“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does … Continue reading Do Not Believe Every Spirit
Year: 2023
By This Truth We Know Love
“By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? Little children, let us not … Continue reading By This Truth We Know Love
The Human Heart
The human heart from faith departs,The flesh of man, it kicks the can,It dwells in cannots, all things failed,A change in life course, it has bailed. The heart of man, it feeds the flesh,It leaves the person in a mess,And few are those who will confess,Results of sin they’ll not address. For many live in … Continue reading The Human Heart
Love, Not Murder Your Enemies
“For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. Do not be surprised, brothers, … Continue reading Love, Not Murder Your Enemies
No One Born of God
“Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. Little children, … Continue reading No One Born of God
Are We His True Children?
“See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but … Continue reading Are We His True Children?
In Opposition to Christ
“Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But … Continue reading In Opposition to Christ
Lovers of the Flesh or of God?
“Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because … Continue reading Lovers of the Flesh or of God?
If We Keep His Commandments
“My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. And by … Continue reading If We Keep His Commandments
But if We Walk in the Light
This was written by the apostle John who was giving testimony to Jesus Christ and to the gospel of our salvation “so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ” (1 John 1:3 ESV). So, not everyone in the hearing of … Continue reading But if We Walk in the Light
Run With It 