1 John

• 1 John Jesus Is Better Than All of These Things command to test the spirits because many false prophets have gone out into the world
• 1 John 1-5 One Last Loving Defense pointed to as a short self-examination tool with tests such as loving the brothers and walking in the light
• 1 John 4 (implied) There Are No Ordinary People since God has so loved us let us love one another, no one has seen God but if we love one another his love is made complete in us
• 1 John No Condemnation for Those in Christ Jesus you cannot simultaneously love the things of God and the things of the earth
• 1 John Faith in a Great God dear little ones referring to new believers in the faith
• 1 John 1 God Sent Forth His Son referenced to say that anyone who claims they have not transgressed the law is a liar
• 1 John 1 Behold How Good and Pleasant It Is referenced briefly in prayer: 'if we confess our sin, You're faithful and just to cleanse us from all wickedness'
• 1 John 1:1-3 And Such We Are read to establish John as eyewitness and the purpose of fellowship with the father and son
• 1 John 1:1-4 (paraphrased, verses not individually cited) God Is Light and in Him There Is No Darkness at All John's eyewitness introduction declaring what was seen and heard from the beginning, proclaimed so readers may have fellowship
• 1 John 1:1-3 Direct Amends Wherever Possible quoted as benediction, that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that your fellowship may be with the Father and his Son Jesus
• 1 John 1:1-4 God Is Light and in Him There Is No Darkness at All Eyewitness testimony of the word of life proclaimed so that others may have fellowship
• 1 John 1:3 First Be Reconciled to Your Brother benediction about declaring what was seen and heard so others may have fellowship with the Father and His Son Jesus Christ
• 1 John 1:4 And Such We Are cited as the 'so that our joy may be made complete' purpose statement
• 1 John 1:5-7 God Is Light and in Him There Is No Darkness at All God is light and in him there is no darkness; walking in the light brings fellowship and cleansing from sin by the blood of Jesus
• 1 John 1:5-2:2 God Is Light and in Him There Is No Darkness at All God is light, three conditional if-then statements about sin, confession, and Jesus as advocate and propitiation
• 1 John 1:7 Praying Only for His Will and the Power to Carry It Out if we walk in the light we have fellowship and the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin
• 1 John 1:7 Love Requires an Object if we walk in the light we have fellowship with one another
• 1 John 1:7-9 Improve Your Conscious Contact With God walking in the light, blood of Jesus cleanses sin, confessing sins brings forgiveness and cleansing
• 1 John 1:7 You Are Not All Alone if we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship with one another
• 1 John 1:8-10 And Such We Are read to show that denying sin makes God a liar, and confessing brings cleansing
• 1 John 1:8 Secrets of a Lasting Love quoted to show that claiming to have no sin is self-deception
• 1 John 1:8-9 God Is Light and in Him There Is No Darkness at All Saying we have no sin deceives ourselves; confessing sin leads to God's faithful forgiveness and cleansing from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:8-10 Innocent or Guilty if we say we have no sin we deceive ourselves; if we confess sins he is faithful to forgive and cleanse
• 1 John 1:8 He Is Indeed in First Place paraphrased as John saying the one who claims to have no sin is a liar
• 1 John 1:8-10 Sunday, June 2nd, 2024 - 11am Service - From Comfort to Commitment: Living as True Disciples confessing sins rather than claiming to be without sin, God forgiving and purifying from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Whatever You Ask in My Name if we confess our sins he is faithful and just and will purify us from all unrighteousness, cited under the confession section of the ACTS model
• 1 John 1:9 Rejoice in the Lord Always if we confess our sins, God is faithful to forgive them
• 1 John 1:9 We Are All Gomer connected to Hosea's call for Israel to acknowledge their offense, with homo logea explained as agreeing with God about sin
• 1 John 1:9 This weeks Sermon @ First B Jackson April 6th 2025 cited in the communion prayer as the promise that if we agree with God about our sin he will cleanse us from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 The Bread That Came Down From Heaven God is faithful to forgive sins that we confess, referenced before communion
• 1 John 1:9 The Philippians of the Old Testament, Morning Praise if we confess our sins God is faithful and just to forgive
