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. See if they are from God. There are many false *prophets who have gone into the world. V2 This is how y... [ Continue Reading ]
In contrast to the false teachers, we belong to God. ‘We’ includes all those people who speak the truth about the *Lord Jesus Christ. Those people will listen to the truth. Those who do not belong to God will not believe the truth. We can know the origin of what people say. We know whether it is fro... [ Continue Reading ]
Love is the test of whether a person knows God. If we know God, we will love other Christians. If we do not love the Christians then we do not know God. The reason for this is that God is love. Love is not a description of God. He is so much more than love. But it is part of his nature and characte... [ Continue Reading ]
This love is not the same as any other kind of love. In the *Greek language, John used a different word for this love. It is not the normal human love. It is a love that comes from God. God is the only origin of such love. God loves us although we did nothing to deserve his love. Our love is merely... [ Continue Reading ]
The false teachers said that they had seen God. They said that they had special knowledge about God. This cannot be true, because no person has ever seen God. What they said was false. John tells us to love those people that we can see. We do not see God with our eyes. But we do know him when we lo... [ Continue Reading ]
We love God and we Christians love each other. We live in God. God lives in us. This gives us confidence for that future day when God is the judge. Love is complete in us when we love God. This is the confidence that we have in him. As we love God and each other, love achieves its purpose. It will... [ Continue Reading ]
The first command is that we should love God. But to love God is to love our Christian *brothers and sisters. We cannot separate the two loves. They are one. If we love God, we will obey him. And his command is that we love each other. SPIRIT ~ spirits are alive, but we cannot see them. There are go... [ Continue Reading ]