John gives us 3 tests, or identity markers for those who have been born again: Do they confess Christ? Do they keep His commandments? Do they love others?
John gives us 3 tests, or identity markers for those who have been born again: Do they confess Christ? Do they keep His commandments? Do they love others?
Only when we bring our lives together under the blood of Christ, are we really participating in Fellowship with one another. Confessing our sin doesn’t ruin our Fellowship; it reaffirms it!
We are called, as a Christian community, to care for each other and practice hospitality with those outside our community. Doing this will preach the Gospel to the world.
In an Age of Great Uncertainty, Anxiety and Doubt, John writes to the churches to give Assurance and Confidence that they ‘know that they know’.