John taught often the power and importance of abiding in Jesus. Here he tells us how we can do this, and how we can be sure that we really are abiding in Jesus. God gives us confirmation that we are through His Spirit.
John taught that if we do what God told us to do, we are going to have confidence before God and receive answers to prayer. So obedience to God is a major key to developing strong faith.
On the contrary, disobedience to God will surely weaken our confidence and hinder our ability to receive answers to prayer from God.
In the teaching of the apostles, its not enough to speak loving words to people in need. Practical help is required. It cost God a great deal to send Jesus to pay for our sins. That is the nature of God’s love.
So much religion in the world today is inspired by Satan, the murderous enemy of mankind, and so its adherents practice murder, too. It has been this way since the beginning of human history, with Cain killing his brother essentially over religious jealousy.
The answer to this question is given explicitly and repeatedly in 1 John 3, and elsewhere in the book of 1 John. Jesus also referred to it on the Sermon on the Mount.
Complicated theologies which attempt to discount the importance of repentance from dead works in truly coming to Christ and staying with Christ cannot be reconciled with John’s simple test of who actually IS a child of God.
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This video Bible study deals with the difficult passage of 1 John 3:4-9. Do Christians sin? What does this passage actually mean?
It is an amazing privilege to be a child of God. This video explores a little of what that means, what we can look forward to, and how we need to respond to this truth in our daily lives.
Jesus is our example. A big part of his ministry was in casting out demons. When the presence of the Lord is manifesting strongly enough, the demons in people start to stir up. Demons often have better knowledge and theology than those who are listening to the message, as we see from this passgae.
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Recently I have begun to record messages on video for the edification of Christians. This is being done in obedience to the command of Jesus to "teach all nations" (Matthew 28:19).
There are lessons in 1 Samuel 16 concerning the risk of getting stuck in the past – excessively mourning over past mistakes and failures, or looking to the past to identify what God wants to do now.
God wants us to quit mourning, get filled and led with the Holy Spirit, overcome our fears, obey Him and discern with spiritual discernment so we can avoid the traps that challenged the prophet Samuel.
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