1 John 4

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1. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

   The Christian Conception of God, or the God of the Bible as Distinguished from the God of Christian Science and the God of Modern Philosophy cites 1 John 4:8

   "God is Spirit."—John 4:24. "God is Light."—1 John 1:5. "God is Love."—1 John 4:8, 16. Our subject this morning is "The Christian Conception of God, or The God of the Bibl…

2. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

   The Atonement: God's Doctrine of the Atonement vs. Unitarian and Christian Science Doctrines of the Atonement cites 1 John 4:10

   …e shedding of His blood, is that by which God's holy wrath at sin is appeased. We read in 1 John 4:10, "Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the…

3. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

   The Christian Conception of God—The Infinite Perfection and Unity of God cites 1 John 4:8

   "God is Light."—1 John 1:5. "God is Love."—1 John 4:8, 16. "With God All Things are Possible."—Matt. 19:26. "His Understanding is Infinite."—Ps…

4. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

   Jesus Christ a Real Man cites 1 John 4:2

   …d a real human body, a real human physical nature. Indeed, the Apostle John teaches us in 1 John 4:2, 3, that not to believe in the actuality of His human body, is a mark of the Anti-Christ.…

5. A Short and Easy Method of Prayer · Jeanne Guyon

   Interior and Exterior Actions cites 1 John iv. 16

   …this way, is in love, and remains there: “And he that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God” (1 John iv. 16). Then the soul may be said to be in a habitual act, resting even in this action. But its…

6. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

   The First Stage cites 1 John 4:5

   … and rightly is he so called; partly because he savoreth only the doctrine of this world, 1 John 4:5, (therefore he always goes to the town of Morality to church;) and partly because he love…

7. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

   Scriptural Christianity cites 1 John 4:11

   … deed and in truth.” “If God,” said he, “so loved us, we ought also to love one another” (1 John 4:11); yea, every soul of man, as “the mercy of God is over all his works” (Ps. 145:9). Agreea…

8. A Plain Account of Christian Perfection · John Wesley

   Sections 26-28 cites 1 John 4:18

   …rth while to contend for a term. It is ‘salvation from sin.’ “(7.) It is ‘perfect love.’ (1 John 4:18.) This is the essence of it; its properties, or inseparable fruits, are, rejoicing evermo…

9. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

   Discourse I cites 1 John 4:13

   … “Hereby know we that we dwell in him, because he hath given us of his” loving “Spirit.” (1 John 4:13.) And, “hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the” obedient “spirit which he hath give…

10. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life · William Law

    Showing how difficult the practice of humility is made, by the general spirit and temper of the world. How Christianity requireth us to live contrary to the world cites 1 John iv. 5

    …he world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. We are of God." [1 John iv. 5, 6] This is the description of the followers of Christ; and it is proof enough, that no p…

11. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life · William Law

    Recommending devotion at twelve o'clock, called in Scripture the sixth hour of the day. This frequency of devotion equally desirable by all orders of people. Universal love is here recommended to be the subject of prayer at this hour. Of intercession, as an act of universal love cites 1 John iv. 16

    … founded in this doctrine: "God is love, and he that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God." [1 John iv. 16] Who, therefore, whose heart has any tendency towards God, would not aspire after this Di…

12. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Marks of the New Birth cites 1 John 4:13

    …, that we “dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his” loving “Spirit.” (1 John 4:13.) For “love is of God; and every one that” thus “loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.”…

13. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Christian Perfection cites 1 John 4:17

    …tly affirms, that not only at or after death but in this world they are as their Master. (1 John 4:17.) 28. Exactly agreeable to this are his words in the first chapter of this Epistle, (1 Jo…

14. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    An exhortation to love God cites 1 John iv. 16

    …who is love. Believing and obeying do not make us like God, but by love we grow like Him (1 John iv. 16). Love is a grace which most delights in God, and is most delightful to Him. That discipl…

15. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with the Willful and the Deluded cites 1 John iv. 1

    …x. 31; xx. 6; Deut. xviii. 10‒12; 2 Kings xxi. 1, 2, 6; 1 Chron. x. 13; Is. viii. 19, 20; 1 John iv. 1‒3; 2 Thes. ii. 9‒12, are passages to be used with this class. In dealing with all classes…

16. Humility · Andrew Murray

    Humility in Daily Life cites 1 John 4:20

    … he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen." 1 John 4:20. What a solemn thought, that our love for God will be measured by our everyday intercours…

17. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XI. It is no sign that affections are right, or that they are wrong, that they make persons that have them exceeding confident that what they experience is divine, and that they are in a good estate cites 1 John 4:18

    …t quite drives away all fear, and gives full assurance; agreeable to that of the apostle, 1 John 4:18, "There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear." These two opposite principl…

18. Soar Like The Eagle · Gareth Evans

    Being Released cites 1 John 4:1

    …Such office is ‘God-given.’ 1 Cor.12:28 Should be recognized by current pastor/eldership. 1 John 4:1 Approved by congregation (election). 1 Tim. 3:7 On being appointed to the office of elder…

19. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    II. The first objective ground of gracious affections, is the transcendently excellent and amiable nature of divine things as they are themselves; and not any conceived relation they bear to self, or self-interest cites 1 John 4:19

    …ion. Some may perhaps be ready to object against the whole that has been said, that text, 1 John 4:19: "We love him, because he first loved us," as though this implied that God's love to the …

