There are some things in life that we can be certain of, like the sun rising each day. The Apostle John wants us to be certain about our salvation and our standing with God. Listen in to see how we can be certain we belong to the family of God, made possible by the person…
John continues to lay out for us a series of tests, to see if we are truly saved and belonging to God. In these five verses, he wants to establish if we are truly born again. Remember, one of the reasons that John wrote this letter is so we might know that we have eternal…
As we continue in 1 John, we once again here John exhort us that if we truly belong to God, our love will be growing for both God and man. We will begin to take on the nature of our Father and that means we will become more and more loving. Jesus said that is…
John keeps reminding us that love is to be the key characteristic of the believer. In this study, John encourages us to once again love one another but tells us the reason is because God first loved us and demonstrated by the sending of His son Jesus! God is love and if we belong to…
In this study, we hear John the Apostle, encourage the believers to test what they hear and to not believe everything they hear. We are called to be discerning and we need to know truth from error as there is much false teaching that pervades our society as well as much that has entered into…
In this study, we look at our hearts and see if we have a condemned heart, or a confident heart. John wants us to have assurance of our standing before God and we discover that if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts!
Are our lives marked by love? If we say that we belong to God, are we caring about those around us, those with needs? It’s one of the tests that John lays out to us. If we love God, we will love the brethren and care about one another and the needs that are there.
Doubting Thomas, that’s what we call someone who is skeptical. As we take a look at the original “doubting” Thomas, we are encouraged to rise up and believe in the Risen Jesus. Listen in to see how Thomas moved from doubt to radical belief!
In these verses, we discover that God calls us His children, if we are in Christ. What an amazing truth for us to grab hold of as we live our lives! God is our father and we are children of of God. This should lead us to live lives of purity because He is coming…