DailyVerses.net 1 John 4:8-10 (NIV) 8  Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election 1 - God's right to condemn all people 2 - God In today's passage, John reminds us that that God is love . In John's poetic writing style, he often repeats concepts with a slight twist, and today he doesn't disappoint If you're just joining us, it's always good to keep your eye out for what are known as 'hina' clauses

1 John 4:19-21 (NIV) 19  We love because he first loved us. 20  Whoever claims to love God yet hates Summary This is now the fourth time we've turned to 1 John 4 this year ( including two days ago ), But we have a way of pushing this fundamental knowledge out of the way of our own egos, so John has good So if you claim to love God - which John just reminded us is only possible because God initiated that Paul beautifully sets forth the Biblical concept of love in 1 Corinthians 13.

God's ordinary means of grace ordinarily produce extraordinary people. 1 John 4:11-17 (NIV) 11  Dear So it is with Christians, John writes here. "God lives in us, and His love is made complete in us." God's love is made complete in you, John indicates, as you " testify that the Father has sent His Son John continues, "if anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God Today: Titus 1

Scripture is the sufficient source for knowing and testing what is true. 1 John 4:1–6 (NIV) Dear friends the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world. 4  Summary The first letter of John is an excellent overview of the basics of the faith. The apostle John has the same goal as his gospel account in this letter, “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life” (1 John 5

John's poetic style defines God's love and grace. 1 John 4:7-10 (NIV) 7 Dear friends, let us love one Summary It often seems like John writes in big loops, like he's repeating the same thing over and over Subpoint Subpoint Point 2 Subpoint Subpoint John, on the other hand, writes in a more near-eastern style In the case of this passage, the primary message that John wishes to convey is that God is love, and Dig Deeper Ironically, it's the final line in John's passage that attracts our attention today.

Summary A of the primary themes in the book of 1 John is love. John talks about God’s love for us, and how amazing it is. ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Matthew 4

John 1:1–3 (NIV) 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2  As we read through the first part of this chapter, we find John has so much to say about our Lord and John begins his gospel by calling to mind the language of Genesis 1, using the exact same opening phrase ” (John 1:1-3 ESV). Here in John’s Gospel account, we are told that God the Father created all things by His Son, who is

John 1:1–5 (NIV) 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2  the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4  Right away in verse 1, John is making several significant theological claims about who Jesus is. John also claims that not only was the Word with God, but that “the Word was God”. This is not a teaching unique to the Gospel of John.

You have continual access to the Father through Jesus, who is your advocate. 1 John 2:1-2 (NIV) My dear Summary John is the only writer in the Bible to use the word paraklētos , and this is the only time When John uses the word paraklētos in His gospel, the translators struggle with it because the meaning in the entire Confession, which makes sense, given that the reason the Belgic Confession was written 463 A LIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that, as John so simply puts it, "you will not sin;" A SK GOD

Find true forgiveness through true confession. 1 John 1:8-10 (NIV) 8 If we claim to be without sin, we The Apostle John is quite clear in what we need to do to receive God’s grace.