To ALL who received Him (Jesus) who believed in His name, He gave power to become children of God; The Word became Flesh and lived among us and we have seen His glory as of a Father’s only Son, full of Grace and Truth! –John 1:12;14 -Image Courtesy: Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word
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 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 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 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 the light,” while hating a brother or
sister, is still in 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 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 desire are
passing away (See also: James 4:14) but those who do the Will of God 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 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 that 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 those 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
- You May Know the Joy of Salvation and Eternal Life Today
Through The Good News of Jesus Christ
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