Study Desk

Christ gave you a special gift that is still in you, so you do not need any other teacher. His gift teaches you about everything, and it is true, not false. So continue to live in Christ, as his gift taught you.

Yes, my dear children, live in him so that when Christ comes back, we can be without fear and not be ashamed in his presence.

The Father has loved us so much that we are called children of God. And we really are his children. The reason the people in the world do not know us is that they have not known him.

Do not be like Cain who belonged to the Evil One and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because the things Cain did were evil, and the things his brother did were good.

This is how we know what real love is: Jesus gave his life for us. So we should give our lives for our brothers and sisters.

This is what God commands: that we believe in his Son, Jesus Christ, and that we love each other, just as he commanded.

This is how God showed his love to us: He sent his one and only Son into the world so that we could have life through him.

This is what real love is: It is not our love for God; it is God's love for us. He sent his Son to die in our place to take away our sins.

No one has ever seen God, but if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is made perfect in us.

We know that we live in God and he lives in us, because he gave us his Spirit.

We have seen and can testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.

This is how we know we love God's children: when we love God and obey his commands.

Loving God means obeying his commands. And God's commands are not too hard for us,

We believe people when they say something is true. But what God says is more important, and he has told us the truth about his own Son.

Anyone who believes in the Son of God has the truth that God told us. Anyone who does not believe makes God a liar, because that person does not believe what God told us about his Son.

This is what God told us: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we can know the True One. And our lives are in the True One and in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and the eternal life.

Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and his Son, Jesus Christ, will be with us in truth and love.

And love means living the way God commanded us to live. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is this: Live a life of love.

Anyone who goes beyond Christ's teaching and does not continue to follow only his teaching does not have God. But whoever continues to follow the teaching of Christ has both the Father and the Son.