SwordPlay - S4E5 (ep.95) - 1 John 3

- Why does being a child of God make the world not know us? (v.1)

- What does John mean by “it has not appeared as yet what we will be?” (v.2)

- How does our “hope” result in purifying ourselves? (v.3)

- What does it mean to “practice” sin or righteousness? (v.4, 7-10)

- Why does John need to emphasize that sin is lawlessness? (v.4)

- Is John teaching that Christians never sin? (v. 6, 9)

- Grammar Hammer: Righteousness (7, 10)

- What were false teachers saying to deceive them? (v.7-8)

- What does it mean to be of the devil? What are the works of the devil? (v.8)

- What is God’s seed? (9)

- What makes someone a child of the devil? How is Cain of the evil one? (v.10, 12)

- Why were Cain’s deeds (his offering) considered evil? (v.12)

- What world is John referring to and why would they hate us? (v.13)

- What does it mean to abide in death? (v.14)

- Why does hating your brother make you a murderer? (v.15)

- What does it mean to lay down our lives for the brethren? (v.16)

- How do we assure our hearts before God? How is God greater than our heart? (v.19-20)

- Does God know all things? (20)

- How does John relate the condition of our heart to our prayer life? (v.21-22)

- What does it mean to believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ? (v.23)

- What is the Spirit given to us? Does the Spirit abide in us? (v.24)

- Why does having the Spirit confirm that God abides in us? (v.24)

- What are all the things that John says “abides” in us? Are each of these distinct or the same?

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