20. Godliness · Catherine Booth

    Fourth Address cites 1 John 4:2

    …. We want JESUS TO COME IN THE FLESH AGAIN. Did you ever notice the tense in that passage—1 John 4:2: "...Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,"—no…

21. Absolute Surrender · Andrew Murray

    The Fruit of the Spirit is Love cites 1 John 4:8

    …re. God Is Love Now, why is it that the fruit of the Spirit is love? Because God is love (1 John 4:8). And what does that mean? It is the very nature and being of God to delight in communica…

22. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    IV. Gracious affections do arise from the mind's being enlightened, richly and spiritually to understand or apprehend divine things cites 1 John 4:7

    …hings that is new to him; or has his former knowledge renewed after the view was decayed: 1 John 4:7, "Everyone that loveth, knoweth God." Phil. 1:9, "I pray that your love may abound more a…

23. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    V. Truly gracious affections are attended with a reasonable and spiritual conviction of the judgment, of the reality and certainty of divine things cites 1 John 4:13

    …things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen;" together with that whole chapter. 1 John 4:13, 14, 15, 16, "Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us…

24. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XII. Gracious and holy affections have their exercise and fruit in Christian practice cites 1 John 4:18

    … and again told us that love was made perfect in keeping Christ's commandments, observes, 1 John 4:18. That perfect love casteth out fear; meaning (at least in part) love made perfect in this…

25. Feasting at the table · Gareth Evans

    Godly Relationships cites 1 John 4:4

    …” by His fullness (Rom 8:37). Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world – 1 John 4:4.

26. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.2 Love cites 1 John 4: 19

    …(4) Our love to God is a sign of his love to us. ‘We love him because he first loved us.’ 1 John 4: 19. By nature we have no love to God; we have hearts of stone. Ezek 36: 26. And how can any …

27. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    Walk: Christ Lived Through Us cites 1 John 4:20

    …st as life” is mundane. “If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar” (1 John 4:20, ASV). The highest spirituality must survive the dining table. Walking by the Spirit Gala…

28. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    Stand: Spiritual Warfare and Victory cites 1 John 4:1

    …nds, “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God” (1 John 4:1, ASV). Testing requires Scripture, the confession of Christ, moral fruit, wisdom, and the…

29. A Plain Account of Christian Perfection · John Wesley

    Sections 15-21 cites 1 John 4:17

    …e may have boldness in the day of judgment; because, as he is, so are we in this world.’ (1 John 4:17.) “Q. Can you show one such example now? Where is he that is thus perfect? “A. To some th…

30. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

    Three Kinds of Faith cites 1 John 4:4

    …d expects you to win because “greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4). Paul could rightly say , “I am not ignorant of his tactics” (2 Corinthians 2:11). How m…

31. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Holy Spirit Guiding the Believer into a Life as a Son cites 1 John 4:1

    … always remember that many false spirits and false prophets have gone out into the world (1 John 4:1). Many are so worried to be led by some unseen power that they are ready to surrender the…

32. Rise Up, Men of God · Ochorus Originals

    A Legacy That Outlives You cites 1 John 4:4

    …it is hopeless. Do not listen. "Greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world" (1 John 4:4). The same Christ who conquered death conquers your fear. The same Spirit who raised Jesu…

33. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with Those Who Are Anxious to Be Saved and Know How, but Who Have Difficulties cites 1 John iv. 14

    …ns x. 13 (Emphasize “whosoever”); John iii. 16 (Emphasize the “whosoever”); Isaiah i. 18; 1 John iv. 14; John ii. 1‒2; Isaiah xliv. 22; Isaiah xliii. 25 are also useful passages in dealing with…

34. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.8 The Eighth Commandment cites 1 John 4: 18

    …f’s garment, he is afraid it is the officer to apprehend him; and fear has torment in it. 1 John 4: 18. (4) The judgements that follow this sin. Achan the thief was stoned to death. Josh 7: 25…

35. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.9 The Ninth Commandment cites 1 John 4: 6

    … nothing more contrary to God than a lie. The Holy Ghost is called the ‘Spirit of Truth.’ 1 John 4: 6. Lying is a sin that does not go alone; it ushers in other sins. Absalom told his father …

36. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    Spirit, Soul, and Body cites 1 John 4:1

    …nds, “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God” (1 John 4:1, ASV). Testing is itself spiritual. Modern knowledge about the brain also encourages humi…

37. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 1 John 4:20

    …led conduct. Scriptures to revisit Ephesians 4:1-32; Ephesians 5:1-21; Galatians 5:16-25; 1 John 4:20. Reflection 1. Which relationship is currently the best test of your spirituality? 2. Are…

38. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    February cites 1 John 4:14

    …g to love him more. February 5 “The Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.” (1 John 4:14) It is a sweet thought that Jesus Christ did not come forth without his Father's permissi…

39. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    May cites 1 John 4:13

    … you are the object of his choice, accepted in his beloved Son. May 6 “We dwell in him.” (1 John 4:13) Do you want a house for your soul? Do you ask, “What is the purchase?” It is something l…

40. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    June cites 1 John 4:8

    …st be glorious in your sight now. Is he so? June 5 “He that loveth not knoweth not God.” (1 John 4:8) The distinguishing mark of a Christian is his confidence in the love of Christ, and the …

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