1 John Chapter 4 Discussion Page 12

There is no fear in love. Perfect love casts out fear. This is because fear punishes and defrauds us but love rewards us with blessings. There is no reason to fear in demonstrating perfect love because he that loves abides in God and has God's backing/defense. Demonstrating perfect love (i.e. loving one another) is an act of obedience to God's commandment and whoever obeys or hearkens to God's voice shall dwell in safety, no evil shall befall him.

My preacher, even though I’m hundreds of miles from him, brought me to tears with this verse, as it hits home hard. So amazing that a Facebook message with this verse helped me so much.

How can we say we love God, whom we have not seen, and hate our brother whom we see? We lie, and do not the truth. Beloved, love one another, for God is love, and who ever loves his brother is born of God. When we see our brother in need, and say be warm, be filled, without giving him those things that he needs, how say ye that the love of God abides in you? Beloved, let us not love in word, but in deed, and therefore your heart will not condemn you when you stand before judgment. Jesus has commanded a new commandment give I unto thee, that you love one another as I have loved you.

2 Hereby know ye the spirit of God, EVERY SPIRIT THAT CONFESSETH THAT JESUS CHRIST IS COME IN THE FLESH IS OF GOD: AND EVERY SPIRIT THAT CONFESSETH NOT THAT JESUS CHRIST IS COME IN THE FLESH IS NOT OF GOD: AND THIS IS THAT SPIRIT OF ANTICHRIST, - THIS VERSE IS LOUDER AND CLEAR. NO INTERPRETATION IS NEEDED HERE. SO WHO IS THE SPIRIT THAT IS IN THOSE UNDER SATANISM AND ANCESTRAL WORSHIP? ISN’T IT THE SPIRIT OF DEVIL THE ANTICHRIST? 4 YE ARE OF GOD,...GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN YOU THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD. -THANK ALMIGHTY GOD FOR HIS SON JESUS WHO GIVES US COMPLETE VICTORY OVER THIS PAGAN RELIGIONS.

@Josia,
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God bless you.

So encouraging, I wish could receive some daily verses in my email.

We have been favoured, rather we have been love thats what this passage is saying, God made an initiative to love us and thus He sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Love that God has for us led Him to sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Because of His love He gave Jesus Christ. The propitiation in the Jesus Christ did not awaken love in the Father for us, but because of this Love Christ was sent for us. What love! Father thank you!

what the word is saying vrs.1-6 is there are antichrist all ready here and be not deceive because they don't well let me refrase don't they don't want you to believe that CHRIST came in the.. world in flesh. thats 1 thee other is that we as children of GOD must carry GOD'S treadmark that is to have love one to anotherto love in spite of. And greater is JESUS in us than the devil and his followers inthe world.Because if GOD be for us who can stand agaianst us. And last but not least'if your are of GOD you hear his voice soooo when you hear the WORD which is CHRIST you know it and no one can decieve you because GOD AND HIS SON ARE IN YOU and you can not be decieve that why you have read the word and study soooo the enmeny of this world can not irepeat can not deceive you. I hope i have gave you some understanding of the word. BE BLESS!

The LORD Jesus has changed me forever , and the joy He brings, is insurmountable , I thank you precious Holy LORD , for the wonderful truth and loving-kindness ,mercy ,grace and peace you have brought into our lives.

To become a child of God we need to except that Jesus took on a body like unto ous, but without Sin; then to except Jesus Christ as our Saviour, we need to except that he came from God the Father, that He was taken by those whom he cane to save and was crucified upon a Roman Cross; giving his life and shedding his precious Blood; He surendering his spirit into the hands of his Father and on the third day rising from the grave victorious, then assending into glory to his father.
To be one of His we have to except Jesus as our own personal Saviour, Repenting of our sins at which time the Holey Spirit comes and makes His abode with us. It is inportant to understand that there can only be one spirit that can dwell in us once we except him; Jesus said I will send my spirit and he will abide with you always, and will never leave you (John 3v16)"For God so loved the World, that he gave His only beggen Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting Life". When we except him, we have our burdens and sins cancled (forgiven) out and we start with a clean slate. It is then upto us to grow in Knowledge by reading his Holey Word and confess our sins, cleansing our mind and soal when we enter into Prayer and ask for forgiveness for our sins. This can be once a day or 100 times a day he is always listening, and we do this through praying to our Heavinly Father through Jesus Christ the only mediaror between God and Man. We only remove the bad (sin) not the good; The good 'LOVE' is ours to share with the Holey Spirit and our Lord Jesus Christ, and also our christian friends. God loves the sols of Men and Women, but he Hates Sin.

