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1 John 4:1 · BSB
4:1 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.
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…in his divinity. And in John's first epistle, he defines this love for us. It's just an amazing love that God has for the saints. He says this in1 John chapter 4, starting in verse 7. He says, Beloved, let us love one another. There's that one another again. Let us love one another, for love is from God. And…
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…have to wait. The very simple reason for that is because God went first. Everything a believer gets to live out is a result of God going first.First John chapter 4. This is real love. Not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. Aren't you glad God didn't…
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…heart and cleansed them from their sins. And so I wanna examine, is that what is happening? Or what does the Bible teach us in regard to that? In1 John chapter 4and verse number 1, we're admonished, beloved. Do not believe every spirit, but try the spirits, whether they are of God because many false…
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…Corinthians chapter 13. That beautiful poem about love. Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not envy. It does not boast. You might take them to1 John chapter 4. God is love. And in this is love. Not that we loved God, but that he loved us and gave his son, sent his son as a propitiation for our sins. You…
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…away from Christ doesn't indicate they lost their salvation. It indicates they never had it in the first place. Because that's what John says in1 John chapter 4. When when that that church was struggling with, well, we have these people who were stalwarts in our church, but now they're they're gone. John…
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…times. It's translated as God. uppercase, God lowercase, judge, goddess, great mighty, angels, exceedingly, Godward or godly. And then Joni puts in1 John chapter 4, beloved test every spirit. Test every spirit. So here, got all kinds of things. Literally this whole chapter is being orchestrated spirits now…
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…loves me. Of course. Course God loves these people because I love these people. And I. I love myself. But I want you to see that the Bible says inFirst John, Chapter 4, that we don't love him because we're good. We love him because he first loved us. That that's seen here in First John, chapter 4, verse 19. We…
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…response to it in his first letter, his epistle. We used it as a part of our assurance of pardoning grace this morning in your bulletin. It's from1 John chapter 4. In this, the love of God was made manifest among us that God sent his only son into the world so that we might live through him. In this is love.…
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…say first. That's how God has loved us first. Stand with me where you are this morning and let's read God's word together. We're gonna be in1 John chapter 4this morning. 1 John chapter 4, verses 7 through 11. The apostle John says, Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.…
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…even in the early days of the church. It was about um not just believing in Christ, but what did that mean? What does that mean? So we're in uh1 John chapter 4. We're gonna be uh verses uh 7 through 21, but we're gonna break it up. We're just gonna read uh seven through sixteen at first. All right, John…
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…as we pursue him. But all of this, man, is in response to the gospel and the reality of who Jesus is and what he's done. You know, John writes in1 John chapter 4, he says that we love because he first loved us. And that Christ has proven his love for us in this, that while we were yet sinners, Christ died…
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…but bookings on this passage we're going to look at today and I want you to see what the bookings are really quick. [SPEAKER_00]: So verse 7 offirst John chapter 4says beloved, let us love one another for love is from God. [SPEAKER_00]: and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. [SPEAKER_00]:…
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…happened. God entered our story. The author stepped onto the stage of his story and he sent his son, the Lord Jesus Christ. And that brings us to1 John chapter 4as we continue on in our series in the letters of John. And as we come to chapter 4, John doesn't do a Whitney Houston on us. What do I mean by…
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…writer gives us this. Paul says in Colossians chapter 3 and verse 13, as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. John writes in1 John chapter 4and verse 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. And Luke said it earlier when Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, Luke…
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…object of God's wrath. And in that moment. And in that place. In that day. The wrath of God is turned away. John tells us in the New Testament. In1 John chapter 4. That this is. Here is the love of God. This is where we find the love of God. That God sent his son into the world. To be the propitiation for our…
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…Peter's essentially saying, as long as I'm breathing, I'm gonna keep giving you guys the same gospel truth that you need. When you look at1 John chapter 4, 7 through 21, the word love or loves, love together, the concept of love shows up over 27 times. So whenever you see something repetitiously show…
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…it? That doesn't make any sense. Why would you give money and time and resources? Why would you change oil for free? Um, and the answer comes from1 John chapter 4, starting in verse 19, and they simply says this: We love because he first loved us. And Jesus first. Whoever claims to love God yet hates a…
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…you. You just get to properly align yourself to walk in it. Let's stand to our feet all over this house and I'll ask the worship team to join me.1 John chapter 4and verse 17 says, "By this love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment because, listen to this, as he is, so…
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…with you God's word. So this is what I encourage you to do. Go into your Bibles and open up in the New Testament to the book of 1 John. Turn to1 John chapter 4. Got a smartphone, you can open your Bible app to 1 John 4. But also do this. Take out these Bible study outlines that we provide for you. We give…
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…gospel. He works very hard to keep people veiled to the glory of Christ. We notice that the devil is very active in this endeavor. If you turn to1 John chapter 4, you'll notice one way in which the devil does this. 1 John chapter 4. Look with me beginning in verse 1. 1 John chapter 4, beginning in verse 1,…
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