Whoever keeps the Word of Christ,
the Love of God is truly perfected in him. (cf.) 1 John 2:5
Praise The Judge of the World
The Lord has revealed His vindication in the sight of the nations. (Psalm 98:2B)
O sing to the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things.
His right hand and His Holy arm have gotten Him victory.
The Lord has revealed His vindication in the sight of the nations. (Psalm 98:2B)
The Lord has made known His victory;
He has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations.
He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the House of Israel.
The Lord has revealed His vindication in the sight of the nations. (Psalm 98:2B)
All the ends of the earth have seen the victory of Our God.
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous songs and sing praises.
The Lord has revealed His vindication in the sight of the nations. (Psalm 98:2B)
Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and the sound of melody.
With trumpets and the sound of the horn, make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!
Let the sea roar and all that fills it; the world and those who live in it.
Let the floods clap their hands, let the hills sing together for joy at the presence of the Lord,
for He is Coming to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity. –Psalm 98:1-9
Christ Our Advocate
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin but if anyone does
sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous and He is the atoning
sacrifice for our sins and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
Now by this we may be sure that we know Him, if we obey His Commandments. Whoever says,
‘I have come to know him’ but does not obey His Commandments is a liar and in such a person
the truth does not exist but whoever obeys His Word, truly in this person the love of God has
reached perfection. By this we may be sure that we are in Him: Whoever says, ‘I abide in Him,’
ought to walk just as He walked.
A New Commandment
Beloved, I am writing you no new Commandment but an old Commandment that you have had
from the beginning; the old Commandment is the Word that you have heard. Yet I am writing
you a new Commandment that is true in Him and in you because the darkness is passing away
and the true light is already shining. Whoever says, ‘I am in the light,’ while hating a brother or
sister, is still in the darkness. Whoever loves a brother or sister lives in the light and in such a
person there is no cause for stumbling but whoever hates another believer is in the darkness,
walks in the darkness and does not know the way to go because the darkness has brought on
blindness.
I am writing to you, little children because your sins are forgiven on account of His name.
I am writing to you fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning.
I am writing to you young people because you have conquered the evil one.
I write to you children because you know The Father.
I write to you fathers because you know Him who is from the beginning.
I write to you young people because you are strong and the Word of God abides in you
and you have overcome the evil one.
Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love
the world; For all that is in the world — the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride
in riches — comes not from the Father but from the world and the world and its desires are
passing away (See: James 4:14) but those who do the will of God will live forever.
Warning Against Antichrists
Children, it is the last hour!
As you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. From this we
know that it is the last hour. They went out from us but they did not belong to us for if they had
belonged to us, they would have remained with us but by going out they made it plain that none
of them belongs to us.
You have been anointed by the Holy One and all of you have knowledge. I write to you not
because you do not know the truth but because you know it and you know that no lie comes
from the truth.
Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ. This is the antichrist, the one
who denies the Father and the Son. No one who denies the Son has the Father; Everyone who
confesses the Son has the Father also. Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If
what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the Son and in the
Father and this is what He has promised us, eternal life!
I write these things to you concerning who would deceive you. As for you, the anointing that
you received from Him abides in you and so you do not need anyone to teach you but as His
anointing teaches you about all things and is true and is not a lie and just as it has taught you,
abide in Him.
Now little children, abide in Him, so that when He is revealed we may have confidence and not
be put to shame before Him at His coming.
Children of God
If you know that He is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who does right has been born
of Him. –1 John 2:1-29
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