1 John 4:15 New American Standard Bible 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God. Confessing Jesus as the Son of God demonstrates that we believe that Jesus is not only the Son of God but is God. We believe that Jesus died and rose again. We believe that everything Jesus claimed and proclaimed is truth. That He is the only way to the Father. The reason God abides in the one who confesses that Jesus is the Son of God is because they

1 John 4:14 New American Standard Bible 14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. It is not only the witness of the Holy Spirit in our lives that confirms we are a child of God, but those who were eyewitnesses of Jesus ministry also testify to who He is. John and the other apostles had seen the risen Christ, they had walked with Him, they had touched Him, He was not merely some story they concocted, they had encountered the ri

1 John 4:2 New American Standard Bible 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; One of the major ways to detect a false teacher is to find out what they believe about Jesus Christ. Here John is focusing on those who teach against the full humanity of Jesus Christ. When we examine the gospels, it is clear that Jesus came in the flesh. When we examine the virgin birth, we find that the angel Gabriel c

1 John 2:4. New American Standard Bible 4 The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; For modern readers today in the American church this sounds like tough and difficult language. But the reason it seems this way is because of how compromised the gospel has become in America. Today we have so called leaders whose focus is not on building The Kingdom and bringing glory and honor to Jesus, instead the

1 John 2:1. New American Standard Bible 2 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; John writes “I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin”. John refers to his reads as little children. John at this point in his life was the only remaining originally disciple. He had served and walked with Christ his entire life and know finds himself as the

1 John 1:7. New American Standard Bible 7 but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. John now writes if we walk in the light as He is in the light. In the previous verse John spoke that if we walk in darkness and claim to be in Christ that we lie and do not practice the truth. To experience all the benefits and blessings of following and knowing Christ requires us to

1 John 1:4 New American Standard Bible 4 These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete. John writes these things we write, so that our joy may be made complete. True joy is only found in Jesus Christ. In this world people will chase to and fro looking for that thing that will complete them and make them whole. Some believe it is fame. Others believe it may be wealth, cars, the size of their home, sexual encounters of all different types, but in the end what the