God's perfect words the King James Bible..next month of April we're having our King Jame Bible conference..we are King James Bible contender here in Philippines Cebu, City. Have a blessed day brothers and sisters.

I would say that this is a state of mind that none save christ himself was able to achieve consistently his whole life. Perfect love is available in knowing and talking with god daily. He will guide you and help cast out the fear. God is perfect love

John in this letter is warning us to test the spirit, and beware of false teachers. Anyone who does not believe the virgin birth of the Lord Jesus Christ, is of the anti-christ. The Spirit of God that is in every believer is greater than the false spirit in the world. ITim 2:15 tells us to rightly devide the word of truth. The Holy Spirit guides us in all truth. He takes the things of Christ, and makes them known unto us. When you have been born again, the Spirit of God comes into your heart, and bares witness with your spirit that you are a child of God. Therefore you will know the truth from error. Keep studying the word of God, and pray to the Holy Spirit to take the word of God to your heart so you can understand it.

can some one comment on 1John4:1-6 please. thank you.

it is powerful and true

@ Linda...

Clearing your mind is NOT something you would want to do. When you clear your mind, you get rid of everything in it. Your mind can't stay like that for long, you eventually fill it again, and it might be filled with the wrong things. Demons, for instance have easy access to people who clear their minds.

I think 1 John 4 is powerful.

Dear Rosie, Regarding your question, 'How do I become perfect in love so that fear will no longer be part of my daily life?'

The more you read God's Word (WORDS,) the more FAITH increases in you, along with all of the other fruits of the Spirit.

Romans 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickens; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

So, just read, read, read. It is the same as to EAT spiritual meat, and drink spiritual drink. It's not about just merely memorizing the scriputures, no more than is eatting for physical nourishment about memorizing how physical food tastes.

And, daily repent of; confess, your sins unto the Lord, or if you can't think of any, ask Him to forgive you for just in case. As, to repent is a priviledge for those that have received Christ. No one CAN repent in the way of true repentance without FIRST receiving Christ. That is WHY there's no need to repent IN ORDER to answer His call, and receive Him:

Romans 11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

Since you HAVE received Christ, you WILL repent, because you believe and trust in God, and therefore you are BLESSED, your are GODLY, and RIGHTEOUS, and UPRIGHT, and the GOODNESS of God SURROUNDS YOU:

Psalms 32:2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
(By the time the Lord is through CLEANSING us with His blood, and forgiving us, there is NO guile or any unrighteousness whatsoever! And all it takes is a moment each day, or sometimes maybe several moments.)

Psalms 32:5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I WILL confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

6 For this shall EVERY ONE that is GODLY pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.

11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

ONLY the GODLY will humble themselves, and bring forth the FRUIT of the mouth MEET FOR; WORTHY OF, repentance, due to true sorrow of heart; being sorry for any sin, even any we didn't mean, nor intend.

Proverbs 12:14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the FRUIT of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

Luke 3:8 Bring forth therefore FRUITS worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

And it is GOD Himself that gave you the GIFT of His Spirit that makes you WILLING to repent:

Romans 7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for TO WILL is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.

Philippians 2:13 For it is GOD which worketh in you both TO WILL and to do of his good pleasure.

Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that HE which hath begun a good work in you WILL PERFORM perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

If we were not inclined to sin, as to yield to it in some way, He would not command us, upon receiving Him, to ABIDE in Him, to FOLLOW AFTER Him etc... We DO abide in Him, as we continue to obey His command to love, and to confess; repent of, our sins when, or in case we, disobey Him, so we can proceed to CONTINUE in Him. And, as we do these things:

John 15:4 ABIDE in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear FRUIT of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

Matthew 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits MEET FOR REPENTANCE:

Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth CONFESSION IS MADE unto salvation.

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and JUST TO FORGIVE us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

2 Corinthians 7:10 For GODLY sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

Romans 2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the GOODNESS OF GOD leadeth thee to repentance?

Matthew 12:37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt BE CONDEMNED.

As we repent of; confess, our sins daily, we KNOW we are then CLEAN, and up and ready to CONTINUE to WALK in Him, UN-defeated!

So, all we need do is to BELIEVE, RECEIVE, SAY, SPEAK, CONFESS, God's Word unto us, as we read it. And He has A WORD for EVERYTHING good unto us:

Psalms 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: NO good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

He even instilled 'repenting of sin' in the very prayer He instructs us to pray daily:

Matthew 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be your name.

10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our DAILY bread.

12 And FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

14 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

Matthew 6:15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

As you remember to repent, TAKE JOY, in reading, and confessing, God's Word, unTO you, as for what you are, and have, in Christ, in God, by faith. And that faith will become manifested, as God, by His Spirit, will PERFORM His Words that you confess by faith, and perfect you more and more each day:

Galatians 5:6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which WORKETH BY LOVE.

Romans 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba,
Father.

1 John 4:15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

1 John 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because GREATER IS HE that is in you, than he that is in the world.

2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not MADE PERFECT IN LOVE.

1 John 4:12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is PERFECTED in us.

Romans 13:10 LOVE WORKS NO ILL to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

1 Corinthians 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

1 John 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love DWELLETH IN GOD, and God in him.



Psalms 118:6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

Hebrews 13:6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.



2 Kings 17:39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

Psalms 145:19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

Proverbs 10:24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

Born again friends. The Holy Spirit in us makes us sons of GOD through our faith in Christ Jesus. It give us the authority in this world.
"Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world"

Let us show our love for our GOD by loving each other. Our GOD is love. He first loved us that HE gave HIS only son to die on the cross for our sins.

God word is real and true! We have to have the spirit of (GOD) in us which is the (HOLY GHOST-SPIRIT) in us. And, God in us, God will teach us his way of the 10 commandments. Studying the word of God (daily). Just like, we feeds our nature body. You will find yourself loving your enmies. And, God will make your enmies be, your foot stool. Try God at his word. STAND AND STAY FOCUS!

@Rosie be at peace within thyself, and know that each and everyday is of perfect Love. Clear your mind and keep it still, think only of the Love of God and this will release all the fear. Fear is nothing but the darkness trying to fool you into doubt. It feeds on your fear, Love is much stronger than darkness. So as long as you focus on Love in your heart and mind, then this dakess has no place to live. Look at how many times in these scriptures it says, that as long as you believe in Jesus, you will be protected from darkness. During these times on Earth, within the next few years this darkness is on the way out, it will be more intense to live. Know and Love God and you will be protected through all the havoc this world will see in the next few years.

How do I become perfect in love so that fear will no longer be apart of my daily life?

We belong to GOD not OURSELVES, so come as a child ready to be transformed into the likeness of Christ. God/Christ OVERCAME the WORLD and if you accept Jesus as ur Lord and Savior u can too OVERCOME the WORLD. "Greater is he (ur Spirit Man) than he that is in the world (Flesh)...I Luv God/Christ...an his Word, which makes me Whole. The best decision u ever can make...just try him the choice is upto u, he is a FREE WILL God/Christ but I can honestly say, u will NEVER be the same. Oh, what a wonderful journey, each day is a new beginning waiting for love, joy, and peace to consume ur soul...be blessed!!!

We ought to love one another, but d heart of man is desperately wicked. It is not easy bcos some pple misbehave when they know u love them and mistake ur meekness 4 stupidity!