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HIS ANOINTING TEACHES YOU / 1 JOHN 2:27

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(KJV) 1 John 2:27

 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

HIS ANOINTING TEACHES YOU / 1 JOHN 2:27

All true followers of Christ are given the “anointing” (Holy Spirit, 1 John 2:20) to set them apart as God’s children and to help lead them into truth (John 14:26; John 16:13). As believers remain in the right relationship with Christ and commit themselves to spending time in God’s Word, the Holy Spirit helps them understand its life-transforming truths and how these truths apply to their lives. John is not ruling out the involvement of genuine Bible teachers, but he is speaking against false teachers who said that the message of Christ needed to be supplemented with a “higher knowledge” that they claimed to possess (1 John 1:1; 1 John 2:3). John responded to this lie by reminding his readers that the message already revealed to them by the Holy Spirit working through Christ’s original messengers was the only reliable truth.

The Holy Spirit’s teaching through God’s Word does not involve revelation of “new” truth or the explanation of all difficult Bible passages to our personal satisfaction. The Spirit works to illuminate the truth already revealed in God’s Word, helping believers to apply that truth to their lives in practical ways. 

  1. All believers may study and know God’s truth and learn from each other through mutual teaching and encouragement (Matthew 28:20; Ephesians 3:18; Colossians 3:16).
  2. This passage points out three safeguards against doctrinal (belief and teaching) error: (a) remaining in the right relationship with God the Father and Jesus the Son according to His revelation in the Bible (1 John 2:24). (b) The truth and empowering of the Holy Spirit. (c) Fellowship (1 John 1:3) with other committed Christians. 
  3. God’s people do not need instruction from those who teach things contrary to or outside of true Biblical faith, which is what John means when he says, “you do not need anyone [else] to teach you.”

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  1. HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING / 1 JOHN 2:24
  2. THE LIAR … WHO DENIES THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST / 1 JOHN 2:22
  3. AN ANOINTING / 1 JOHN 2:20
  4. THEY WENT OUT FROM US / 1 JOHN 2:19
  5. THE LAST HOUR … MANY ANTICHRISTS / 1 JOHN 2:18
  6. WHOEVER LOVES HIS BROTHER / 1 JOHN 2:10
  7. OLD COMMAND … NEW COMMAND / 1 JOHN 2:7-8
  8. MUST WALK AS JESUS DID / 1 JOHN 2:6
  9. DOES NOT DO WHAT HE COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 2:4
  10. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW HIM / 1 JOHN 2:3
  11. ANTONING SACRIFICE / 1 JOHN 2:2
  12. SO THAT YOU WILL NOT SIN / 1 JOHN 2:1
  13. CLAIM WE HAVE NOT SINNED / 1 JOHN 1:10
  14. CONFESS OUR SINS / 1 JOHN 1:9
  15. IF WE CLAIM TO BE WITHOUT SIN / 1 JOHN 1:8
  16. WALK IN THE LIGHT / 1 JOHN 1:7
  17. FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM / 1 JOHN 1:6
  18. FELLOWSHIP WITH US / 1 JOHN 1:3
  19. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 1:2
  20. THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING – SEEN WITH OUR EYS OUR HAND HAVE TOUCHED / 1 JOHN 1:1
  21. UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE EVIL ONE / 1 JOHN 5:19
  22. SIN THAT DOES NOT LEAD TO DEATH / 1 JOHN 5:17
  23. HE SHOULD PRAY AND GOD WILL GIVE HIM LIFE; 1 JOHN 5:16
  24. THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN5:13
  25. HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:12
  26. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:11
  27. THERE ARE THREE THAT TESTIFY / 1 JOHN 5:7-9
  28. BY WATER AND BLOOD / 1 JOHN 5:6
  29. OVERCOME THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH / 1 JOHN 5:4
  30. HIS COMMANDS ARE NOT BURDENSOME / 1 JOHN 5:3
  31. THIS IS HOW WE KNOW / 1 JOHN 5:2
  32. BELIEVES … LOVES / 1 JOHN 5:1
  33. BECAUSE WE OBEY HIS COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 3:22
  34. THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:8
  35. ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL / 1 JOHN 5:14
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HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING / 1 JOHN 2:24

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(KJV) 1 John 2:24

 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.

HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING / 1 JOHN 2:24

Believers will remain in a right relationship with Christ and experience complete spiritual salvation only as long as they remain devoted to Christ and to the teaching of those He commissioned to deliver His original message as we have it in His Word – the Bible (Ephesians 2:20). This suggests two things:

  1. To abandon the original message of Christ and New Testament faith causes spiritual death and separates a person from Jesus Christ (Galatians 1:6-8; 5:1-4). For believers to be loyal to Christ, they must be loyal to His Word and live by the teachings of the New Testament. 
  2. It is dangerous to follow teachings or teachers who preach “new” things not found in God’s Word (Jude 1:3). For this reason, it is important to study God’s Word for oneself and to hold firmly to its teaching; our very souls and our eternal destinies depend on it.

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  1. THE LIAR … WHO DENIES THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST / 1 JOHN 2:22
  2. AN ANOINTING / 1 JOHN 2:20
  3. THEY WENT OUT FROM US / 1 JOHN 2:19
  4. THE LAST HOUR … MANY ANTICHRISTS / 1 JOHN 2:18
  5. WHOEVER LOVES HIS BROTHER / 1 JOHN 2:10
  6. OLD COMMAND … NEW COMMAND / 1 JOHN 2:7-8
  7. MUST WALK AS JESUS DID / 1 JOHN 2:6
  8. DOES NOT DO WHAT HE COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 2:4
  9. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW HIM / 1 JOHN 2:3
  10. ANTONING SACRIFICE / 1 JOHN 2:2
  11. SO THAT YOU WILL NOT SIN / 1 JOHN 2:1
  12. CLAIM WE HAVE NOT SINNED / 1 JOHN 1:10
  13. CONFESS OUR SINS / 1 JOHN 1:9
  14. IF WE CLAIM TO BE WITHOUT SIN / 1 JOHN 1:8
  15. WALK IN THE LIGHT / 1 JOHN 1:7
  16. FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM / 1 JOHN 1:6
  17. FELLOWSHIP WITH US / 1 JOHN 1:3
  18. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 1:2
  19. THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING – SEEN WITH OUR EYS OUR HAND HAVE TOUCHED / 1 JOHN 1:1
  20. UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE EVIL ONE / 1 JOHN 5:19
  21. SIN THAT DOES NOT LEAD TO DEATH / 1 JOHN 5:17
  22. HE SHOULD PRAY AND GOD WILL GIVE HIM LIFE; 1 JOHN 5:16
  23. THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN5:13
  24. HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:12
  25. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:11
  26. THERE ARE THREE THAT TESTIFY / 1 JOHN 5:7-9
  27. BY WATER AND BLOOD / 1 JOHN 5:6
  28. OVERCOME THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH / 1 JOHN 5:4
  29. HIS COMMANDS ARE NOT BURDENSOME / 1 JOHN 5:3
  30. THIS IS HOW WE KNOW / 1 JOHN 5:2
  31. BELIEVES … LOVES / 1 JOHN 5:1
  32. BECAUSE WE OBEY HIS COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 3:22
  33. THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:8
  34. ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL / 1 JOHN 5:14
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THE LIAR … WHO DENIES THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST / 1 JOHN 2:22

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(KJV) 1 John 2:22

Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

THE LIAR … WHO DENIES THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST / 1 JOHN 2:22

No one who rejects or denies Jesus as Savior – the One sent by God to provide the way of forgiveness and rescue from the power of sin – can have a personal relationship with God. Jesus, the Son, is the only way to the Father (John 14:6; 1 John 1:1; 1 John 2:3; 1 John 2:18).

