Eyewitness Accounts of the Resurrection

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...

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Born of God, 1 Jn 5:1-13

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...

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Let Us Love One Another, 1 Jn 4:7-21

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....

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Try The Spirits, 1 Jn 4:1-6

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,...

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Why the Cross?

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...

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How We Know, 1 Jn 3:11-24

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...

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We Cannot Sin, 1 Jn 3:1-10

1 John 3:1-10 is a passage that is often misunderstood because of v.9, “Whosever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remained in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God”.  If we can come to the correct understanding of this verse, the...

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Antichrists, 1 Jn 2:18-29

1 Jn 2:18-29 is about antichrists and how to identify them and how to protect against them.  There is not just one antichrist.  There are many antichrists, v.18.  Jesus said there would be, Matt 24:24.  John wrote, “It is the last time”, which includes Tribulation saints.  And he said that...

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