HOW CAN I BE SURE? 1 JOHN _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 3 THE CHILDREN OF GOD DO THE RIGHT THINGS (1 JOHN 3:1-10) V1 See what great love the *Father has given to us! He has called us children of God. That is what we are. This is the reason that the *world does not know us. It did not know him. V2 My... [ Continue Reading ]
We are all weak. We all sometimes fail and do wrong things. Those who have the hope will not continue to live with *sin. *Sin by its very nature is against the law of God. Some people did not consider that all *sins are bad. To them some *sins were of no importance. But John makes it clear that all... [ Continue Reading ]
Our own consciences may blame us when we *sin. But we can comfort our consciences. We know that God is greater than our consciences. God knows the worst that is in us. And he still loves us. He knows what we have done. We should confess our *sins to God. And he is always ready to forgive us.... [ Continue Reading ]
When God forgives us, he *cleans us from all *sin. Then our consciences should not continue to blame us. When our consciences do not blame us, we can have confidence to come to God. We have confidence that we can know God. We can live with him now. And we trust him for our future. We know that we c... [ Continue Reading ]