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  1. AN ANOINTING / 1 JOHN 2:20
  2. THEY WENT OUT FROM US / 1 JOHN 2:19
  3. THE LAST HOUR … MANY ANTICHRISTS / 1 JOHN 2:18
  4. WHOEVER LOVES HIS BROTHER / 1 JOHN 2:10
  5. OLD COMMAND … NEW COMMAND / 1 JOHN 2:7-8
  6. MUST WALK AS JESUS DID / 1 JOHN 2:6
  7. DOES NOT DO WHAT HE COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 2:4
  8. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW HIM / 1 JOHN 2:3
  9. ANTONING SACRIFICE / 1 JOHN 2:2
  10. SO THAT YOU WILL NOT SIN / 1 JOHN 2:1
  11. CLAIM WE HAVE NOT SINNED / 1 JOHN 1:10
  12. CONFESS OUR SINS / 1 JOHN 1:9
  13. IF WE CLAIM TO BE WITHOUT SIN / 1 JOHN 1:8
  14. WALK IN THE LIGHT / 1 JOHN 1:7
  15. FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM / 1 JOHN 1:6
  16. FELLOWSHIP WITH US / 1 JOHN 1:3
  17. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 1:2
  18. THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING – SEEN WITH OUR EYS OUR HAND HAVE TOUCHED / 1 JOHN 1:1
  19. UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE EVIL ONE / 1 JOHN 5:19
  20. SIN THAT DOES NOT LEAD TO DEATH / 1 JOHN 5:17
  21. HE SHOULD PRAY AND GOD WILL GIVE HIM LIFE; 1 JOHN 5:16
  22. THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN5:13
  23. HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:12
  24. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:11
  25. THERE ARE THREE THAT TESTIFY / 1 JOHN 5:7-9
  26. BY WATER AND BLOOD / 1 JOHN 5:6
  27. OVERCOME THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH / 1 JOHN 5:4
  28. HIS COMMANDS ARE NOT BURDENSOME / 1 JOHN 5:3
  29. THIS IS HOW WE KNOW / 1 JOHN 5:2
  30. BELIEVES … LOVES / 1 JOHN 5:1
  31. BECAUSE WE OBEY HIS COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 3:22
  32. THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:8
  33. ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL / 1 JOHN 5:14
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AN ANOINTING / 1 JOHN 2:20

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(KJV) 1 John 2:20

But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

AN ANOINTING / 1 JOHN 2:20

True followers of Christ receive an anointing – an empowering and personal commissioning for His purposes – which is the Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 1:21-22). Through the Spirit, we “know the truth” (1 John 2:27). And have the power to live by it.

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. THEY WENT OUT FROM US / 1 JOHN 2:19
  2. THE LAST HOUR … MANY ANTICHRISTS / 1 JOHN 2:18
  3. WHOEVER LOVES HIS BROTHER / 1 JOHN 2:10
  4. OLD COMMAND … NEW COMMAND / 1 JOHN 2:7-8
  5. MUST WALK AS JESUS DID / 1 JOHN 2:6
  6. DOES NOT DO WHAT HE COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 2:4
  7. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW HIM / 1 JOHN 2:3
  8. ANTONING SACRIFICE / 1 JOHN 2:2
  9. SO THAT YOU WILL NOT SIN / 1 JOHN 2:1
  10. CLAIM WE HAVE NOT SINNED / 1 JOHN 1:10
  11. CONFESS OUR SINS / 1 JOHN 1:9
  12. IF WE CLAIM TO BE WITHOUT SIN / 1 JOHN 1:8
  13. WALK IN THE LIGHT / 1 JOHN 1:7
  14. FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM / 1 JOHN 1:6
  15. FELLOWSHIP WITH US / 1 JOHN 1:3
  16. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 1:2
  17. THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING – SEEN WITH OUR EYS OUR HAND HAVE TOUCHED / 1 JOHN 1:1
  18. UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE EVIL ONE / 1 JOHN 5:19
  19. SIN THAT DOES NOT LEAD TO DEATH / 1 JOHN 5:17
  20. HE SHOULD PRAY AND GOD WILL GIVE HIM LIFE; 1 JOHN 5:16
  21. THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN5:13
  22. HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:12
  23. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:11
  24. THERE ARE THREE THAT TESTIFY / 1 JOHN 5:7-9
  25. BY WATER AND BLOOD / 1 JOHN 5:6
  26. OVERCOME THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH / 1 JOHN 5:4
  27. HIS COMMANDS ARE NOT BURDENSOME / 1 JOHN 5:3
  28. THIS IS HOW WE KNOW / 1 JOHN 5:2
  29. BELIEVES … LOVES / 1 JOHN 5:1
  30. BECAUSE WE OBEY HIS COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 3:22
  31. THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:8
  32. ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL / 1 JOHN 5:14
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THEY WENT OUT FROM US / 1 JOHN 2:19