• 1 John 1:9 The Blood of the Martyrs Is the Seed of the Church if we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us, cited before the Lord's Supper
• 1 John 1:9 Never Hoard the Blessing of God referenced as the promise that God will cleanse us from all unrighteousness when we confess
• 1 John 1:9 God Has Forgiven Us, So We Should Forgive Others Cited to show God stands ready to forgive: 'if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness'
• 1 John 1:9 One Last Loving Defense quoted at the close: if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 What Comes Into Our Minds When We Think About God if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive our sins, cited when urging forsaking sin
• 1 John 1:9 By the Will of God if we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 For To Me To Live Is Christ when we confess our sin God is faithful and just to forgive us of all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Prayer on Fire #2 of 3 if we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Hold the Mystery with a Clear Conscience if you confess your sins he is faithful and just to forgive your sins and cleanse you from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Dignified, Blameless, Faithful in All Things cited to show that confessing sin results in God forgiving and cleansing from all unrighteousness, making a pure heart possible
• 1 John 1:9 A Noble Task if you confess your sins God is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse, used to explain what above reproach does not mean sinless
• 1 John 1:9 Entrusting Your Soul to a Faithful Creator if you confess your sins he is faithful and just to forgive your sins and cleanse you from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Done with Sin if you confess your sins, He is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Bearing Witness Through Suffering cited as the mechanism for keeping a good conscience, confessing sins and being cleansed of all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Diagnosis and Remedy cited to show that confessing sins leads to God forgiving and cleansing from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Bear Witness Through Suffering and Trust God God is faithful to forgive and cleanse from all unrighteousness when we confess our sins
• 1 John 1:9 A Great High Priest Who Can Sympathize referenced to affirm that if you confess your sins, God is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 We Are Leaky People if we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Let Us Fear, Let Us Be Diligent quoted on confessing sins: he is faithful and just to forgive sins and cleanse from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Do Not Be Carried Away if you confess your sins God is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse you from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Therefore: The Results of Justification by Faith cited to reassure that confessed sin, remembered or not, is forgiven and removed
• 1 John 1:9 Pray for All: The Universal Scope of the Gospel quoted as assurance that if we confess our sins God is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 The Aim of Our Charge Is Love named as a favorite verse, quoted as if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 The Universal Scope of the Gospel God is faithful and just to forgive sins and cleanse from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 The Grass Withers but the Word Stands Forever if you confess your sin God is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Guard the Deposit Entrusted to You cited as assurance that if we confess our sins God is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse us
• 1 John 1:9 Loving and Longing if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Your Path Is a Reckless One Quoted in the invitation: if you confess your sins God is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Beware the Reluctant Permission of God If you confess your sin, God is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Retain, Guard, Be Strong, Entrust, Suffer if we confess our sins God is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Once for All Time cited in the communion prayer as the basis for confessing sins and receiving forgiveness and cleansing
