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1 John 1:6-10 Walking in the Light
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 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 from all sin. If we say that we have no sin,
Knowing Jesus: A Devotional on Obedience and Love in 1 John 2
Knowing Jesus is not only believing rightly about Him. John ties it to obedience and love, and then makes a claim about anyone who says otherwise.
1 John 3: 1-2 From Orphan to Royalty
"Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
Discerning Truth: Testing the Spirits in a World of Falsehood -1 John 4
Test the spirits, because plenty of false prophets have gone out into the world. John hands us an actual test rather than a feeling.
Loving God, Loving Others: A Call to Obedience - 1 John 5
John ties love for God to obedience so tightly you cannot pull them apart, then calls those commands “not burdensome.” A look at how both things can be true.