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(KJV) 1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

THEY WENT OUT FROM US / 1 JOHN 2:19

When the “antichrists” left the church congregations because they really had nothing in common with true believers (1 John 1:3), they certainly were not in a saving relationship with Christ. This allows for two possibilities:

  1. They were never true followers of Christ to begin with.
  2. They had once been in a saving relationship with Christ but later had abandoned their faith in Him.

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  1. THE LAST HOUR … MANY ANTICHRISTS / 1 JOHN 2:18
  2. WHOEVER LOVES HIS BROTHER / 1 JOHN 2:10
  3. OLD COMMAND … NEW COMMAND / 1 JOHN 2:7-8
  4. MUST WALK AS JESUS DID / 1 JOHN 2:6
  5. DOES NOT DO WHAT HE COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 2:4
  6. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW HIM / 1 JOHN 2:3
  7. ANTONING SACRIFICE / 1 JOHN 2:2
  8. SO THAT YOU WILL NOT SIN / 1 JOHN 2:1
  9. CLAIM WE HAVE NOT SINNED / 1 JOHN 1:10
  10. CONFESS OUR SINS / 1 JOHN 1:9
  11. IF WE CLAIM TO BE WITHOUT SIN / 1 JOHN 1:8
  12. WALK IN THE LIGHT / 1 JOHN 1:7
  13. FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM / 1 JOHN 1:6
  14. FELLOWSHIP WITH US / 1 JOHN 1:3
  15. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 1:2
  16. THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING – SEEN WITH OUR EYS OUR HAND HAVE TOUCHED / 1 JOHN 1:1
  17. UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE EVIL ONE / 1 JOHN 5:19
  18. SIN THAT DOES NOT LEAD TO DEATH / 1 JOHN 5:17
  19. HE SHOULD PRAY AND GOD WILL GIVE HIM LIFE; 1 JOHN 5:16
  20. THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN5:13
  21. HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:12
  22. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:11
  23. THERE ARE THREE THAT TESTIFY / 1 JOHN 5:7-9
  24. BY WATER AND BLOOD / 1 JOHN 5:6
  25. OVERCOME THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH / 1 JOHN 5:4
  26. HIS COMMANDS ARE NOT BURDENSOME / 1 JOHN 5:3
  27. THIS IS HOW WE KNOW / 1 JOHN 5:2
  28. BELIEVES … LOVES / 1 JOHN 5:1
  29. BECAUSE WE OBEY HIS COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 3:22
  30. THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:8
  31. ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL / 1 JOHN 5:14
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THE LAST HOUR … MANY ANTICHRISTS / 1 JOHN 2:18

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(KJV) 1 John 2:18

Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

THE LAST HOUR … MANY ANTICHRISTS / 1 JOHN 2:18

Like other New Testament writers, John viewed the whole period beginning with Christ’s first coming (by birth) as the last days, or “last hour.” It was a reality that gave a sense of urgency and expectancy in relation to Christ’s return (Matthew 25:1-13). Even in John’s time, Christians were aware that a great enemy of God and His people – an antichrist or false Christ – will come before the last days are completed. This person will rise to world power and lead a great rebellion against Christ and the New Testament faith (Revelation 13:1; Revelation 13:8; Revelation 13:18; Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:10). Yet John says that before this, there will be “many antichrists” (“against Christ”), some of whom had already infiltrated the church and promoted false teachings about Christ. These deceivers claim to be believers, yet they love the world and its sinful pleasures. They twist the message of Christ by denying that He came in human form (1 John 4:2; 2 John 1:2, 7) or that He was truly the Christ (the promised Savior from God, 1 John 2:22). The “antichrists” John refers to in this letter are probably early Gnostics (1 John 1:1).

