Three witnesses – water, blood, and Spirit – affirm the truthfulness of God’s already trustworthy testimony to Jesus’ divine identity and mission Three-fold Witness to Jesus

- Everyone born of God has faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of God

- Everyone born of God has faith in Jesus that is accompanied by love and obedience

- Everyone born of God has faith in Jesus that makes His victory our victory

- When Christians love one another, we are assured of God’s presence in and among us

- When Christians love one another, we are assured of God’s forgiveness and acceptance of us

- When Christians love one another, we are assured of God’s love for us and our love for God

Christians love one another because God is love and we know God and His love

Christian, we must remain cautious because there are two spirits at work in the world; the Spirit of God that affirms the truth and the spirit of the antichrist that spreads lies

Assurance of salvation is not the end goal of salvation; our confidence in Christ is the by-product of communion with Christ

I. Loving God’s Word Brings Benefits

II. Loving God’s Word Brings Blessings

III. Loving God’s Word Brings Brokenness

The light and love of God will be evident in the words and works of everyone who has been made a child of God

- Children of God won’t be haters but will be hated by the world

- Children of God know they are born of God because they love one another

The light and love of God will be evident in the words and works of everyone who has been made a child of God

- Children of God will not continue in sin because it is contradictory with

The church has been loved by our Father in Heaven, with a pure, powerful, and productive love like the world has never known