Tag Archives: 1 John 3
Teaching summary of 1 John 3–4
Teaching summary of 1 John 3–4 Overall Themes The Father’s lavish love — believers made God’s children now and destined for glory. Purity as the fruit of hope — becoming like Christ shapes how we live now. Two families, two … Continue reading
Cain or Christ?
20250308 Cain or Christ? 1 John 3:11-24 (JDV) 1 John 3:11 Because this is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should care about one another,1 John 3:12 unlike Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered … Continue reading
proving our testimony
20250307 proving our testimony 1 John 2:28-3:10 (JDV) 1 John 2:28 So now, little children, stay in him so that when he appears we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming.1 John 2:29 If you … Continue reading
authenticity: children of God
1 John 3:4-24. John agrees with James that confession of faith is not proof of faith. True children of God are going to stop habitually sinning, and start habitually loving each other. If we say that the blood of Christ … Continue reading
authenticity: abiding in Him
1 John 2:18-3:3. Some time in the first century, there was apparently an exodus from the Church. A number of people who were thought to be Christians left, and started their own groups. Then they sought to convince those who … Continue reading
true or false?
1 John 3:4-24. By the time John wrote his letters, he had to draw a distinction between true believers and false. False prophets had begun deceiving the church, and false Christians were present in the churches. John asserted that true … Continue reading