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  1. WHOEVER LOVES HIS BROTHER / 1 JOHN 2:10
  2. OLD COMMAND … NEW COMMAND / 1 JOHN 2:7-8
  3. MUST WALK AS JESUS DID / 1 JOHN 2:6
  4. DOES NOT DO WHAT HE COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 2:4
  5. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW HIM / 1 JOHN 2:3
  6. ANTONING SACRIFICE / 1 JOHN 2:2
  7. SO THAT YOU WILL NOT SIN / 1 JOHN 2:1
  8. CLAIM WE HAVE NOT SINNED / 1 JOHN 1:10
  9. CONFESS OUR SINS / 1 JOHN 1:9
  10. IF WE CLAIM TO BE WITHOUT SIN / 1 JOHN 1:8
  11. WALK IN THE LIGHT / 1 JOHN 1:7
  12. FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM / 1 JOHN 1:6
  13. FELLOWSHIP WITH US / 1 JOHN 1:3
  14. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 1:2
  15. THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING – SEEN WITH OUR EYS OUR HAND HAVE TOUCHED / 1 JOHN 1:1
  16. UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE EVIL ONE / 1 JOHN 5:19
  17. SIN THAT DOES NOT LEAD TO DEATH / 1 JOHN 5:17
  18. HE SHOULD PRAY AND GOD WILL GIVE HIM LIFE; 1 JOHN 5:16
  19. THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN5:13
  20. HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:12
  21. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:11
  22. THERE ARE THREE THAT TESTIFY / 1 JOHN 5:7-9
  23. BY WATER AND BLOOD / 1 JOHN 5:6
  24. OVERCOME THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH / 1 JOHN 5:4
  25. HIS COMMANDS ARE NOT BURDENSOME / 1 JOHN 5:3
  26. THIS IS HOW WE KNOW / 1 JOHN 5:2
  27. BELIEVES … LOVES / 1 JOHN 5:1
  28. BECAUSE WE OBEY HIS COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 3:22
  29. THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:8
  30. ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL / 1 JOHN 5:14
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WHOEVER LOVES HIS BROTHER / 1 JOHN 2:10

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(KJV) 1 John 2:10

He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.

WHOEVER LOVES HIS BROTHER / 1 JOHN 2:10

See John 13:34-35 true love always acts in a God-honoring and selfless way (1 Corinthians 10:31). It puts the best interests of others ahead of personal freedoms and does not do anything that may cause another person to compromise his or her conscience or “to make him stumble” spiritually (Romans 14:20; 1 Corinthians 10:32; 1 Corinthians 9:19).

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. OLD COMMAND … NEW COMMAND / 1 JOHN 2:7-8
  2. MUST WALK AS JESUS DID / 1 JOHN 2:6
  3. DOES NOT DO WHAT HE COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 2:4
  4. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW HIM / 1 JOHN 2:3
  5. ANTONING SACRIFICE / 1 JOHN 2:2
  6. SO THAT YOU WILL NOT SIN / 1 JOHN 2:1
  7. CLAIM WE HAVE NOT SINNED / 1 JOHN 1:10
  8. CONFESS OUR SINS / 1 JOHN 1:9
  9. IF WE CLAIM TO BE WITHOUT SIN / 1 JOHN 1:8
  10. WALK IN THE LIGHT / 1 JOHN 1:7
  11. FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM / 1 JOHN 1:6
  12. FELLOWSHIP WITH US / 1 JOHN 1:3
  13. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 1:2
  14. THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING – SEEN WITH OUR EYS OUR HAND HAVE TOUCHED / 1 JOHN 1:1
  15. UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE EVIL ONE / 1 JOHN 5:19
  16. SIN THAT DOES NOT LEAD TO DEATH / 1 JOHN 5:17
  17. HE SHOULD PRAY AND GOD WILL GIVE HIM LIFE; 1 JOHN 5:16
  18. THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN5:13
  19. HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:12
  20. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:11
  21. THERE ARE THREE THAT TESTIFY / 1 JOHN 5:7-9
  22. BY WATER AND BLOOD / 1 JOHN 5:6
  23. OVERCOME THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH / 1 JOHN 5:4
  24. HIS COMMANDS ARE NOT BURDENSOME / 1 JOHN 5:3
  25. THIS IS HOW WE KNOW / 1 JOHN 5:2
  26. BELIEVES … LOVES / 1 JOHN 5:1
  27. BECAUSE WE OBEY HIS COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 3:22
  28. THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:8
  29. ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL / 1 JOHN 5:14
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OLD COMMAND … NEW COMMAND / 1 JOHN 2:7-8

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(KJV) 1 John 2:7-8

Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. 8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.

