“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God.” (1st John...

“Try the spirits whether they are of God.” (1st John 4:1) Here are a few scriptural principles which you may apply to whomever and whatever you hear, so that you may know...

“And 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...

“I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.” (1st John 2:12) There is only one reason revealed in Holy Scripture that any sinner would...

“We love him, because He first loved us.” (1st John 4:19) Almost everybody claims to love God. Surely the great number of folks associated in some way with religion do. But according to...

“My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth.” (1st John 3:18) The thing that troubles me most about the validity of our...

“Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.” (1st John 2:22) Men are blinded by the great...

“Little children, keep yourselves from idols.” (1st John 5:21) The apostle John, writing to the people of God who he describes as “little children,” says to them: “And we know that...

The Scripture Rule For Testing The Spirits That Are In The World. Preached by William Gadsby, on Sunday Evening, May 31st, 1840, in Gower Street Chapel, London. “Beloved, believe not every...

“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all...

“This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that...

“And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” (1st John 2:1) This scripture recognizes our frail, sinful, human nature. A believer does not love...

“And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.” (1 John 2:28) What sweet comfort this...

“His commandments are not grievous.” (1st John 5:3) It is more profitable and enjoyable to love than to hate, to forgive than to hold a grudge, to smile than to quarrel, to...

“But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all...

“Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?” (1st John 5:5) A man must either overcome the world—or be overcome by it. To...

“I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.” (1st John 2:21) The Holy Scriptures identify...

“Love Not The World, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” (1st John 2:15) Nothing...

“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” (1st John 4:8) “God is love.” As we are blessed to contemplate this sublime theme from time to time, we...

“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world…” (1st John 2:15) —————————— Do not love the world or anything in the world. This is a very wide...

“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him;...

“This is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life.” (1st John 5:11-12) God, in...

“Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” (1st John 4:10) We rejoice to know that “God...

“Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the christ is born of God.” (1st John 5:1) Who Is Saved?   Let no one deceive you. If you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as...

“Keep yourself from idols.” (1st John 5:21) Idolatry is ever the tendency of depraved men. Many, while they would never dream of worshipping another god, are yet guilty of gross idolatry. They seek...

“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us...

“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.” (1 John 5:7) ——————– The believer takes comfort in...

“God is love.” (I John 4:8) ——————– He defines love. He is the source of all true love. Any ‘love’ that is inconsistent with His love is no love at all....

“This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.” (1 John 1:5) ——————–...

“We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren.” (I John 3:14) ——————– The Lord’s people in their early days have a measure of heavenly...

“My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” (I John...

Our sins can never come into God’s presence, inasmuch as Christ, who bore them all and put them away is there instead. But if we sin, conscience will feel it, must...

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9) What? Will He forgive us all...

“These 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...

“But one of the soldiers pierced His side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.” (John 19:34) John here evidently refers to what his own eyes saw as Jesus hung...

“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew Him not.”...

“Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.” (1 John 5:21) Idolatry is a sin very deeply rooted in the human heart. We need not go very far to find of this...

Preached at Providence Chapel, Oakham, on June 8th, 1845, by J. C. Philpot “But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.”(1 John 2:20) The life...

“Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” (1 John 4:10) THIS was the first...

A study of 1 John 2:2 THERE is one passage more than any other which is I appealed to by those who believe in universal redemption, and which at first sight...

The Authenticity of 1st John 5:7 1st John 5:7 gives full proof of the plurality of Persons in the Godhead. “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father,...

“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is...

“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.” (1 John 4:1) Has it never struck...

Many people sing the old hymn “Faith Is the Victory.” We as true believers may wonder how this could be so because we know our faith is all too often weak...

“We love him, because he first loved us.” (I John 4:19) Why Do You Love God? The way you answer this seemingly simple question gives great insight into your hope of...

Preached at North Street Chapel, Stamford, on January 31, 1864, by J. C. Philpot “Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the...

1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it...

1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall...

Preached at Zoar Chapel, London, on August 9, 1846, by J. C. Philpot —————————— “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in...

But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you; but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things,...

“For there are Three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these Three are One.” (1 John 5:7) —————————— There is but one only...