Know the New Command (1 John 2:7-11)

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We have been looking at how we can know that we have eternal life from the teachings of the apostle John. John wants us to have a confidence in our relationship with God so that we can have complete joy in Christ. The picture that the apostle John has given to us is that if we see that we are walking in the light, then we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus is cleansing us from all sin (cf. 1 John 1:7). Walking in the light means that we will have an intensity about not sinning. We do not want to sin because we love Jesus and we want to maintain our relationship with him. So what the apostle John is doing is giving us these tests so we can know if we are in fellowship with God or if we are deceiving ourselves. The next picture John gives to us is to love. Please open your copies of God’s word to 1 John 2 and we will consider verses 7-11…

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