• 1 John 1:9 Forgiven People Forgive People if you confess your sins he is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Forgiving People Forgive People if we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 The Word of God Keeps Going Forward cited during communion as the promise that if we agree with God about our sin, He will cleanse us from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Having Had a Spiritual Awakening cited for step five: confess to God and he is faithful and just to forgive and purify
• 1 John 1:9 Praying Only for His Will and the Power to Carry It Out if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse from all unrighteousness, cited for keeping short accounts with God
• 1 John 1:9 First Be Reconciled to Your Brother if we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us and purify us from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Love Must Have an Object if we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us and purify us from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Rise, Take Up Your Bed, and Walk cited to show that confessing to God brings forgiveness and purification from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Deflation at Depth God's faithfulness to forgive and cleanse when we confess, connected to the Greek word homologeo
• 1 John 1:9 Suffer the Children to Come to Me cited to illustrate the Greek word meaning to send away, in the context of God forgiving and releasing our sins
• 1 John 1:9 God Be Merciful to Me, the Sinner quoted to show that confessing sin leads to God's forgiveness and cleansing from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Faith in a Great God cited on forgiveness: if you confess your sins God is faithful and just to forgive
• 1 John 1:9 Shameless Persistence cited as the mechanism of confession, God faithful and just to forgive and cleanse from unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Build Your House on the Rock quoted to assure that God will forgive and purify from all unrighteousness when we confess our sins
• 1 John 1:9 The One Who Has Ears, Let Him Hear cited in closing to show that confessing sin leads God to forgive and cleanse from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Her Sins Which Are Many Have Been Forgiven paraphrased during communion prayer: if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Come to Me and I Will Give You Rest confessing sins, God is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Have You Understood All These Things? if you confess your sins God is faithful and just to forgive your sins
• 1 John 1:9 Whatever You Ask in My Name if we confess our sins he is faithful and just and will purify us from all unrighteousness, used in the ACTS model under confession
• 1 John 1:9 Rejoice in the Lord Always referenced in explaining confession: 'if we are agreeing with God, confessing our sins to him, he's already forgiving them'
• 1 John 1:9 All of Us Are Gomer cited alongside Hosea 5:15 on confession, 'if you confess, if you agree with God about your sin, he is faithful and just to forgive your sin'
• 1 John 1:9 Seek the Prosperity of the City if we confess our sins God is faithful and just to forgive, quoted during communion prayer
• 1 John 1:9 Slow to Anger but Just Paraphrased in connection with God's justice: 'If we confess our sins, if we agree with God about our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.'
• 1 John 1:9 Examine It Anew: The Bereans and the Light of Christ quoted during communion prayer: if we confess our sins God is faithful to forgive and cleanse us from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Direct Amends Wherever Possible cited to explain confessing sins, agreeing with God, and receiving forgiveness and purification
• 1 John 1:9 The Ones Who Looked Lived cited as biblical support for step five, confessing sins to God
• 1 John 1:9 Rise, Take Up Your Pallet, Walk confession and God forgiving and purifying from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Admitting It to God, Yourself, and One Other Person described as the mechanism whereby God forgives sin and cleanses from all unrighteousness, central to step five
• 1 John 1:9 Searching and Fearless if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse us
• 1 John 1:9 Women's Bible Study - February 14th, 2024 - Live with Purpose confess to God and he is faithful to forgive you
• 1 John 1:9 Women's Bible Study - January 31st, 2024 - Walking in the Holy Spirit confess and repent and you are forgiven, taking the lid off the Holy Spirit's control
• 1 John 1:9 Women's Bible Study - October 18th, 2023 if you confess your sins he will forgive you and cleanse you
• 1 John 1:9 Suffer the Children to Come cited as the mechanism of forgiveness, where God is faithful and just to send away our sin
