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Verse 9. _IN THIS WAS MANIFESTED THE LOVE OF GOD_] The mission of
Jesus Christ was the fullest proof that God could give, or that man
could receive, of his infinite love to the world.
_THAT WE MIGHT...
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IN THIS WAS MANIFESTED THE LOVE OF GOD - That is, in an eminent
manner, or this was a most signal proof of it. The apostle does not
mean to say that it has been manifested in no other way, but that th...
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V. HEREBY WE KNOW
Chapter S 3:19-5:13
_ 1. Hereby we know that we are of the truth (1 John 3:19)_
2. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God (1 John 4:1)
3. Hereby know we the Spirit of truth and of error...
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John returns to the theme of 1 John 3:14 ff., be cause if the Church
is the home of truth, still more is it the home of love. The evidence
for our Divine sonship is that the love manifested by God in...
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THE PERILS OF THE SURGING LIFE OF THE SPIRIT (1 John 3:24 B- 1 John
4:1)
_ 4:1 This is how we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he
gave to us. Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but t...
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Beloved, let us love one another, because love has its source in God,
and everyone who loves has God as the source of his birth and knows
God. He who does not love has not come to know God. In this Go...
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MANIFESTED. App-106.
TOWARD. in. App-104. The sphere in which the manifestation takes
place.
ONLY BEGOTTEN. See John 1:14.
SON. App-108.
THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina_.
LIVE. Compare App-170....
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1 John 2:29 to 1 John 5:12. God is Love
There seems to be no serious break in the Epistle from this point
onwards until we reach the concluding verses which form a sort of
summary (1 John 5:13-21). T...
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Love is the Mark of the Children of the God who is Love
7. _Beloved, let us love one another_ See on 1 John 3:2. The
transition seems abrupt, as if the Apostle had summarily dismissed an
unwelcome sub...
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_In this was manifested_ Or, for the sake of uniformity with 1 John
4:10_; 1Jn 4:13; 1 John 4:17_, HEREIN _was manifested:_we have the
same Greek in all four verses. -Herein" plainly refers to what
fo...
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1 John 2:29 to 1 John 5:12. GOD IS LOVE
There seems to be no serious break in the Epistle from this point
onwards until we reach the concluding verses which form a sort of
summary (1 John 5:13-21). Th...
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7–21. LOVE IS THE MARK OF THE CHILDREN OF THE GOD WHO IS LOVE...
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ἘΝ ΤΟΎΤΩΙ ἘΦ. For the sake of uniformity with 1 John 4:10;
1 John 4:13; 1 John 4:17, Herein _was manifested_: we have the same
Greek in all four verses. ‘Herein’ plainly refers to what follows:
comp....
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ΈΦΑΝΕΡΏΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΦΑΝΕΡΌΩ (G5319)
объяснять, делать очевидным,
разоблачать. Это слово передает идею
проявления того, что раньше было
сокрыто (Marshall) ΜΟΝΟΓΕΝΉΣ (G3439)
единственный в св...
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DISCOURSE: 2455
THE LOVE OF GOD IN GIVING HIS SON FOR US
1 John 4:9. _In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because
that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, that we might live...
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IN THIS WAS MANIFESTED THE LOVE OF GOD, &C.— All the blessings of
Providence are effects of the divine love to man; but St. John has
said, 1 John 4:8 that _God is Love itself;_ and to illustrate that,...
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HEREBY WE KNOW
PART IV
1 John 4:7-21; 1 John 5:1-21
GOD IS LOVE
Divine Sonship Tested By The Inter-Relationship Of:
1.
Love
2.
Faith
3.
Righteousness
CHAPTER XII
_THE SOURCE OF LOVE_...
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VERSE 9. IN THIS WAS MANIFESTED THE LOVE OF GOD.
The highest and grandest possible demonstration God could give to the
world of his love is the sending of his Son his only begotten Son that
through h...
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3 The spirit of antichrist is the spirit of the world. It does not
want the Christ of the Scriptures, but prefers some substitute more
suited to its taste. This spirit has come to pervade, not only th...
