To willfully sin and then justify our actions does not mean it is right. God is warning these people to repent while there is time.
1 John 4 :1-3 (KJV)
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.
2 Hereby know ye the...
Our feelings can’t always be trusted. However, we can know if it is of God if what we are doing is in line with His perfect will.
Have you made your TV, your idol? You have if more time is spent with it than with God. Repent now if you are found in idolatry.
1 John 3 :6-8 (KJV)
6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous,...
Make sure that your faith is alive in Christ. Otherwise, sin may be abounding in You. Repent if you have strayed from following Jesus.
Oh, that people would have a heart to fear God and keep His commandments in our time as in the past. This is God’s desire for us.
1 John 3 :5-10 (KJV)
5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not...
Those in Christ, live for Him. We do not live willfully in sin any longer but do His will and love one another as He loves them.
After confessing our sins to God, we turn from them in repentance. We do this before and after we are baptized.
1 John 2 :15,16 (KJV)
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For...
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh.
1 John 4 :15-17 (KJV)
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16 And we have known and believed the love that God...
When to comes to love, John said, “we love him, because he first loved us.” (1 John 4:19) And because He loves us, the greatest joy of all is able to enter our lives and then change our outlook on life and things.
Lord, Your ways are amazing and I cannot stop learning from Your Words in the Bible. You have taught me so much over these last few years and my mind has been officially blown by what I have found and learned.
1 John 1 :5-7 (KJV)
5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
6 If...
Many people are lying to themselves, saying that they believe in God, when they voluntarily participate in such a dark and evil day as Halloween, instead of abiding in Jesus.
1 John 2 :1,2 (KJV)
1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:...
It is during the time that God looked away and Jesus was to suffer on His own, is when He took upon Himself our sins.
So what does it make a person that forgets God’s commandments and still says that they have faith in and know the Lord Jesus?
1 John 2 :15-17 (KJV)
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For...
1 John 2 :3-6 (KJV)
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar,...
1 John 3 :1-3 (KJV)
1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew...
When we love the Lord Jesus, all of these things become a part of our lives. As we give our lives to Christ, He is able to transform is.
When God’s love comes into our lives, our desires are flipped upside down. Instead of wanting so much, we instead give what we can.
As hard times come to all believers in Christ, our daily prayers, Bible study, fellowship with other believers, and doing God’s will, will be our refuge in the storms.
This new way of life, through Christ Jesus, helps us know what is good and what is evil. Because the Bible is so plain about these things, we are able to better choose what is right.
1 John 1 :7-9 (KJV)
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us...
Many people have come to Jesus for healing but it was their faith that healed them. One such man was a man, sick of the palsy.
Jesus is the Messiah and was sent by His Father. He was spoken of and prophesied for many generations until He finally came.
