Yet in it all, that one may be like Cain, offering to God the fruit of his hands and not the fruit of the Spirit. Oh, if you do really believe that he has loved you so, sit down, and turn the subject over in your mind, and say to yourself, Jesus loves me; Jesus chose me; Jesus redeemed me; Jesus called me; Jesus has pardoned me; Jesus has taken me into union with himself. (Spurgeon). These academics present their baseless opinions as if they were scholarly facts. In the first three verses of chapter 4, we discover that Jesus is gaining more and more disciples, more disciples than John the Baptist (cf. If someone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? To acknowledge that Jesus is the Son of God is not simply to make a statement about his metaphysical status but to express obedient trust in the One who possesses such a status. (Marshall), iii. Explained: Does John Weir Contact His Team? Prophets ii. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. Earlier, when she had gone to visit her friend at the beginning of "Doctor Cha" Episode 1, Mi-Hee had mentioned that Jeong-Suk looked sick and tired. d. Boldness in the day of judgment: How can anyone have such boldness? By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. The principle of presenting a true Jesus is essential to the testing of spirits. i. Do we live through Him? 1 John 4:4 ESV Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. We know that we abide in Him: By beginning with the words by this, John connected the thought of this verse directly to the previous verse. 1. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. Sometimes Jesus didnt inspire passionate feelings in people at all, but He was always full of love. Poetical Books We should consider what would it take to make us stop believing God loves us. This job is to be done using the gifts of discernment God has given to Christians in general, especially the leadership of a congregation. He loved you when you were at hells gate, and drank damnation at every draught. i. A number of scholars think of this as a sermon in written form. How is Jesus now? He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. ii. Your partnership makes all we do possible. i. God made love real and present by sending Jesus to live among us and to die for us. But John rightly insists that our claim of loving God is false if we do not also love our brother, and that this love must be seen. h. If God so loved us: Having received this love from God, we are directed to love one another. Wisdom Literature Pentateuch The Bible says that one day, all of humanity will gather before Gods Great White Throne and face judgment. If you had a pipe that was clogged water kept going into it, but never came out, that pipe would be useless. As Paul puts it in Roman 8:16: The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. iii. If someone says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? ( 1 John 4:7-8) The call to love. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary CHAPTER 4 1Jo 4:1-21. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point Pentateuch It is up to us to respond to His command with our will and whole being. Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. Nederlandstalige Bijbelstudies door Stan Marinussen, Copyright - Enduring Word       |      . John states (1:1) that he is writing "concerning the Word of Life," and then adds (1:2), "and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us." In verse 1, the emphasis is on the humanity of Jesus Christ as He came in the flesh. Can you say, I love Jesus? That sense of being grounded in God only comes when we set aside our sin in the pursuit of the one true God. ii. Once any academic throws out the historical evidence of the New Testament and other reliable ancient writings, they can only base their understanding of Jesus on their own personal opinion. i. Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God: True prophecy, and true teaching, will present a true Jesus. We can know, and we can know now, on this side of eternity. If we do not love one another, how can we say that we have received the love of God and have been born of Him? Paul knew that nothing could separate him from the love of God that was in Jesus Christ (Romans 8:35-39), and each Christian should have the same confidence. You can check these in your browser security settings. At the end of "Rabbit Hole" Episode 5, Ben explains to John that he kept the facts hidden from him because John did not trust him. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Minor Prophets But it is there, and its presence is demonstrated by our love for one another and our agreement with Gods truth and that all serves to give us boldness. But who among us would think of giving up his son to die for his enemy, for one who never did him a service, but treated him ungratefully, repulsed a thousand overtures of tenderness, and went on perversely hardening his neck? 1 John 4. ii. Pentateuch Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Do not believe every spirit: John warned against believing every spirit; that is, we are never to assume every spiritual experience or every demonstration of spiritual power is from God. Verse-. They face none of the rejection the child of God will face from the world (1 John 3:1), because they are friends with the world. Email / username or password was incorrect! We abide in Him, and He in us: Our abiding in Jesus is not a one-sided affair, with us struggling to abide in Him, and Jesus trying to escape us. Has anybody offended you? She ultimately collapsed on the floor of the store, and when she woke up, she found out that she was in the emergency room of the hospital. 2. Preaching text: 1 John 1:1-4 God's Tangible Word of Life. