1 John 5:1-21

How can I be sure?

1 John

Ian Mackervoy

Chapter 5

*Faith overcomes the *world (1 John 5:1-5)

v1 Jesus is the *Christ. Everyone who believes this has been born of God. Everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. v2 We love God and we obey his commands. So we know that we also love God’s children. v3 We show our love for God if we obey his commands. And his commands are not too hard for us to obey. v4 All who are born of God overcome the *world. By our *faith, we win the fight and we defeat the *world. v5 I will tell you who wins this fight with the *world. Jesus is the Son of God. Those who believe this will win.

Verse 1

We must believe that Jesus is the *Christ

The false teachers tried to divide Jesus from the *Christ. In their opinion, *Christ was God but Jesus was only a man. They taught that God could not die. Therefore the *Christ did not die. Those who think like this are not born of God.

To be born of God we must believe that Jesus is the *Christ. We must believe that he came to earth. He was both God and man. We must believe that Jesus the *Christ died for us. But death was not the end. Jesus Christ rose from death to life. He had achieved what he came to do. He rose from death to prove it.

We must believe that Jesus is the *Christ. This is more than just to agree with the mind. We must trust in him. We must accept what he has done for us. As we trust in him, he will change us. God gives us a new life. This is the new birth, when we are born of God.

If we love parents, we will love their children. If we love our own parents, we would also love our *brothers and sisters. A child will usually love its own father. Because of this, the child will also love its *brothers and sisters. If we are born of God then God is our Father. We then love the *Father. Therefore, if we love God we should also love his children. All Christians are the children of God.