1 John 5:14-15, ‘And this is the confidence that we have toward Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have (or ‘are having’) the requests that we have asked of Him.’ The Passage […]
1 John 3:5, ‘…He appeared in order to take away sins…’ Jesus appeared—the Word was made flesh—in order to take away sins. But what does it mean that He takes away sins? Certainly He bears them in Himself as the representative head of redeemed humanity (2 Cor.5:21); certainly He secures their forgiveness through the sacrifice
Music by The Lockwoods Lyrics by Christopher Powers I heard the voice of Jesus say “My child, do not fear.” // “But Lord,” replied my trembling heart, “The darkness is so near.” // “It rises up before my eyes, it quenches every light. // With cruel and hopeless words it weaves a world that
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1 John 5:1: “Everyone believing that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God…” Here John says that everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Notice that verse 4 of this chapter explains that everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. Therefore, we can
1 John 4:14-15, “And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him and he in God.” John is here saying the same thing in two complimentary ways. To confess Jesus
1 John 4:18, “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear…” One implication of this verse is that, in order for fear to take root in our lives, it has to cast out—or at least obscure—perfect love. What is Fear? I would suggest that Fear happens when we believe in
1 John 4:18, “…perfect love casts out fear.” As we receive the love of God in Christ and are transformed into that same image of self-giving love, fear is cast out. What is fear? At its roots, fear is the belief that our story will end in darkness, that we will be finally cast
This animation considers how incalculable wrath and incalculable love are inextricably, simultaneously, and harmoniously declared in the supreme revelation of God’s beauty: the cross of Jesus Christ. Discussion Guide
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“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the
1 John 4:18, “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment…” When we receive the love of God–poured out in the slain and risen Christ, mediated by the indwelling Holy Spirit–we are caused to love as we have been loved. And when the
1 John 4:12, “No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and His love is perfected in us.” God is definitively made known in His Son at the cross, and we continue to make Him known as we love one another as He has loved us…. If
1 John 4:19-20, “We love because He first loved us. If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar…” At best, speech and acts and experiences of worship when hatred is harbored in our hearts is a lie. At worst it may mean that we have never been regenerated to
1 John 3:18, “Little children, let us not love in word or in talk, but in deed and in truth.” If Christ crucified and risen is our life, then His love will manifest in our deeds…may it be increasingly so.
1 John 4:6″Whoever knows God listens to us…” If we know God we will submissively listen to His inspired, written word
1 John 4:19, ” We love because he first loved us.” Love begets love, and the Triune God is its source and goal.
1 John 4:10, “In this is love, not that we have loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”
1 John 2:23, “No one who denies the Son has the Father.” We do not know the true God if we do not know Jesus as His Son
Discussion Guide: English | Português | Español | Interactive (English) Audio Español: Creation In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1) …And God created mankind in His own image ….in the image of God he created them, male and female He created – us (Genesis 1:27). What can be known
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1 John 4:18, “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear…” Dying and Rising Love silences Death’s fears
1 John 4:4,”…you are from God and have overcome them, for He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.”
