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1 John 3:8–11 “8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. 9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. 11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.”    The flesh will yield to the devil unless it is dead in Christ - HE is righteous....

1 John 3:18–19 “18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. 19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.”

 Love is like faith - it comes from GOD–  with His Power and Plan to do good to all men. This good is found in The Gospel, and it leads to Life Eternal - Step by step as we draw near.... (Atonement)

Obedience:

1 John 3:22–24 “22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. 23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.”

 As we have seen in Hebrews and in so many NT books, The Commandments are still part of His Nature and Plan for our Salvation. HE is Holy and we are in Him.... So we keep His Commandments - as they are His Word which keeps us in His Holiness.

Warnings:

1 John 4:1–6 “1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. 4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. 6 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.” The truth and the liar are exposed In GOD’s Presence. We hear His voice and know The Truth is of Him. All untruth lies outside - away from His Presence.

Love Leads to Obedience:

1 John 4:7–10 “7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 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. 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” Love is GOD’s nature, and as we see in 1Cor 13, Love has some boundaries and warnings. GOD sent His Only beloved Son to be our Sin Bearer (Atonement Scape Goat.) HE took sin, shame, the curse and death away and Rose for our Justification (New Birth- Passover.)

1 John 4:12–13 “12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. 13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.”

 We can only see The Perfectly Holy GOD through His Holy Spirit and through Jesus Christ - in The faith of His finished work on our behalf.  1 John deals more with our growth than our birth. 1 John directs us to grow and mature....