Students of the Word

John begins to discuss how fear functions in our lives, and how it is driven out by love. We also look at what is meant by 'perfect' love and what John's driving at.

Welcome back to Students of the Word! In this session, we're taking a step back to review paragraph 14 of 1 John, focusing on the main idea. It's important to look at the bigger picture and understand themes, instead of just the details. Join us as we dive into bible study!

In John's courtroom drama, we've had the defense attorney, the testimony of the accuser, and we've had the witnesses. Now we get the Judge!

Let's look at the structure of John’s thought, where confessing Jesus as the Son of God and abiding in love frame the central truth: we have come to know and trust the love that God has in us. We examine how "God is love" forms the heart of this passage, connecting belief, love, and mutual abiding with God.

Join us for session 84 of Students of the Word as we continue our in depth bible study of 1 John, focusing on verse 15 in chapter 4. Discover more about this New Testament passage and gain insights for spiritual growth. Let's explore the bible together!

In this session, delve into the role of believers as witnesses testifying that "the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world." Through an examination of the Greek term "soter," we connect this to Old Testament patterns of deliverance, like Moses and the judges, and reflect on the world as both victim and villain in need of God’s transformative love.

In this episode, we dive into 1 John, paragraph 14, where John revisits the theme of seeing and testifying, echoing the epistle’s opening. He introduces the pivotal idea of Jesus as the "Savior of the world," connecting belief in the Son with abiding in God’s love. Through a deep exploration of the Greek, we uncover how God’s love is held within us, perfecting us as we become like Him in this worl...

This Bible study session emphasizes the importance of stepping back to see the epistle's broader themes, particularly God's love, the commandment to love one another, and the assurance of abiding in Christ, while setting the stage for deeper exploration of these ideas.

Let's talk about how God has given us His Spirit, and what that has done for us.

What prompts John to unexpectedly declare, 'Nobody has seen God'?

Once upon a time, a bible study group looked at 1 John and discussed the very good reasons why we should love each other.

...in which we look at how John connects being born of God with knowing the Son of God - and how this relates to the revelation of His love.

In what way was the love of God revealed, and why was that done?

A discussion on the nature of truth, and how we can recognize the spirit of truth.

We've studied Spirits both evil and of God, but what does John say about us, about those who listen to us, and how we can know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error?

In this session we continue to focus on distinguishing between the Spirit of God and the spirit of error and what it means that some spirits are of/in/from/out of the world.

In this session we back up a bit to more thoroughly re-examine and better understand the state of being in God and overcoming spirits.

Even more thoughts and dicussion about spirits - and why we must test them.

What does it mean to test the spirits, be they of God or other source?

We begin to discuss the commandment against trusting every spirit, and to test whether they are of God.

We talk about the degree in which the measure of sin in us - or lack of it - helps indicate the degree to which God is in us. But how do we know this?

We continue to study God's great commandment, and that the one keeping the commandments abides in Him. We also spend some quality time focusing on how extremely difficult it can be to seek out the truth in the Bible, especially for someone who intends to follow the commandments within.

We look further into the great commandment of God. John is very meticulous in his description.

Finally, we arrive at the great commandment of God. John has been leading up to this and this episode, we see it unveiled.

"This is how we know..." The way John assures us that we are in truth is very complicated. Let's try to untangle it.