1 John

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• Acts – Christ in the Church
• Epistles – Christ in Experience
• Apocalypse – Christ in coming Glory

1 John: "YaHWeH is gracious"
Written by:John
Chapters:5
Verses:105

-----1 John 1-----

 

-----1 John 2-----

 

Things of this world

  ¹⁶ For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

•  lust of the flesh
•  lust of the eyes
•  the pride of life

 

How to spot a cult

1. They always diminish the SON (deity).

2.  They distance the Father - believe in Jesus “and”. Is to distance you from the Father.

3. Disrespect the Holy Spirit . Everyone else is wrong/ we are right. The H.S. lives in the believers. They Disrespect those that are believers that have the Holy Spirit.

 

^{John 10:30}

I and my Father are one.

 

²² Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
²³ Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.

A cult will always try to diminish who JESUS is.

- For those that try and diminish Jesus saying he was just a prophet

1.Rev 1:8 > I am Alpha and Omega (who is that?) [They’ll say Jehovah]

Isaiah 41:4 > I am the Lord…. (who is that?) [They’ll say Jehovah]

Isaiah 44:6 > Thus saith the Lord….(who is that?) [They’ll say Jehovah]

Isaiah 48:12 > Harken unto me….….(who is that?) [They’ll say Jehovah]

1.Rev 1:8 > I am Alpha and Omega (who is that?) [They’ll say Jehovah]

Rev 1:11 > I am Alpha and Omega (who is that?) [They’ll say Jehovah]

Rev 21:6 > It is finished (Who said it is done)…I am Alpha and Omega. I give water to him that thirst

22:12 I come quickly….. (who is that?)

22:20 tells you who is coming.

22:16 You either have 2 beginnings and ends, or you have a deity that shares the same alpha and omega.

-----1 John 3-----

 

Name Change

 From children of disobedience, to sons of God.

 ^{Ephesians 2:2} Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

v.1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

Purify yourself

 

¹Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
² Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
³ And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

 If you are saved you still sin but you do not glory in it.

 

 ⁹ Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

  

commit  = Poieo (greek) : To make, to acquire, to celebrate, keep, to be the authors of, the cause

 

Your behavior reflects what you believe

Heard this in a message the other day..

"The way you behave is evidence of your spiritual condition"



^{1 John 3:9-10
9} No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God. ¹⁰ By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother. (ESV)

I've been asked before "if some one does these, or that can they be Christians?"

I like thinking of that phrase I've heard before
 " Would there be enough evidence to convict you of being a christian?"


^{1 John 1:5-7 
5}This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. ⁶ If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. ⁷ But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

 

 

Omniscience 

  ²⁰ For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

-----1 John 4-----

 

No fear in Love

  ¹⁸ There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

-----1 John 5-----

  TRINITY

 

Father, Son (Word = Jesus) , Holy Spirit

 ⁷ For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. (KJV)

⁸ And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. (KJV)

 

 

 ¹⁹ And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

Satan was given the power of all the kingdoms of the world when Adam forfeited his right.

^{Luke 4:5-6
5} And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
⁶ And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.


 ^{2 Corinthians 4:4 
4}In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

 ^{John 12:31
31} Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

 ^{Ephesians 2:2
2} Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

 ^{Hebrews 2:14
14} Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

 ^{1 Corinthians 15:26
26} The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.