CONFIDENT TO ASK
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. 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, […]
DO YOU HAVE LIFE?
And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. 1 John 5:11-12 INSIGHT: The definition of life may vary depending on the who you talk to. But for Christians, […]
LOVE AND OBEY
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. 1 John 5:2-3 INSIGHT: Love and obedience walk hand in hand. Indeed, to love God is to keep his commandments. We believe that […]
LOVE IS FROM GOD
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. 1 John 4:7-8 INSIGHT: Today’s word reminds us of how important it is to manifest the fruit of the Spirit called love. […]
TEST THE SPIRITS
“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God “ 1John 4:1-2. INSIGHT: There is really […]
LOVE IN DEED AND IN TRUTH
For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 1 John 2:11 INSIGHT: Love must be the motivation behind everything we do as Christians. And the apostle John reminds us of that loudly today. He said that one of the signs that you are born again is if you […]
BORN OF GOD
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. 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 […]
ANOINTED BY THE HOLY ONE
No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. And this is the promise that he made to us—eternal life. 1John 2:23-25 INSIGHT: It is no […]
THIS PASSING WORLD!
For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life —is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. 1 John 2:16-17 INSIGHT: The world is very enticing […]
YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN
I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name’s sake. I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you know the Father. 1 John 2:12-13 […]