1 John 5:1-21
Faith in the Son of God
1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. 2This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. 3This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 5Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
6This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7For there are three that testify: 8the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. 9We accept man's testimony, but God's testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. 10Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart. Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
Concluding Remarks
13I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. 14This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.
16If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray and God will give him life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that he should pray about that. 17All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death.
18We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him. 19We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. 20We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true—even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
21Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.
God is LOVE...And LOVE is true and helps us find the Truth...Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves his child as well...This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out His commands...This is love for God: to obey His commands...His commands are True...God's Word is Truth...And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world...This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith...Who is it that overcomes the world?...Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God...Let us seek and search for God and His Son...Let us find the Truth, even though it may not be easy...
As we seek and search for easy answers to things and to faith, Jesus never shies away from the hard and deep ideas of the Truth...Jesus thoughts are not our thoughts, and His Ways are not our Ways...He is the Way, the Truth and the Life...He was a tough minded and Independent Thinker concentrating on God, God's Word, and the Truth...God's Word is Truth...The Words He spoke go through myth and fable type thinking and settle in deep thought and profound ideas...He found and spoke His Words in Truth...And thus He knew His Words would not pass...Truth never passes away...Once you discover that something is True, it is always True...Let us ask Jesus to help us find the Truth...
Jesus has the ability for God-like discernment and can filter all the untruths out of The Truth and testify to the Truth...The Truth set Him apart and also set Him free...Truth is one of our Great Needs...So we should always seek the Truth...If we say that we have no sin and have few or no faults, we deceive ourselves, and the Truth is not in us...Jesus came and dwelt among us so He could and would take away our sins; and in Him there is no sin...Jesus committed no sin, and no deceit or sin was found in His mouth...God's Son knew no sin, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him and be our Savior of our sins...A Savior from our sins and our pathway to heaven and to His Father...
Jesus said He is Truth...So we need Him and His Truths, and always should be seeking Him...Truth is exclusive, for example something cannot be red and green at the same time...And Jesus is exclusive...He is full of Grace and Truth...God sent us Jesus so that we may know who is Truth and True...And we know that Jesus came and dwelt among us and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ...This is the One True God and gives us Eternal Life with Him, His Son in heaven...