OLD COMMAND … NEW COMMAND / 1 JOHN 2:7-8

God’s command to love others was not new (Leviticus 19:18; Matthew 22:39-40), yet it took on a whole new perspective through Christ’s perfect example and His sacrificial death for us on the cross. Christ’s followers are now to follow that example in showing selfless love for one another.

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  1. MUST WALK AS JESUS DID / 1 JOHN 2:6
  2. DOES NOT DO WHAT HE COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 2:4
  3. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW HIM / 1 JOHN 2:3
  4. ANTONING SACRIFICE / 1 JOHN 2:2
  5. SO THAT YOU WILL NOT SIN / 1 JOHN 2:1
  6. CLAIM WE HAVE NOT SINNED / 1 JOHN 1:10
  7. CONFESS OUR SINS / 1 JOHN 1:9
  8. IF WE CLAIM TO BE WITHOUT SIN / 1 JOHN 1:8
  9. WALK IN THE LIGHT / 1 JOHN 1:7
  10. FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM / 1 JOHN 1:6
  11. FELLOWSHIP WITH US / 1 JOHN 1:3
  12. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 1:2
  13. THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING – SEEN WITH OUR EYS OUR HAND HAVE TOUCHED / 1 JOHN 1:1
  14. UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE EVIL ONE / 1 JOHN 5:19
  15. SIN THAT DOES NOT LEAD TO DEATH / 1 JOHN 5:17
  16. HE SHOULD PRAY AND GOD WILL GIVE HIM LIFE; 1 JOHN 5:16
  17. THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN5:13
  18. HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:12
  19. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:11
  20. THERE ARE THREE THAT TESTIFY / 1 JOHN 5:7-9
  21. BY WATER AND BLOOD / 1 JOHN 5:6
  22. OVERCOME THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH / 1 JOHN 5:4
  23. HIS COMMANDS ARE NOT BURDENSOME / 1 JOHN 5:3
  24. THIS IS HOW WE KNOW / 1 JOHN 5:2
  25. BELIEVES … LOVES / 1 JOHN 5:1
  26. BECAUSE WE OBEY HIS COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 3:22
  27. THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:8
  28. ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL / 1 JOHN 5:14
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DOES NOT DO WHAT HE COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 2:4

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(KJV) 1 John 2:4

 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

DOES NOT DO WHAT HE COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 2:4

John was contending against those who were abusing the foundational teaching of God’s grace (His unearned, undeserved favor and love) as it relates to spiritual salvation. They claimed that since salvation came by God’s grace and not our efforts (which is true; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5) that Christians were in no way obligated to any fixed set of rules, including the commands of God’s moral law (which is not true; (Romans 2:13; 3:31; 8:4). John opposed these antinomian (against the law) teachers, who taught that abandoning a sinful life and following the moral principles of God’s law was a choice that believers could make for themselves. 

  1. These misguided individuals believed that it did not matter what they did, particularly with their physical bodies, as long as they had the right spiritual knowledge. 
  2. They claimed that people could “know” God and be in a saving relationship with Him and at the same time ignore God’s standards and disobey His commands (John 17:3).
  3. John states boldly that those who make such a claim are liars and do not have God’s truth in them. Attempting to be justified (made right with God) through faith in Christ without a commitment to actively follow Him is doomed to failure.

