Beloved,
do not put faith in every spirit, but prove (test) the spirits
To
discover whether they proceed from God;
For
many False Prophets have gone forth into the World.
By
this you may know (perceive and recognize) the Spirit of God:
Every
spirit which acknowledges and confesses [the fact]
That
Jesus Christ, the Messiah, [actually] has become man
And
has come in the flesh is of God--Has God for its source.
And
every spirit which does not acknowledge
And
confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh
[But
would annul, destroy, sever, disunite Him] is not of God--
Does
not proceed from Him.
This
[non-confession] is the [spirit] of antichrist,
[Of]
which you heard that it was coming,
And
now it is already in the World.
Little
children, you are of God—you belong to Him--
And
have [already] defeated and Overcome them [the agents of antichrist],
Because
He Who lives in you is Greater (mightier)
Than
he who is in the World.
They
proceed from the World and are of the World,
Therefore
it is out of the World [its whole economy morally considered]
That
they speak, and the World listens (pays attention) to them.
We
are [children] of God.
Whoever
is learning to know God—
Progressively
to perceive, recognize and understand God
[By
observation and experience]
And to
get an ever clearer knowledge of Him—listens to us;
And he
who is not of God does not listen or pay attention to us.
By
this we know (recognize) the Spirit of Truth and the spirit of Error.
Beloved,
let us Love one another; For Love [springs] from God,
And he
who Loves [his fellow men] is begotten (born) of God
And is
coming (progressively) to know
And
recognize and get a better and clearer knowledge of Him.
He who
does not Love has not become acquainted with God--
Does
not and never did know Him; For God is Love.
In
this the Love of God was made manifest (displayed),
Where
we are concerned, in that God sent His Son,
The
only begotten or unique [Son], into the World
SO
THAT WE MIGHT LIVE THROUGH HIM.
In
this is Love, not that we Loved God,
But
that He Loved us and sent His Son to be the Propitiation
(The
atoning sacrifice) for our sins.
Beloved,
if God Loved us so [very much],
We
also ought to Love one another.
No man
has at any time [yet] seen God.
But if
we Love one another, God abides (lives and remains) in us
And
His Love [that Love which is essentially His]
Is
brought to completion—to its full maturity, runs its full course,
Is
perfected—IN US!
By
this we come to know (perceive, recognize and understand)
THAT
WE ABIDE (LIVE AND REMAIN ) IN HIM AND HE IN US:
Because
he has given (imparted) to us of His (Holy) Spirit.
And
[besides] we ourselves have seen
[Have
deliberately and steadfastly contemplated],
And
bear witness that the Father has sent the Son
[As
the ] Savior of the World.
Any
one who confesses (acknowledges, owns)
That
Jesus is the Son of God,
GOD
ABIDES (LIVES, MAKES HIS HOME) IN HIM,
And he
(abides, lives, makes his home) IN GOD.
And we
know (understand, recognize, are conscious of,
By
observation and by experience), and believe
(Adhere
to and put Faith in and rely on) the Love God cherishes for us.
GOD
IS LOVE,
And he
who dwells and continues in Love dwells and continues in God,
And
God dwells and continues in him.
In
this [union and communion with Him] Love is brought to completion
And
attains perfection with us,
That
we may have confidence FOR THE DAY OF JUDGMENT--
With
assurance and boldness to FACE HIM--
BECAUSE
AS HE IS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD.
There
is no Fear in Love—dread does not exist;
But
full-grown (complete, perfect) Love turns Fear out of doors
And
expels every trace of terror!
For
Fear brings with it the thought of punishment,
And
[so] he who is Afraid has not reached the full maturity of Love--
Is no
yet grown into Love's complete perfection.
We
Love Him, because He first Loved us.
If
anyone says, I Love God,
And
(detests, abominates) hates his brother [in Christ],
He is
a Liar; for he who does not Love his brother whom he has seen,
Cannot
Love God Whom he has not seen.
And
this Command (charge, order, injunction) we have from Him,
That
he who Loves God shall Love his brother [believer] also.
(1
John 4, AMP)
We
must understand that Christ Jesus is the Word of God [John 1:1].
No one
belongs to, or Loves Christ, or Loves anyone,
Who is
not obedient to His Word.
Living
IN CHRIST means living in and by His Word.
Then
He, the Infinitely Powerful God living in us,
Is
Greater than he, Satan, who is rules this Wicked World [1 John 5:19].
Today,
the World is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)
This
World in its present form is passing away. (1 Corinthians 7:31)
America
is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.
Save
yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)
As
God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
Father, Your Kingdom
come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!
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