior, who has come by the water and the blood. Jesus Christ has come to this world “not only by water but by water and blood.” John clearly states here that the gospel of the water and the Spirit is the only true gospel that the Lord has completed with the sacrifice of His own body.
When the Apostle John mentions, “For whatever is born of God overcomes the world” (1 John 5:4), by the word “the world” he is signifying sin. Because Satan the Devil governs this world (Ephesians 2:2), the word “the world” is frequently used as a synonym for sin in the Scriptures. And death reigns over all humanity by sin, for sin separates us from God, the source of life (Romans 5:12-17).

https://www.bjnewlife.org/ 
https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission 
https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

The Apostle John says in today’s Scripture passage that our Savior Jesus Christ has saved all sinners and brought salvation to them through coming by the water, the blood, and the Holy Spirit. There is not a single disciple of Jesus that mentions the shedding of His blood on the Cross without also mentioning His baptism. Our faith is made also firmer by ruminating the gospel of the water and the Spirit.

https://www.bjnewlife.org/ 
https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission 
https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

1 John 5:1 tells us that the people who are born of God recognize Jesus as the Christ. The Bible frequently calls Jesus by the title Christ. The title Christ also implies the ministry and status of Jesus. It is written, “Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.” And the title ‘Christ’ informs us about the ministries of the Lord Jesus.
1 John 5:2 says, “By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.”

https://www.bjnewlife.org/ 
https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission 
https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35