First John Chapter 5 (#1) … Verses 1-5

Jesus Christ is the Son of God. If you believe on Him, it proves you were already born again, and you should love the other sons of God born of Him. Loving God and others is easy, and it is win-win. Faith to believe that Jesus is the Son of God is God's gift and overcomes this world by every measure.




First John Chapter 4 (#8) … Verses 17-21

4:17-21 for perfect love that casts out all fear and gets rid of its torment before God. Fear means you cheat somewhere. The three parts of love are all important - God's love of us, ours of Him, and ours of others. We cannot have one without the other for logical reasons and His commandment.




Know God or Known of God

Galatians 4:8-11 corrects over emphasis on knowing God rather than Him knowing you. Paul knew this and put God higher. God and His Son have known and foreknown the elect from eternity, far different from the reprobates that will be cast into hellfire by these terrifying words: I never knew you.




Love Is the Greatest (#2) Slides

How important is love to God and the Bible? It is the greatest command, first to God and then to neighbors or brothers in Christ. But it is far more than just a duty. Loving one another in Christ's churches is the greatest fruit and trait of Christians in many different ways. Choose to love today as He loved us!




First John Chapter 4 (#6) … Verses 14-16

4:14-16 for the proof of eternal life by faith and love. The apostles saw and testified of the divine transaction of the Father sending His Son to this earth to save us. Believing and confessing that news and then loving the brethren prove one's eternal life. The great fact of faith - Jesus is the Son of God.




First John Chapter 4 (#7) … Verses 17-18

4:17-18 for boldness on Judgment Day by perfect love, which is being fully immersed in God's love for us, ours for Him, and ours for one another. Dwelling in love this way is perfect love and proves God's presence. Fear is a terrible emotion, but basking in all angles of love will end fear for confidence.




First John Chapter 4 (#4) … Verses 7-8

4:7-8 is the first of three lessons for love of the brethren - the nature of God. Love is of God, and God is love. We prove we are born again by loving the brethren, for it shows the character and nature of God. If a man does not love the brethren, he does not know God, for God is love. Terrible indeed.




First John Chapter 4 (#5) … Verses 9:13

4:9-13 are lessons two and three for love of the brethren - the example of God and the Spirit of God. God sending His Son for us to live is the great example we should copy toward others. He has given us the Spirit for the conviction and power to love. The three lessons make love obvious and easy.




Love is the Greatest #1 Slides

How important is love to God and the Bible? It is the greatest command, first to God and then to neighbors or brothers in Christ. But it is far more than just a duty. Loving one another in Christ's churches is the greatest fruit and trait of Christians in many different ways. Choose to love today as He loved us!




First John Chapter 4 (#3) … Verses 1-6 Reviewed

4:1-6 was reviewed in light of John 4:20-24 of our Lord's rejection of Samaritan religion and the Jews' worship in Jerusalem and the warning of perilous times of the last days when many would turn from truth to fables. A few truth reminders were used and exhortation made to hold to apostolic truth.




First John Chapter 4 (#1) … Verses 1-3

4:1-3 is God's rule for early Christians to test and prove all teachers, no matter what claims or evidence they had of spirits or the Spirit, by basic facts about Jesus Christ. In this case it was His real flesh body. Greek and Gentile heretics denied it by devilish lies to corrupt His death and resurrection.




First John Chapter 4 (#2) … Verses 4-6

4:4-6 for another test to prove if teachers were of God or not. This test was approval or agreement with the world, which was and always is the enemy of God. John comforted the early believers by the Holy Spirit presence they had inside, which was greater than Satan's power in the seducers.




Assurance of Eternal Life #2 Slides

God has never doubted the salvation of any, for He purposed and predestinated each one from eternity. He wants His children to know they have eternal life. He does not want them fearful or worried. Here is the evidence if you are elect and saved or not. Here are answers to fearful Bible verses.




All Things Are of God

II Cor 5:1-8 confidently details the certainty of immorality and a new glorified body for believers. II Cor 5:18-21 describes how that immortality and glorified body were secured for rebel, sinful enemies by God's gracious imputation and Christ's death on the cross. Be ecstatic, not miserable. God is at peace.




First John Chapter 3 (#8) … Verses 18-21

3:18-21 for loving action, not just words. Only love that costs and works counts to God. A Bible-trained conscience can assure your heart to be confident before God by loving action. If you do not have deeds of love, then worse things are coming, for a holy God knows your lack of love perfectly.




First John Chapter 3 (#9) … Verses 22-24

3:22-24 for powerful prayer and intimate fellowship with God by faith in the name of Jesus the Son of God and love of brethren. God and His Son have intimate fellowship with such Christians through the Holy Spirit, which we know we have by our faith and love, proving we are changed and saved.




Assurance of Eternal Life Slides

God has never doubted the salvation of any, for He purposed and predestinated each one from eternity. He wants His children to know they have eternal life. He does not want them fearful or worried. Here is the evidence if you are elect and saved or not. Here are answers to fearful Bible verses.

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