Devotions from 1 John

Passage Read: 1 John 1-2 Meditation Verse: 2:29 We can recognize who has be born again by the Father through their actions. If they do what is righteous, which itself is defined by God through the Scriptures, then we can be confident that they are…

Passage Read: 1 John 3-4 Meditation Verse: 4:18 How does this relate to the commands to fear God. Even Peter taught that we should fear God. How can there be fear where perfect love has driven out fear? Even John, when he saw Jesus glorified,…

Passage Read: 1 John 1-2 Meditation Verses: 2:18-19 There are those who are sent out and there are those who go out. In John's third letter, he mentions those who have been sent out. They still represent John and so remain a part of him…

Passage Read: 1 John 3-4 Meditation Verses: 3:4-10 John really is writing this letter so that those who receive it can know whether they are saved or not. He gives so many signs of a true and false believer. This sign has to do with…

Passage Read: 1 John 5 - 2 John 1 Meditation Verses: 1 John 5:16-18 I need to pray for those who commit sin, that God would grant them life, which seems to include repentance and giving up their sin in this context. All wrongdoing is…

Passage Read: 1 John 1-2 Meditation Verses: 2:10-11 Love for brothers is key to walking in the light so as to guard a believer from stumbling. Love for other believers protects us from sinning! But the one who hates his brother is still walking in…

Passage Read: 1 John 3-4 Meditation Verses: 3:5-8 "Let no one deceive you." John here says that no one who abides in Jesus continues to sin, but he practices righteousness and therefore is righteous. That seems heretical to my modern ears. I have been trained…

Passage Read: 1 John 5 - 2 John 1 Meditation Verse: 1 John 5:1 "Whoever loves the Father, loves the child born of Him." At first read, this seems like a command that I have to love every Christian, which would be true if every…