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Inductive Bible study on 1 John chapter 4. Cross references, questions, verse by verse commentary, outline, on 1 John. Great for Christian small group studies.
- A. The Spirit of Truth and Protection Against The Spirit of error.
- B. Love Perfected Among us.
- C. The Nature of A Love Relationship with God.
1. (1) The fact of false prophets and the need to test the spirits.
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. a. 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. We must test spiritual experiences and spiritual phenomenon to see if they are in fact from God. i. Many, when first encountering the reality of the spiritual world...
2. (2-3) How to know when a false prophet speaks.
By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spiritof the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world. a. 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. In John’s day, the issue was about if...
3. (4) The protection of the child of God.
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. a. You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: The child of God need not fear the spirit of Antichrist, even though they should be warned of it, because they have the indwelling Spirit of God (1 John 3:24). That indwelling Spirit is greater than he who is in the world– Satan and all of his allies. b. He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world: The...
1. (7-8) The call to love.
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. a. Beloved, let us love: The ancient Greek sentence begins in a striking way – agapetoi agapomen, “those who are loved, let us love.” We are not commanded to love one another to earn or become worthy of God’s love. We love one anotherbecause we are loved by God, and have received that love, and live in light of it. b. Let us love o...
2. (9-11) The meaning of love and its application.
In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to bethe propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. a. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God sent His only begotten Son: This shows us what love is and what it means. Love is not only defined by the sacrifice of...
1. (12) Seeing God through the evidence of love.
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. a. No one has seen God at any time: John relates a basic principle about God the Father – that no one, no one, has seen God at any time. Anyone claiming to have seen God the Father is speaking – at best – from their own imagination, because as John plainly states, no one has seen God at any time. i. In speaking of God the Father, Paul wrote in 1 Timothy 1:17: Now to the King etern...
2. (13-15) Assurance of the work of the Triune God in us.
By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son asSavior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. a. 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. We can know by experience that we live in God, if His love has been perfected in us. And we know...
3. (16) The Christian’s response to God and His love.
And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. a. And we have known and believed the love God has for us: This is the Christian’s proper response to who God is, and how He loves us. We are called to take the love and grace God gives, to know it by experience and to believe it. This is what fellowship with God is all about. i. People respond to the love of God differently. · Some respond with a sense of self-su...
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In this chapter, you learn about a variety of prayer forms. Talk to someone who prays the rosary regularly to find out how this particular prayer helps him or her feel closer to God. Download and print the activity below and ask the person the questions.
Practical Bible study on John 4:1-19. Includes questions, commentary, outline, and applications on John chapter 4:1-19 to encourage life change.
Although God was responsible for the Jews’ victory, He would not act until the Jews acted in obedience to gather in the Valley of Jezreel. Three acts of great faith preceded God’s actions. First, Barak acted in faith that God was really speaking through Deborah. Second, in faith, 10,000 Jews accepted Barak’s call to arms.
1. ( 1 Peter 4:1-2) In the last days, Christians should have an attitude of commitment. Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of ...
Some will depart from the faith: Because of the danger of the latter times, if Timothy were to remain a faithful minister to God’s people, he must keep a dead reckoning on the truth — the faith. If this were lost, not much else really mattered.
