John’s second epistle is addressed to “the elect lady and her children”.  John is the elder, 1 Pet 5:1. She is elect, meaning she’s saved. Why did John write this second epistle to them? To express his true love to her and them, v.1-3. When John, the elder, expressed his...

At the end of John’s first epistle, he wrote about four things that we know.  He wrote, “We know that…”.  And these things that we know are important to us in the church.  However, they are absolutely essential to those in the Tribulation. We know that we have the petitions...

Can we be sure that Jesus rose from the dead?  Yes!! There are many infallible proofs of his resurrection!  We are going to study the eyewitness accounts of his resurrection. (Acts 1:3) To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty...

1 Jn 5:1 says, “Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God”.  The Christ is a reference to Jesus as the Messiah, Jn 4:25-26.  As the Christ, he is the Son of David, Matt 22:41-45, and the Son of God, Matt 16:16, 26:63. According to 1 Jn...

In 1 Jn 4:7, John writes, “Beloved, let us love one another”.  As we have mentioned in each of these lessons on 1 John, John’s epistle reads like a continuation of John’s gospel.  The subject of 1 Jn 4:7-21 is a thorough discourse on what Jesus said in John 13:34-35....

The subject of 1 Jn 4:1-6 is “try the spirits”.  John exhorts us to believe not every spirit, v.1.  There are four main spirits.  The spirit of man, 1 Cor 2:11.  The Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, 1 Cor 2:11, 14.  The spirit of the world, 1 Cor 2:12,...

Why the Cross? Galatians 3:10-14 ; John 19:17 In the book of Galatians Paul is dealing with the Church of Galatia who are trying to bring the Gentiles that are saved by faith under the Law. And in this passage along with John 19:17 we see Jesus bearing his cross...

In 1 Jn 3:11-24 John wrote some things to give believers assurance that they are children of God.  He explained how we know.   From 1 Jn 2:29 through 1 Jn 3:10, John pointed out the distinctions between children of God and children of the devil.  Simply put, children of...