Study Desk

Think how much the Father loves us. He loves us so much that he lets us be called his children, as we truly are. But since the people of this world did not know who Christ is, they don't know who we are.

God's children cannot keep on being sinful. His life-giving power lives in them and makes them his children, so that they cannot keep on sinning.

Don't be like Cain, who belonged to the devil and murdered his own brother. Why did he murder him? He did it because his brother was good, and he was evil.

We know what love is because Jesus gave his life for us. That's why we must give our lives for each other.

God wants us to have faith in his Son Jesus Christ and to love each other. This is also what Jesus taught us to do.

and you can know which ones come from God. His Spirit says that Jesus Christ had a truly human body.

God showed his love for us when he sent his only Son into the world to give us life.

Real love isn't our love for God, but his love for us. God sent his Son to be the sacrifice by which our sins are forgiven.

No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is truly in our hearts.

God has given us his Spirit. That is how we know that we are one with him, just as he is one with us.

God sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. We saw his Son and are now telling others about him.

If we believe that Jesus is truly Christ, we are God's children. Everyone who loves the Father will also love his children.

If we love and obey God, we know that we will love his children.

We show our love for God by obeying his commandments, and they are not hard to follow.

We believe what people tell us. But we can trust what God says even more, and God is the one who has spoken about his Son.

If we have faith in God's Son, we have believed what God has said. But if we don't believe what God has said about his Son, it is the same as calling God a liar.

God has also said that he gave us eternal life and that this life comes to us from his Son.

I pray that God the Father and Jesus Christ his Son will be kind and merciful to us! May they give us peace and truth and love.

My dear friends, I really wanted to write you about God's saving power at work in our lives. But instead, I must write and ask you to defend the faith that God has once for all given to his people.

Offer praise to God our Savior because of our Lord Jesus Christ! Only God can keep you from falling and make you pure and joyful in his glorious presence. Before time began and now and forevermore, God is worthy of glory, honor, power, and authority. Amen.