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Dave Burnette's Commentary

1 John Chapter 5

Written By: God through Inspiration
Penned By: John the Apostle
Date Penned: (85-90 AD)
Overview: John Reassures Christians (c 1-5)
Theme: God is Life (c 5)
Message: John Gives a Course of Action (v 1-21)

1 John 5 Commentary

(5:1-12) Faith in the Son of God - To discern whether a person is a true Christian, one needs to look at what that person truly believes about Jesus Christ. The true believer “believes that Jesus is the Christ.” The continuing activity of believing proves that a person is a child of God.

(5:13-21) John's Conclusion - The final nine verses of 1 John comprise its epilogue. The epilogue has two functions: to summarize the main body of the letter and to prompt readers to apply what they have read. John provided several specific ways in which the community of believers could act on what he had written.


Dave Burnette's Life Application

God is Life

Each day we walk through the Bible chapter by chapter making an application of our text to help us grow in the Lord. Many applications can be made from each day's text. Today we continue the book of 1st John with Chapter 5 and today we see John explaining that God is life and He that hath the son of God Hath life. In making application we see the true evidence of Salvation in our lives as the Holy Spirit abides within the believer bearing witness with our spirit that we have been born again. How about you? Have you been born again? Let us learn from our text today and the truth of the Gospel that God is life and if we have been born again we will be indwelt with the Spirit of God as He guides us to all truth.

 

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1 John 5

1 John 5

 1Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

 2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

 3For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

 4For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

 5Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

 6This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

 7For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

 8And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

 9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.

 10He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

 11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

 12He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

 13These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

 14And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

 15And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

 16If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

 17All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

 18We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

 19And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

 20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

 21Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.