Key Phrase—v. 4b: " . . . And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith." (ESV)Aim: To Live by Faith in Christ—As God's Church of "World-Overcomers"

Key Verse—v. 1: "Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him." (ESV) Aim: To Live our True Nature in Christ—As Children of God

Key Verse—v. 18: "There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love." (ESV) Aim: To be Totally Secure in Christ—As God's Loved and Forgiven Church

Key Verse—v. 16: "So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him." (ESV)Aim: To Love The God Who Is Love in Christ—As His Church

Key Verse—v. 9: "In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him." (ESV)Aim: To Live in the Love of God—in The Christ Who was Sent To us

Key verse. v. 4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. Aim: To be transformed in our thinking, through Jesus', triumph on our behalf.

Key Phrase—v. 1a: "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God . . . " (ESV)Aim: To faithfully test the spirits—as God's wise and loving church

Key Verse—v. 23: "And this is his [God's] commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us." (ESV)Aim: To Love God in Jesus Christ—Through Sincere Faith

Key Verse—v. 20: " . . . for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything." (ESV)Aim: To Bless God in Jesus that He is Greater Than our Hearts

Key Phrase—v. 16a: "By this we know love, that he [Christ] laid down his life for us . . . " (ESV)Aim: To "Embody" The Life of Christ—As His Church