• 1 John 1:9 Nothing in My Hand I Bring if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Sunday, March 5, 2023 - 11am Traditional Service - God Gives Good Things To Those Who Love Him quoted as the mechanism of confession and forgiveness, called Bob Wells's favorite verse
• 1 John 1:9 Fear God and Keep His Commandments quoted that if you are confessing God is faithful and just to forgive sin and cleanse from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Old Symbols, New Meaning quoted to reassure that if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse us from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 Build Your House on the Rock if we confess our sins God is faithful and just to forgive and purify us from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 God Loves You But Refuses to Leave You That Way quoted to say God is faithful and just to forgive our sins and cleanse us from wickedness when we confess
• 1 John 1:9 Her Sins Which Are Many Have Been Forgiven if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:9 The Coming One if you confess your sins, He is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse from all unrighteousness
• 1 John 1:10 God Is Light and in Him There Is No Darkness at All Saying we have not sinned makes God out to be a liar and his word is not in us
• 1 John 2 The Lord Stood With Me Quoted on not loving the world: if anyone loves the things of the world, the love of the Father is not in him, for all that is in the world is the lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and boastful prid
• 1 John 2 You Are God's Own Possession no one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever confesses the Son has the Father also
• 1 John 2 You Are a Chosen People quoted to show that no one who denies the Son has the Father
• 1 John 2:1-2 And Such We Are read on Jesus as advocate and propitiation for sins of the whole world
• 1 John 2:1-2 God Is Light and in Him There Is No Darkness at All John writes so his readers may not sin; if anyone sins we have an advocate in Jesus Christ who is the propitiation for our sins and for the whole world
• 1 John 2:4 Whatever You Ask in My Name briefly and incompletely cited in connection with keeping God's commandments as an act of obedience
• 1 John 2:4 Whatever You Ask in My Name partially quoted in connection with keeping God's commandments as an act of obedience
• 1 John 2:12-14 And Such We Are read as a hymn-like passage addressed to children, fathers and young men about knowing God and overcoming evil
• 1 John 2:15-17 And Such We Are the camp t-shirt verse on not loving the world, the lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and boastful pride of life
• 1 John 2:15-17 The Lord Stood With Me quoted as warning not to love the things of the world, listing lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and boastful pride of life
• 1 John 2:15-17 Women's Bible Study - October 9th, 2024 - Declaring Our Faith: Who Do You Say I Am? do not love the world; lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, pride of life
• 1 John 2:15-17 Sunday, June 2nd, 2024 - 11am Service - From Comfort to Commitment: Living as True Disciples do not love the world or its desires; whoever does the will of God abides forever
• 1 John 2:16 Women's Bible Study - September 11th, 2024 - Overcoming Temptation Through God’s Strength cited to show the three categories of temptation: lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, pride of life come not from the Father but from the world
• 1 John 2:20 Women's Bible Study - February 21st, 2024 - Power of Prayer All believers have the anointing of the Holy Spirit
• 1 John 2:29 Women's Bible Study - September 7th, 2022 everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him; we are saved for good works
• 1 John 3 By Faith: Abel, Enoch, and Noah quoted on loving one another and not being like Cain who slew his brother because Cain's deeds were evil and his brother's righteous
• 1 John 3 Philip Wants the Ball read aloud at the start of service to lead into worship: 'see what great love the father has lavished on us that we should be called children of God'
• 1 John 3 Women's Bible Study - September 7th, 2022 the way we know we are transforming from death to life is that we love our brothers and sisters
• 1 John 3:1 And Such We Are quoted and highlighted in bold: 'see how great a love the father has bestowed on us that we would be called the children of God'
• 1 John 3:1 The God of All Comfort read aloud before a worship song: 'See what great love the Father has lavished on us that we should be called children of God'
