Walk in the Light
What does John say God is?
God is light. — 1 John 1:5
What does John say believers can know they have?
Eternal life. — 1 John 5:13
What command does John give believers?
Love one another. — 1 John 4:7
What does John say we are called because of the Father's love?
Children of God. — 1 John 3:1
What overcomes the world?
Our faith. — 1 John 5:4
What happens when we confess our sins?
God is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse us. — 1 John 1:9
How can we know that we have come to know God?
If we keep His commandments. — 1 John 2:3
According to 1 John 3:16, what should we be willing to do for our brothers and sisters?
Lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. — 1 John 3:16
What does John say about the person who practices righteousness?
They have been born of God. — 1 John 2:29
What has God given us through His Son?
Eternal life. — 1 John 5:11
If we claim to have no sin, what does John say we are doing?
We deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. — 1 John 1:8
What does obedience to God's Word demonstrate about our relationship with Him?
That we know God / that His love is being perfected in us. — 1 John 2:5
What does John say about someone who sees a brother in need but refuses to help?
How God's love can abide in that person. — 1 John 3:17
According to 1 John 3:9, what does God's “seed” have to do with someone born of God?
God's seed remains in them, which is why they don't continue living in sin. — 1 John 3:9
What three things bear witness in agreement?
The Holy spirit, the water and the blood (5:8)
What did John say cleanses us from all sin?
The Blood of Jesus - 1 John 1:7
What does John warn believers about concerning “the world” and the things in it?
Do not love the world or the things in the world. — 1 John 2:15
According to 1 John 4:19, why do we love?
You cannot genuinely love God while hating your brother. — 1 John 4:20
What two characteristics does John use in 1 John 3:10 to distinguish God's children from the devil's children?
Practicing righteousness and loving their brother. — 1 John 3:10
At the end of this letter what does John say we should keep ourselves from?
Idols - 1 John 5:21
According to 1 John 2:3–6, how can we know that we truly know Jesus?
By keeping His commandments and walking in the same way Jesus walked.
John gives five ways believers can recognize that they belong to God. Name three.
Believing Jesus is the Christ, keeping God's commands, loving fellow believers, practicing righteousness, and having the Spirit.
In 1 John 4:20, what contradiction does John point out about claiming to love God while hating a brother?
You cannot love God whom you haven't seen while hating your brother whom you have seen. — 1 John 4:20
What does John mean by saying that those born of God do not “keep on sinning”?
It means that a person born of God does not live in a continuing, unrepentant pattern of sin; John's point is about the direction and character of their life. — 1 John 3:9–10
According to 1 John 5:14, what determines whether God hears our requests?
Whether we ask according to His will. — 1 John 5:14