1 John 4:19-21 (NIV) 19  We love because he first loved us. 20  Whoever claims to love God yet hates Summary This is now the fourth time we've turned to 1 John 4 this year ( including two days ago ), But we have a way of pushing this fundamental knowledge out of the way of our own egos, so John has good So if you claim to love God - which John just reminded us is only possible because God initiated that If you were to go to a busy street corner and ask the first 100 people you came across (which might take

You have continual access to the Father through Jesus, who is your advocate. 1 John 2:1-2 (NIV) My dear Summary John is the only writer in the Bible to use the word paraklētos , and this is the only time When John uses the word paraklētos in His gospel, the translators struggle with it because the meaning A LIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that, as John so simply puts it, "you will not sin;" A SK GOD Today: 1 Corinthians 10

God's ordinary means of grace ordinarily produce extraordinary people. 1 John 4:11-17 (NIV) 11  Dear So it is with Christians, John writes here. "God lives in us, and His love is made complete in us." God's love is made complete in you, John indicates, as you " testify that the Father has sent His Son John continues, "if anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God

John 14:25–27 (NIV) 25 “All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit Summary A big portion of John's gospel account consists of Jesus speaking to His disciples right before Throughout the ages, many have tried to deny the divinity of both Christ and the Spirit, but John makes We find an example of this in the Gospel of John. John 2:19-22 reads, 19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up

John 17:1–5 (NIV) CONTEXT: As His crucifixion draws near, Jesus prays to His Father. 1 After Jesus said Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 10: The Deity of Christ We believe Moses says that God “created the world”; and John says that “all things were created by the Word,” which

John 1:9-14 (NIV) 9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was John’s wording regarding Jesus speaks to the nature of who he is. Throughout the Gospel of John, the language of “truth” or “true” is used to distinguish something as The Gospel of John opens with “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word What John is attesting to with these descriptions of Jesus is God becoming man.

John 15:1-8 (NIV): “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in

John 14:15–17 (NIV) 15 “If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give Summary This section of John 14 speaks to the distinct persons of the Trinity.

John 6:35-40 (NIV) 35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life.

1 John 5:19-20 (ESV) 19 We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil Summary The way John put it doesn't sound right, does it. or anything in the world (1 John 2:15)." The big idea that John tells you here is that "we know that we are from God." John here explains exactly what it means to have your heart/mind regenerated.