• 1 John 3:1 Fall Afresh - Women's Ministry Kick Off (2) cited as John asking how much the Father loves us, calling us His daughters
• 1 John 3:1 Flee, Pursue, and Take Hold read before the offering: 'see how very much our Father loves us for he calls us his children'
• 1 John 3:1 Do Business With This Until I Come Back cited before offering, about God calling us his children
• 1 John 3:1 I Once Was Blind, But Now I See see what great love the Father has lavished on us that we should be called his children
• 1 John 3:1 He Was Transfigured Before Them quoted to explain a worship song about God's love making us children of God
• 1 John 3:1 By Grace, Through Faith read before prayer, see what great love the Father has lavished on us that we should be called children of God
• 1 John 3:1 More Confrontation with the Pharisees quoted before offering song: 'see what great love the Father has lavished on us that we should be called children of God'
• 1 John 3:1 Monday Night @ Frist B Feb 6th read aloud to show the great love the Father has lavished on believers in calling them children of God
• 1 John 3:2 Put No Confidence in the Flesh read aloud to lead into worship before the service
• 1 John 3:4-8 And Such We Are read on practicing sin being lawlessness and the son of God appearing to destroy the devil's works
• 1 John 3:7 The Righteous Shall Live by Faith the one who practices righteousness is righteous just as God is righteous
• 1 John 3:7 The Righteous Shall Live by Faith the one who practices righteousness is righteous just as God is righteous
• 1 John 3:11-12 By Faith, We Understand the message from the beginning to love one another, not as Cain who was of the evil one and slew his brother because his deeds were evil
• 1 John 3:16 The Sign of Jonah quoted during the new member covenant ceremony about laying down our lives for our brothers as Christ did for us
• 1 John 3:16 Willing Is the Prerequisite of Knowing read during the membership covenant ceremony: Jesus laid down his life for us and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers
• 1 John 3:18 Love Matters Most used to show that the best expression of love is time, love not with words or tongue but with actions and in truth
• 1 John 3:24 And Such We Are quoted on keeping commandments, abiding in God, and knowing this by the Spirit he has given
• 1 John 4 This week's Sermon @ First B Jackson -March 2nd God pouring out his love as deep and permanent commitment
• 1 John 4 The Neediness of Man and the Faithfulness of God Referenced to affirm that God is love and that all His attributes are exercised in love
• 1 John 4 Use the Senses You Have and Call Out for the Rest read before the offering song, describing how God showed His love by sending His Son so we could have eternal life
• 1 John 4 Hosanna: The Steadfast Love of the Lord Endures Forever We know and rely on the love God has for us, God is love, whoever lives in love lives in God
• 1 John 4 What the Camino Taught Me About Sharing Faith God is love, discussed in context of Gnostics and sin
• 1 John 4 Sunday, March 23, 2025 - 11am Traditional Service - Guest Speaker Dustin Flueckiger - Psalm 86 Cited briefly for the statement that God is love
• 1 John 4 Made for Relationship with God God's love is a deep permanent commitment, not a temporary emotion
• 1 John 4 Made for Relationship: Loving God God's love poured out was not temporary but permanent and personal
• 1 John 4 Normal But Not Natural John makes clear the answer to the problem of evil and suffering is love
• 1 John 4 As You Are Going cited as the location of the phrase God is love, noted it appears two or three times there, and that the book addresses false Gnostic teaching
• 1 John 4:1 Do Not Be Carried Away do not believe every spirit but test the spirits, many false prophets have gone out into the world
• 1 John 4:1 Do Not Be Carried Away exhortation to test the spirits because many false prophets have gone out
• 1 John 4:1 Jesus Man warning not to believe every spirit but to test the spirits because many false prophets have gone out into the world
• 1 John 4:4 The More Excellent Way quoted to show that the one in us is greater than the one in the world
• 1 John 4:4 Fall Afresh - Women's Ministry Kick Off (2) quoted to say the Spirit in us is greater than the spirit in the world
• 1 John 4:4 Teach and Urge These Things quoted in pastoral prayer: the one who is in us is greater than the one who is in the world
• 1 John 4:4 Psalms 1 & 2 - Contemporary quoted before a song: the one in you is greater than the one in the world