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. MUST WALK AS JESUS DID / 1 JOHN 2:6
  2. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW HIM / 1 JOHN 2:3
  3. ANTONING SACRIFICE / 1 JOHN 2:2
  4. SO THAT YOU WILL NOT SIN / 1 JOHN 2:1
  5. CLAIM WE HAVE NOT SINNED / 1 JOHN 1:10
  6. CONFESS OUR SINS / 1 JOHN 1:9
  7. IF WE CLAIM TO BE WITHOUT SIN / 1 JOHN 1:8
  8. WALK IN THE LIGHT / 1 JOHN 1:7
  9. FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM / 1 JOHN 1:6
  10. FELLOWSHIP WITH US / 1 JOHN 1:3
  11. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 1:2
  12. THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING – SEEN WITH OUR EYS OUR HAND HAVE TOUCHED / 1 JOHN 1:1
  13. UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE EVIL ONE / 1 JOHN 5:19
  14. SIN THAT DOES NOT LEAD TO DEATH / 1 JOHN 5:17
  15. HE SHOULD PRAY AND GOD WILL GIVE HIM LIFE; 1 JOHN 5:16
  16. THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN5:13
  17. HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:12
  18. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:11
  19. THERE ARE THREE THAT TESTIFY / 1 JOHN 5:7-9
  20. BY WATER AND BLOOD / 1 JOHN 5:6
  21. OVERCOME THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH / 1 JOHN 5:4
  22. HIS COMMANDS ARE NOT BURDENSOME / 1 JOHN 5:3
  23. THIS IS HOW WE KNOW / 1 JOHN 5:2
  24. BELIEVES … LOVES / 1 JOHN 5:1
  25. BECAUSE WE OBEY HIS COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 3:22
  26. THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:8
  27. ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL / 1 JOHN 5:14
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WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW HIM / 1 JOHN 2:3

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(KJV) 1 John 2:3

And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW HIM / 1 JOHN 2:3

Forty-two times throughout this letter John uses two Greek verbs usually translated “know.” One of these words is directly related to the name of the Gnostics (1 John 1:1), a group of false teachers who claimed to have special knowledge (Greek gnosis) about God and about the way to spiritual salvation. John clarifies that true knowledge of God does not come through secret wisdom revealed by these false teachers or any other person; it comes only through a personal relationship with God’s Son, Jesus Christ (1 John 1:3; 1 John 5:20).

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. ANTONING SACRIFICE / 1 JOHN 2:2
  2. SO THAT YOU WILL NOT SIN / 1 JOHN 2:1
  3. CLAIM WE HAVE NOT SINNED / 1 JOHN 1:10
  4. CONFESS OUR SINS / 1 JOHN 1:9
  5. IF WE CLAIM TO BE WITHOUT SIN / 1 JOHN 1:8
  6. WALK IN THE LIGHT / 1 JOHN 1:7
  7. FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM / 1 JOHN 1:6
  8. FELLOWSHIP WITH US / 1 JOHN 1:3
  9. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 1:2
  10. THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING – SEEN WITH OUR EYS OUR HAND HAVE TOUCHED / 1 JOHN 1:1
  11. UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE EVIL ONE / 1 JOHN 5:19
  12. SIN THAT DOES NOT LEAD TO DEATH / 1 JOHN 5:17
  13. HE SHOULD PRAY AND GOD WILL GIVE HIM LIFE; 1 JOHN 5:16
  14. THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN5:13
  15. HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:12
  16. ETERNAL LIFE / 1 JOHN 5:11
  17. THERE ARE THREE THAT TESTIFY / 1 JOHN 5:7-9
  18. BY WATER AND BLOOD / 1 JOHN 5:6
  19. OVERCOME THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH / 1 JOHN 5:4
  20. HIS COMMANDS ARE NOT BURDENSOME / 1 JOHN 5:3
  21. THIS IS HOW WE KNOW / 1 JOHN 5:2
  22. BELIEVES … LOVES / 1 JOHN 5:1
  23. BECAUSE WE OBEY HIS COMMANDS / 1 JOHN 3:22
  24. MUST WALK AS JESUS DID / 1 JOHN 2:6
  25. THE DEVIL / 1 JOHN 3:8
  26. ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL / 1 JOHN 5:14
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Thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog post! May the words inspire and uplift all who read them. Your support and interest mean the world to me, and I’m grateful for every moment you spend here. Stay tuned for more, and feel free to share your thoughts in the comments!” Blessings, Margarita & Stace

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