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4:9 us (c-4) 'In our case,' in respect of us. The idea of the love of
God remains absolute. only it has been shown 'as respects us in this,'
&c....
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FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD IN LOVE
1. Try the spirits] RV 'Prove the spirits.' The verb is used of
testing metals.
2, 3. See on 2 John 1:7....
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HOW CAN I BE SURE?
1 JOHN
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 4
TEST THE *SPIRITS TO SEE IF THEY ARE TRUE (1 JOHN 4:1-6)
V1 My friends, do not believe every *spirit. First, make sure where
they are from. Se...
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THE PERFECT LOVE THE SUREST TEST (1 John 4:7).
(_a_)
_Fraternal love the necessary product of the true knowledge of God,
because God is love_ (1 John 4:7).
(_b_)
_The grand recent historical exhibi...
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The Blessedness of Love. “Beloved, let us love one another, because
love is of God, and every one that loveth of God hath been begotten
and is getting to know God. He that loveth not did not get to kn...
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The Incarnation is a manifestation of the love of God because it is a
manifestation of the divine nature, and the divine nature is love.
ἐν ἡμῖν, “in our souls” an inward experience. _Cf._
Galatians 1...
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THE TOKEN OF GOD'S LOVE
1 John 4:1
In those days the intense ferment of men's minds wrought many
delusions and heresies which were fraught with temptation to young
converts, and the Apostle wished to...
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Two closely related perils threaten our fellowship with God as love,
false prophets and the spirit which actuates them. Teaching is to be
tested by the indwelling Spirit. All who refuse to confess tha...
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GOD'S CHILDREN ARE KNOWN BY THEIR LOVE
God's children can be identified by their love for others, which was
first demonstrated by the Father. God was willing to give up His Son
for the good of those l...
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Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone
that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. (8) He that loveth not
knoweth not God; for God is love. (9) In this was manifested the...
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_LOVE MANIFESTED_
‘In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God
sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through
Him.’
1 John 4:9
Of the reality of God’s...
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9_In this was manifested_, or, _has appeared_. We have the love of God
towards us testified also by many other proofs. For if it be asked,
why the world has been created, why we have been placed in it...
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Now, to make use of this last proof, caution was required, for many
false prophets would assume, and even in the time of the apostle had
already assumed, the semblance of having received communication...
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IN THIS WAS MANIFESTED THE LOVE OF GOD TOWARDS US,.... The love of God
here spoken of, and instanced in, is not his general love to all his
creatures, which is shown in the make of them, and in the su...
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In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God
sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through
him.
Ver. 9. _In this was manifested_] The very naked bowels o...
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_In this was manifested the love of God_ Namely, most eminently above
all other instances thereof; _because that God sent his only-begotten
Son into the world_ That is, evidently, sent him, who was hi...
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The greatness of God's love:...
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IN THIS WAS MANIFESTED THE LOVE OF GOD TOWARD US, BECAUSE THAT GOD
SENT HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON INTO THE WORLD THAT WE MIGHT LIVE THROUGH
HIM....
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But there must be guards as to the operation of the Spirit of God,
that is, the child of God must be guarded against all that would
imitate the operation of the Spirit. Satan is extremely cunning, and...
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7-13 The Spirit of God is the Spirit of love. He that does not love
the image of God in his people, has no saving knowledge of God. For it
is God's nature to be kind, and to give happiness. The law o...
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There could be no higher demonstration of his love, 1 THESSALONIANS
3:16....
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Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
but endured all things for us, that we might live in Him.[50]...
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1 John 4:9 In G1722 this G5129 love G26 God G2316 manifested G5319
(G5681) toward G1722 us G2254 that...
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‘In this was the love of God manifested in us, that God has sent his
only unique Son into the world that we might live through him.'
God's love as in mind in this passage is a love revealed in sending...
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The ruling idea of the third part is Faith in the Spirit's testimony
concerning the Son of God incarnate. The close of chap. 3 introduces
the theme by the first explicit mention of faith and the Spiri...
