Wednesday, 20 May 2020

And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. 1 John 4:14

John again highlights the Father/Son relationship concerning Christ Jesus. This is quite purposeful. He has just said that we know that we abide in God and that He abides in us.… Read the rest

Tuesday, 19 May 2020

By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 1 John 4:13

John begins this verse with words he has used several times, “By this.” He uses this term to open the door to his coming thought, which is to tell us how we know that the reciprocal relationship between us and God truly exists

Here John restates what he has already said in part of verse 3:24 –

And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.… Read the rest

Monday, 18 May 2020

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. 1 John 4:12

John now introduces a key point of theology into his epistle. As much as anything else, it is certainly based on his words of verse 4:7, where he said, “…everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.”… Read the rest

Sunday, 17 May 2020

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 1 John 4:11

John began verse 4:7 with the words, “Beloved, let us love one another.” Since then, he has been building his case as to why this should be. Now, he completes that thought with the same words, plus a few concluding explanatory words.… Read the rest

Saturday, 16 May 2020

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 1 John 4:10

In verse 4:7, John implored his reader to love one another. In 4:8, he noted that God is love.… Read the rest