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A REVIEW OF 1 JOHN’S TESTS

A REVIEW OF 1 JOHN’S TESTS

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Tests of Salvation

  1. Affirmation of the proper view of Christ (1:3)
  2. Affirmatrion of Sin’s reality (1:5-2:2)
  3. Obedience to God’s commands (2:3-6)
  4. Love of the “bretheren” (2:7-11)

Tests  & Characteristics of Antichrists

  1. Depart from the faithful (2:19)
  2. Deny the faith (2:22,23)
  3. They deceive the faithful (2:2:26) (1 Tim 4:1-3)

Tests & Characteristics of Genuine Christians

  1. Anointing of the Holy Spirit (2:27)
  2. Holy Spirit guides the believer into knowing all things (2:20-21) (John 14:26, 16:13)

Tests of a Believers Hope (The return of Christ)

  1. Abiding in Christ, ie persevering in the faith of salvation (2:27-3:3) (John 15:1-6)
  2. Practicing Righteousness (Holiness; purity; uprightness, the state of being right with God) (2:29) (1 Pet 1:3, 13-16)
  3. A sense of wonder in God’s love in what he did for us (3:1)
  4. When Christ returns, he will conform every believer to his image (3:2)
  5. Living in the reality of Christ’s return makes a difference in a Christian’s behavior (3:3)

Tests Why Christians Can’t Practice Sin

  1. Sin is incompatable with the law of God which they love (3:4, Ps 119:34, 77,97, Rom 7:12,22)
  2. Becauise it is incompatable with the work of Christ.  Christ died to sanctify (make holy) the believer (3:5,2 Cor 5:21, Eph 5::25-27, Rom 6:1-15) 
  3. Because Christ came to destroy the works of the arch-sinner, Satan (3:8)
  4. Because it is incompatible with the ministry of the Holy Spirit, who has imparted a new nature to the believer (3:9, John 3:5-8)

Tests For Behaviors Of The Devil’s Children

  1. Murder (3:15, Gen 4:5)
  2. Hatred (3:15)
  3. Indifference toward other’s needs

Tests of  a True Teacher

  1. Acknowledge and proclaim that Jesus is God incarnate in human flesh (4:2)
  2. They speak God’s word following apostolic doctrine (4:5-6)  The OT and NT are the only

Clark Howard’s Tips To Save Money on Home Internet in 2026

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Are you paying too much for your home internet? Many people may be buying more “internet speed” than they actually need.
— Read on clark.com/internet/save-money-on-internet/

Heaven is Real, and a promise of a Restored World, will be just as good.

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“For I will take you from the nations, gather you from all the lands and bring you into your own land. Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances. You will live in the land that I gave to your forefathers; so you will be My people, and I will be your God. Moreover, I will save you from all your uncleanness; and I will call for the grain and multiply it, and I will not bring a famine on you. I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the produce of the field, so that you will not receive again the disgrace of famine among the nations. Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and your abominations. I am not doing this for your sake,” declares the Lord God, “let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel!” ‘Thus says the Lord God, “On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places will be rebuilt. The desolate land will be cultivated instead of being a desolation in the sight of everyone who passes by. They will say, ‘This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden; and the waste, desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.’ Then the nations that are left round about you will know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted that which was desolate; I, the Lord, have spoken and will do it.” ‘Thus says the Lord God, “This also I will let the house of Israel ask Me to do for them: I will increase their men like a flock. Like the flock for sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so will the waste cities be filled with flocks of men. Then they will know that I am the Lord.” ’ ””
‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭36‬:‭24‬-‭38‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/ezk.36.24-38.NASB1995

Darkness cannot drive out darkness…#TheLeastofThese

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Source: Darkness cannot drive out darkness…#TheLeastofThese

Our Actions and our Attitudes should not be based on our circumstances, but on the Gospel, that transforms us daily.

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Father, forgive us when our worldly nature gets in the way of our testimony in the world, as we are focused on the world, instead of heaven and you purpose for us here on earth.

May your spirit fill us daily with your Word, your Presence, and allow us to see you working daily, in spite of the news and information that surrounds us daily.

Amen