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Everyone who believes that Yeshua is the Messiah has God as his father, and everyone who loves a father loves his offspring too.

Here is how we know that we love God's children: when we love God, we also do what he commands.

For loving God means obeying his commands. Moreover, his commands are not burdensome,

because everything which has God as its Father overcomes the world. And this is what victoriously overcomes the world: our trust.

Who does overcome the world if not the person who believes that Yeshua is the Son of God?

If we accept human witness, God's witness is stronger, because it is the witness which God has given about his Son.

Those who keep trusting in the Son of God have this witness in them. Those who do not keep trusting God have made him out to be a liar, because they have not trusted in the witness which God has given about his Son.

And this is the witness: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

Those who have the Son have the life; those who do not have the Son of God do not have the life.

I have written you these things so that you may know that you have eternal life — you who keep trusting in the person and power of the Son of God.

If anyone sees his brother committing a sin that does not lead to death, he will ask; and God will give him life for those whose sinning does not lead to death. There is sin that does lead to death; I am not saying he should pray about that.

We know that everyone who has God as his Father does not go on sinning; on the contrary, the Son born of God protects him, and the Evil One does not touch him.

We know that we are from God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the Evil One.

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us discernment, so that we may know who is genuine; moreover, we are united with the One who is genuine, united with his Son Yeshua the Messiah. He is the genuine God and eternal life.

Grace, mercy and shalom will be with us from God the Father and from Yeshua the Messiah, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

Everyone who goes ahead and does not remain true to what the Messiah has taught does not have God. Those who remain true to his teaching have both the Father and the Son.

They have testified to your love in front of the congregation. You will be doing well if you send them on their way in a manner worthy of God,

Dear friend, don't imitate the bad, but the good. Those who do what is good are from God; those who do what is bad are not from God.

From: The Elder To: Dear Gaius, whom I love in truth: Dear friend, I am praying that everything prosper with you and that you be in good health, as I know you are prospering spiritually. For I was so happy when some brothers came and testified how faithful you are to the truth, as you continue living in the truth. Nothing gives me greater joy than hearing that my children are living in the truth. Dear friend, you are faithful in all the work you are doing for the brothers, even when they are strangers to you. They have testified to your love in front of the congregation. You will be doing well if you send them on their way in a manner worthy of God, since it was for the sake of HaShem that they went out without accepting anything from the Goyim. It is we, therefore, who should support such people; so that we may share in their work for the truth. I wrote something to the congregation; but Diotrephes, who likes to be the macher among them, doesn't recognize our authority. So if I come, I will bring up everything he is doing, including his spiteful and groundless gossip about us. And as if that weren't enough for him, he refuses to recognize the brothers' authority either; moreover, he stops those who want to do so and tries to drive them out of the congregation! Dear friend, don't imitate the bad, but the good. Those who do what is good are from God; those who do what is bad are not from God. Everyone speaks well of Demetrius, and so does the truth itself. We vouch for him, and you know that our testimony is true. I have much to write you, but I don't want to write with pen and ink; however, I am hoping to see you very soon, and we will speak face to face. Shalom to you. Your friends send you their greetings. Greet each of our friends by name.

From: Y'hudah, a slave of Yeshua the Messiah and a brother of Ya‘akov To: Those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father and kept for Yeshua the Messiah: