1 John 4: 1-21: Beloved, Believe not Every Spirit, but try the Spirits whether they be of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the World. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of Cod: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this the spirit of antichrist, they are of the World: therefore speak they of the world, and the world here them. We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. 9, In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent His Only begotten Son into the World, that we might live through Him.
Herein is Love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us,and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to loved one another. No Man hath seen God at any time. If we loved one another, God dwelleth in us,and his loved is perfected in us. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the World. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. And this commandment have we from Him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.
John is telling us as Christians, to reject the lies of false teachers. He said test the spirit, to see if they are of God. In V.1- 6, we read about the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. V.7-Through 11, We know God through His great Love for us. It was the Love of God that send the Lord Jesus Christ to the Cross.V,12-16 We see God though His Love for the whole World.17-19 There is no fear in love; but in Christ we have Boldness, 20-21;Obedience by faith. This can only be done through faith in Jesus. God Love is everlasting. And if we abide in his Love we will by his grace, grow in love for God and others.
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