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1 John 4:9-11. God is love; and IN THIS WAS THE LOVE OF GOD MANIFESTED
IN US: it had its one supreme expression ‘in our case,' ‘in us' as
its sphere. This explains what follows, in the perfect. THAT G...
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WAS MANIFESTED
(εφανερωθη). First aorist passive indicative of
φανεροω. The Incarnation as in 1 John 3:5. Subjective genitive
as in 1 John 2:5.IN US
(εν ημιν). In our case, not "among us" nor "to...
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WORLD
Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind".
(_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8). _...
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1 John 4:7
Love is of God; God is Love.
I. "Love is of God." This does not mean merely that love comes from
God and has its source in God, that He is the Author or Creator of it.
All created things a...
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1 John 4:1. _Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into
the world._
It was so in John's day: it is so in these days....
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1 John 4:1. _Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into
the world._
If John had need to say that in the early mornin...
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1 John 4:1. _Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirit
whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into
the world._
This is an unction of which there is great need i...
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1 John 4:1. _Beloved, believe not every spirit,_
A simpleton believes every word that he hears, but «the wise man's
eyes are in his head,» so he examines what he sees and hears, and
does not blindly...
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1 John 4:9. _In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because
that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live
through him._
There is love in our creation; there is lov...
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CONTENTS: Christians warned of false doctrines concerning Christ's
person and work. Tests of the true.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, anti-christ, John.
CONCLUSION: God's people must be ever c...
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1 John 4:1. _Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether
they are of God._ Whether those teachers believe that Christ is come
in the flesh, which to the present hour the unbelieving jews den...
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THIS IS HOW GOD. "God showed his love for us by ACTING IN HISTORY! See
John 3:16....
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1 JOHN 4:7 The Assurance of God through the Love of God. John’s
teaching in these verses is like the apostle Paul’s “love
chapter,” 1 Corinthians 13:1.1 JOHN—NOTE ON
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1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 4:9 MIGHT LIVE. That is, receive eternal life.
⇐ ⇔...
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Would someone please check the Psalm number in sentence formatted in
blue in the 3rd note of ver. 18.
CHAPTER 4
1. _Most dearly beloved_, &c. By the word _spirit_ he means
suggestion, inspiration, im...
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_In this love appeared:_ He now declares why he said, _God is Love._
It is because God hath declared His infinite love towards us by
sending Christ in the flesh for our salvation, that by this means H...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
1 John 4:7.—The previous verses are in some sense an “aside.”
The apostle now resumes his proper theme. His main truth is
this—Love is the mark of the children of God,...
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EXPOSITION
1 JOHN 4:1 - 1 JOHN 5:12
(2) _The source of son-ship. _Possession of the Spirit.
1 JOHN 4:1
Confession of the Incarnation is
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Shall we turn now in our Bibles to I John chapter 4. As we go back to
verse 1 John 4:24 of chapter 3, the later portion, "Hereby we know
that He abides in us by the Spirit which He has given us." I kn...
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1 John 3:16; 1 John 4:10; 1 John 5:11; Colossians 3:3; Colossians 3:4;...
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Was manifested. See on John 21:1; 1 John 3:5.
Toward us [ε ν η μ ι ν]. Wrong. Not "among us," as John 1:14,
nor "in us;" but as Rev., in margin, in our case. 67 Sent [α π ε σ
τ α λ κ ε ν]. John descri...
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TESTING THE TRUE AND THE FALSE
1 John 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We have in our opening verses some important admonitions, and also
some important instructions.
1. IMPORTANT ADMONITIONS.
(1) "Believe...
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THE LOVE OF GOD CHAPTER
1 John 4:7
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We have always thought of the thirteenth chapter of I Corinthians as
the Love Chapter. However, we have in the Word of God another chapter
whic...
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Observe, 1. That God doth not only bestow love upon his people, but it
is good pleasure to manifest that love.
QUEST. Wherein has God manifested his love towards us?
ANS. 1. In our creation, making...