• 1 John 4:4 Forgiven People Forgive People quoted before singing: 'the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world'
• 1 John 4:4 Women's Bible Study - September 21st, 2022 the spirit at work within believers is greater than the spirit at work in the world
• 1 John 4:7-11 Who You Love Is More Important Than What You Know closing passage on loving one another because God is love and sent His Son
• 1 John 4:7 The More Excellent Way read as the benediction, 'beloved, let us love one another for love is of God'
• 1 John 4:7 Little Is Much When God Is in It let us love one another, quoted at the close of the service
• 1 John 4:7 Women's Bible Study - September 7th, 2022 love comes from God and anyone who loves is a child of God
• 1 John 4:7 Sunday, Aug 14 Jesus Feeds the 5000 quoted in the benediction: dear friends, let us love one another for love comes from God and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God
• 1 John 4:8 Love Matters Most used to show that love validates faith, whoever does not love does not know God because God is love
• 1 John 4:8 The More Excellent Way cited to establish that God is love, used when substituting Jesus for love in the passage
• 1 John 4:9-10 First Be Reconciled to Your Brother God showed His love by sending His Son so we might have eternal life; it is not that we loved God but that He loved us first and sent His Son as a sacrifice
• 1 John 4:9-10 Normal, But Not Natural cited as the answer to how God can be all good and all powerful while evil exists, with the answer being love
• 1 John 4:9-11 Barefoot in the Bush read aloud to describe God's love in sending His Son as a sacrifice for sins
• 1 John 4:9-10 Silver and Gold Have None read to remind congregation that God loved us first and sent Christ as a sacrifice
• 1 John 4:9-11 Good News for the Sinners in This Room read before a song about God's love being the first move toward us
• 1 John 4:9-10 Submit for the Lord's Sake cited alongside Romans 5:8 on God's love shown while we were enemies
• 1 John 4:9-11 Come to Me Unhindered quoted before a song: God showed His love by sending His Son so we might have eternal life, and this is real love, not that we loved God but that He loved us
• 1 John 4:10 Not Ashamed of the Gospel 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 Not Ashamed of the Gospel God loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins
• 1 John 4:10-11 He Has Spoken to Us in His Son read as the benediction, on God sending his son as an atoning sacrifice and our obligation to love one another
• 1 John 4:10-11 God Has Spoken Through His Son read as the benediction about God's love and the atoning sacrifice of his Son
• 1 John 4:11-21 Monday Nights @ First B (16) main passage read aloud covering why and how we love
• 1 John 4:15 And Such We Are quoted on whoever confesses Jesus is the son of God having God abide in him
• 1 John 4:16 Your Name Is Safe in His Mouth John wrote that we know God loves us because we have put our trust in his love
• 1 John 4:16-19 Blessed to Be a Blessing God is love, perfect love casts out fear, we love because he first loved us
• 1 John 4:16-19 Blessed to Be a Blessing quoted to show that perfect love casts out fear and that we love because God first loved us
• 1 John 4:16 Palm Sunday April 10th 11 am Serivce closing benediction, God is love, whoever lives in love lives in God
• 1 John 4:18 As For You, Follow Me paraphrased during worship prayer as perfect love casts out fear
• 1 John 4:19 Conduct Yourselves Worthy of the Gospel we can love because he first loved us
• 1 John 4:19 Grace and Peace, Always we love because he first loved us, cited at the close of Ephesians exposition
• 1 John 4:19 Attitude Is Everything quoted as 'we love because he first loved us' to explain the source of human capacity for love
• 1 John 4:19 Faith and Deeds Always Work Together quoted to show that love originates with God: 'we love because God first loved us'
• 1 John 4:19 Monday Nights @ First B (16) key verse: we love each other because he loved us first
• 1 John 4:19 Offer Yourselves: A Reasonable Response quoted as a family verse: 'we love because he first loved us'
• 1 John 4:19 A Reasonable Response to the Mercies of God cited as favorite short verse on why we love God, because He first loved us
• 1 John 4:19 The Grass Withers but the Word Stands Forever we can love because He first loved us
• 1 John 4:19 Loving and Longing we can love because God first loved us, used to explain that love is derived from God
• 1 John 4:19 Hills and Valleys: Walking Out the Faith we love because He first loved us, closing reflection on Ephesians 6:24
