#1 john 5

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Faith in the Incarnate Son of God

1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. 2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. 3 In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

6 This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. 9 We accept human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

Concluding Affirmations

13 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. 14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.

16 If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that you should pray about that. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death.

18 We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them. 19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. 20 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

21 Dear children, keep yourselves from idols. — 1 John 5 | New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide. Cross References: Numbers 15:30; 1 Samuel 12:19; 1 Kings 3:12; Psalm 119:3; Psalm 145:19; Proverbs 10:24; Matthew 3:16-17; Matthew 5:37; Matthew 11:30; Matthew 18:16; Matthew 23:4; Matthew 25:46; Mark 9:23; Luke 4:6; Luke 24:45; John 1:3-4; John 1:12-13; John 1:18; John 3:3; John 3:15; John 3:18; John 3:33; John 3:36; John 5:24; John 5:32; John 5:34; John 14:17; John 15:26; John 19:34; 1 Corinthians 10:7; 1 Corinthians 10:14; 1 Corinthians 15:57; Galatians 1:4; 1 John 2:1; 1 John 2:3; 1 John 2:5; 1 John 3:4; 1 John 4:15

[fardell24b]

Church notes - 30th April 2023

30th John 18:26 - 29

1 John 5:1 - 5

'To believe in Christ is to believe in His deity, in the power of His death to cleanse us from all sin and to avert the righteous wrath of a Holy Lord. It means that we believe that the love of God is expressed in the fullest measure by the Cross of Christ and that eternal life is experienced only by a faith union with Him, which is the product of His grace, appropriated by faith' Evan Forman

vs 1 -3 Faith is expressed in love. Love - For example -- Choosing not to bear false witness.

Obedience - Evidence of love Psalm 108:8

Jonah disobeyed God, but the wind and waves and the fish didn't.

Commmands being implemented in a legalistic way is burdensome and crushing.

Matthew 11:28 - 30

Victory Overthrowing the world.

vs 4, 5

Jesus at the Cross - Victory over sin, the Devil and the world. We need to stand in that place.

We need to live out the victory.

Galatians 2:20

Jesus has achieved the victory for us. In Christ we are victorius.

[s-o-a-p-ing]

1 JOHN S.O.A.P. ~ CHAPTER 5

Tuesday, 4/9/24

SCRIPTURE:

For this is what love for God is: to keep His commands. And His commands are not a burden, ~ 1 John 5:3

OBSERVATION:

His commands - as summed up by Jesus:

Love God with everything I am - heart, mind, body...

Love others as I love myself...

Sometimes this last one says a lot about how I love myself...

...and as His creation, how I think about myself also says a good bit about how I love Him in return...

I s'pose it's me who makes His commands burdensome...

APPLICATION:

Keep His commands...

...not as a burden... a self-imposed burden...

...but as a gift... His gift... 

PRAYER: (Including verses 14 and 21)

Father God - Forgive me for placing myself first and not loving You and those around me as I ought... Remind me through Your Holy Spirit of the good gifts You have given through Your commands and through Your Son Jesus... Guard me from self-idolatry and self-righteousness, and give me the confidence to ask according to Your will instead of my own... In Jesus's Name, Father, and in His example... for Your worship and grateful praise... 

As always, yours always, in all ways - through His grace...

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[onetwentysixfive]

1 John 5:13-21

[re4med]

The Morning Devotional: WCF 18.1 (Part Two)

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[thesunpapaya]

hello there

i am here again genderbending the living shit out of saw

[wombpala]

yeah to me it feels like the popular idea that John was homophobic/beat his kid(s)/taught them that having emotion makes you weak is just ppl choosing to interpret 'abusive father' in the shallowest most black-and-white movie villain way possible. when the ways he fucks them up in canon are so much more interesting and complicated.

[therevlisad]

Prayers Inspired by 1 John

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[biblebloodhound]

Believe, Love, and Obey (1 John 5:1-12)

Faith, love, and obedience are words so tightly woven together, that to pull one of them out, is to unravel the whole bunch. 

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the…

[missmarreynolds]

More Saw textposts because why not

[fardell24b]

Church notes - May 2023

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[unluckedtj]

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[walkswithmyfather]

Chosen by God

John 1:12 (NLT). “But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. ”

Galatians 4:7 (NIV). “So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.”

1 John 3:1a (NIV). “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!”

Matthew 5:9 (ESV). “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

Romans 8:16 (NASB). “The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God.”

Galatians 3:26 (NLT). “For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus.”

John 15:16 (NIV). “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.”

Jeremiah 1:5 (NET). “Before I formed you in your mother’s womb I chose you.Before you were born I set you apart.I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.”