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. Love believed is the mother of love returned. (Spurgeon), ii. Historical Books But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. What about the many passages of Scripture, Old and New Testament (such as Ecclesiastes 12:13 and 1 Peter 2:17), which tell us we should fear God? a. Without God, there is no love because love . The Old Testament b. How is Jesus now? d. Boldness in the day of judgment: How can anyone have such boldness? But way back in Johns day, in this time closest to the actual life and ministry of Jesus on this earth, people didnt have a hard time believing Jesus was God. The Gospels (1 John 4:4) The protection of the child of God. 1 John 4 - Abiding in God and His Love A. T he spirit of truth and protection against the spirit of error. Oh sir, this is indeed a cowardly fear! (Spurgeon), iv. a. a. 1 John emphasizes that God's love is not some abstract concept. It comes from Him. And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also. Verse- by-Verse Bible Commentary1 John 4. The reason for discernment: Discernment is essential because Satan and his forces are at work in the world (4:1). i. And the world hears them: Those who are of the world are also evident because the world hears them. How can a decree of absolute, unconditional reprobation, of the greater part or any part of the human race, stand in the presence of such a text as this? (Clarke), iii. The Gospels We come to love those better whom we love by knowing them better If you want to love Christ more, think more of him, think more of what you have received from him. (Spurgeon), e. He first loved us: This means that it is true that He loves us now. 1:1-4 That essential Good, that uncreated Excellence, which had been from the beginning, from eternity, as equal with the Father, and which at length appeared in human nature for the salvation of sinners, was the great subject concerning which the apostle wrote to his brethren. e. There is no fear in love: The completeness of love means we do not cower in fear before God, dreading His judgment, either now or in the day of judgment. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. i. We are therefore commanded to love our brother in Christ. The Biblical Jesus is make-believe. We can think of someone paying a great price to save someone deserving, someone good, someone noble, someone who had done much for them. (1 John 4:12) Seeing God through the evidence of love. He showed this life to us. ii. You would replace it. The thrust of these verses is not so much her conversion but that Jesus is Messiah (verse 26). One may be a spiritual dwarf because one lacks love. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world. i. We watched it. God the Father is not completely knowable by us; we cant completely figure out God, or know all His secrets. b. (1) The fact of false prophets and the need to test the spirits. i. John, with his new team, Hailey, Homm, and Ben, has rented a cabin somewhere. Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. d. We love Him because He first loved us: This verse tells us why we love Jesus, and how we can love Him more. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God We know that the man who teaches that Jesus Christ is the promised Messiah, and that he is come in the flesh, is of God-is inspired by the Divine Spirit; for no man can call Jesus Lord but by the Holy Ghost. Luke-Acts And we learn that Jesus' closest disciples are baptising the new followers. Bibliographical Information Of course, no one has seen God the Holy Spirit at any time either, though He has represented Himself in various ways. But how can I love a God who is invisible? God would say to us, Learn to love Me, Whom you cannot see, by loving My children, whom you can see.. They knew the Father sent the Son as Savior of the world. We trust in the principle that God will never contradict Himself, and we know what He has already said in His Word. Luke-Acts John seems to be speaking of a certain fear of judgment. You may know you are a sinner now; you will really, You may know now you are not a better person than those who are going to hell; you will really, You may know the reality of hell now; you will really, You may know the greatness of Jesus salvation now; you will really, Boice, James Montgomery "The Epistles of John: An Expositional Commentary" (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1979), Clarke, Adam "Clarke's Commentary: The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments with a Commentary and Critical Notes" Volume 6 (Romans-Revelation) (New York: Eaton and Mains, 1832), Marshall, I. Howard "The Epistles of John" (The New International Commentary on the New Testament) (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 1978), Poole, Matthew "A Commentary on the Holy Bible" Volume 3 (Matthew-Revelation) (London: Banner of Truth Trust, 1969), Spurgeon, Charles Haddon "The New Park Street Pulpit" Volumes 1-6 and "The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit" Volumes 7-63 (Pasadena, Texas: Pilgrim Publications, 1990). It is something that every Christian should be unafraid to proclaim: I love Him; I love Jesus. Can you say that? If he does not hear it, he has the spirit of error. And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. Love believed is the mother of love returned. (Spurgeon), ii. Just so, God puts His love into our lives that it might flow out. Error: Passwords should have at least 6 characters, Error: Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. The following comments draw much from Spurgeons work on this single verse. c. Test the spirits, whether they are of God: This is the responsibility of every Christian, but especially of congregational leadership. These are those that acknowledge Jesus Christ's real incarnation. Faith alone occupies that place. (Spurgeon). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. i. Let us love one another, for love is of God: Johns emphasis on love among the people of God (shown in passages like 1 John 2:9-11 and 3:10-18) is powerful. The fear John writes of here is not the appropriate reverence we should all have of God, but the kind of fear which involves torment that agonizing kind of fear which robs our soul of all joy and confidence before God. God is love, and because we are made in God's image, we are to love God and love our brothers and sisters. 4. b. He loved us when we were still sinners: Every man that ever was saved had to come to God not as a lover of God, but as a sinner, and then believe in Gods love to him as a sinner. (Spurgeon), ii. Poetical Books It might have shown enough love that the Father sent the Son, and not some lower-grade angel; but He sent the Son, not on a fact-finding mission or merely a mission of compassion He sent the Son to die for our sins. 1 John 4 He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. These verses are the equivalent of saying that a person cannot practice agape-love unless he can first practice philia-love. (Boice). This is a fact for every true follower of Jesus. iii. We can imagine Jesus being bold before the throne of God, but us? General Epistles Three words. b. We keep in the spirit of truth by clinging to Jesus, the One who said I am the truth (John 14:6). Sometimes Jesus seemed weak and lacking in power, but He was always full of love. We love him from a sense of obligation and gratitude. Need to test the spirits, whether they are of the one true God in God only comes when set... 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