• 1 John 4:19 James Chapter 2 - 4.11.22 cited to show that we love because God first loved us
• 1 John 4:20 Love Matters Most used to show that claiming to love God while hating others makes one a liar, the badge of authenticity is love
• 1 John 5 Dead in Trespasses, Made Alive in Christ cited to say the whole world is under the control of the evil one
• 1 John 5 Come to Me and I Will Give You Rest his commandments are not burdensome
• 1 John 5:1 And Such We Are cited as part of the encouragement-instruction pattern on believing Jesus is the Christ
• 1 John 5:1 Women's Bible Study - September 7th, 2022 whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born into the family of God
• 1 John 5:3-5 What the Camino Taught Me About Sharing Faith love for God means keeping His commandments, faith overcomes the world
• 1 John 5:3-5 As You Are Going quoted to show that love for God means keeping His commandments, and that only the one who believes Jesus is the Son of God overcomes the world
• 1 John 5:3 Remain in Jesus quoted to show that loving God means keeping his commands, and his commands are not burdensome
• 1 John 5:4 Why Do You Seek the Living Among the Dead everyone born of God overcomes the world, and this is the victory, our faith
• 1 John 5:4 Your Grief Will Be Turned to Joy whoever is born of God overcomes the world, the victory is our faith
• 1 John 5:4 Women's Bible Study - October 30th, 2024 - Living in the Power of the Resurrection Everyone born of God overcomes the world, and the victory is their faith
• 1 John 5:4 Now Is the Time whoever is born of God overcomes the world and this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith
• 1 John 5:4 Women's Bible Study - September 7th, 2022 every child of God defeats the evil world and achieves victory through faith
• 1 John 5:11-13 I Am Free, I Am New, I Have Eternal Life God has given us eternal life in His Son, written so believers may know they have eternal life
• 1 John 5:11-12 Words Have Power of Life and Death God has given eternal life in his Son; he who has the Son has life
• 1 John 5:11-13 Your Words Have the Power of Life and Death He who has the Son has eternal life; written so you may know you have eternal life
• 1 John 5:12 Y'all Know the Gospel he who has the Son has life, he who does not have the Son does not have life
• 1 John 5:12 Not Ashamed of the Gospel he who has the Son has life, he who does not have the Son does not have life
• 1 John 5:12 The Gospel in Ten Words or Less he who has the Son has life, he who does not have the Son does not have life
• 1 John 5:12 The Gospel in Ten Words or Less 'he who has the Son has life, he who does not have the Son does not have life'
• 1 John 5:12 He Meets Us Right Where We Are whoever has the Son has life, whoever does not have the Son does not have life
• 1 John 5:12 He Lives: The Good News of the Resurrection quoted to show that whoever has the Son has life
• 1 John 5:12 I Want Them With Me Where I Am cited to simplify the way to eternal life: 'whoever has the son has life, whoever does not have God's son does not have life'
• 1 John 5:13 And Such We Are quoted as the 'so that you may know you have eternal life' purpose statement
• 1 John 5:13 Monday Nights @ First B (10) identified as the key verse: written so believers may know they have eternal life
• 1 John 5:13-21 Monday Nights @ First B (10) the closing passage of 1 John read aloud in full as the sermon text
• 1 John 5:13 Women's Bible Study - October 9th, 2024 - Declaring Our Faith: Who Do You Say I Am? whoever has the Son has life; written so you may know you have eternal life
• 1 John 5:14-15 Praying Only for His Will and the Power to Carry It Out confidence that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us, under the prayer section of step 11
• 1 John 5:14-15 Improve Your Conscious Contact With God confidence that God hears prayer when we ask according to His will
• 1 John 5:14 Women's Bible Study - February 21st, 2024 - Power of Prayer Confidence in approaching God: if we ask according to his will, he hears us
• 1 John 5:14 Have Faith in God quoted to clarify that prayer must be according to God's will: if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us
• 1 John 5:19 Dead People Made Alive cited to show the whole world is under control of the evil one
• 1 John 5:20 Hope Was Born This Night read as a closing benediction about the Son of God giving us understanding to know the true God
• 1 John 5:21 And Such We Are the final verse quoted: 'little children, guard yourselves from idols'

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