Study Desk

I write to you, children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know the One who existed from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you are strong; the teaching of God lives in you, and you have defeated the Evil One.

My dear children, these are the last days. You have heard that the enemy of Christ is coming, and now many enemies of Christ are already here. This is how we know that these are the last days.

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.

Since you know that Christ is righteous, you know that all who do right are God's children.

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.

Dear friends, now we are children of God, and we have not yet been shown what we will be in the future. But we know that when Christ comes again, we will be like him, because we will see him as he really is.

Dear children, do not let anyone lead you the wrong way. Christ is righteous. So to be like Christ a person must do what is right.

Those who are God's children do not continue sinning, because the new life from God remains in them. They are not able to go on sinning, because they have become children of God.

So we can see who God's children are and who the devil's children are: Those who do not do what is right are not God's children, and those who do not love their brothers and sisters are not God's children.

My children, we should love people not only with words and talk, but by our actions and true caring.

My dear children, you belong to God and have defeated them; because God's Spirit, who is in you, is greater than the devil, who is in the world.

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is God's child, and whoever loves the Father also loves the Father's children.

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

We know that those who are God's children do not continue to sin. The Son of God keeps them safe, and the Evil One cannot touch them.

So, dear children, keep yourselves away from false gods.

From the Elder. To the chosen lady and her children: I love all of you in the truth, and all those who know the truth love you.

I was very happy to learn that some of your children are following the way of truth, as the Father commanded us.

The children of your chosen sister greet you.

Nothing gives me greater joy than to hear that my children are following the way of truth.

Then the dragon was very angry at the woman, and he went off to make war against all her other children—those who obey God's commands and who have the message Jesus taught.