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1 John 2:12-16

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Reasons for Writing

12 I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.
13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.
14 I write to you, dear children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

On Not Loving the World

15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father[a] is not in them.
16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.
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Pick up the sword
Pick up the sword
Dr. J. Vernon McGee

How can you overcome the wicked one? With the Word of God. What is it called? Well, the only weapon of offense that’s ever been given to a believer is the Word of God, which is the sword of the Spirit. And I tell you, if you’re going to be able to defend yourself against the devil, you’re going to need the Word of God. And the reason so many believers are succumbing today to the world is simply because they’re not in the Word of God. I find that a great many people do not mature. And yet a great many others do. Why? Because they stay in the Word of God.
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How to know Him
How to know Him
Dr. J. Vernon McGee

Now how are you going to know the Lord Jesus Christ? Well, friends, the only way you can know Him is in the Word of God. And a great many people, they feel that if they go to a Bible study once a week or they go to a little course that they take, that somehow or another that they’re super-duper saints. My friend, the Word of God is like food. But imagine going in and eating a good meal and then saying, “Well, I’ll be back in a week. And I’ll have another meal with you.” Well, that’s no good. This is the Bread of Life. And if we are to know Christ, we’re to live with Him, and He’s to live with us. And that’s the way you can come to know Him.
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Cross References 15

  • 1. S ver 1
  • 2. S 1 John 3:23
  • 3. S John 1:1
  • 4. S John 16:33
  • 5. ver 14; S Matthew 5:37
  • 6. S ver 1
  • 7. S John 1:1
  • 8. Ephesians 6:10
  • 9. S Hebrews 4:12
  • 10. John 5:38; 1 John 1:10
  • 11. S ver 13
  • 12. Romans 12:2
  • 13. James 4:4
  • 14. Genesis 3:6; Romans 13:14; Ephesians 2:3
  • 15. Proverbs 27:20

Footnotes 1

  • [a] Or "world, the Father’s love"
Scripture quoted by permission.  Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®.  NIV®.  Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica.  All rights reserved worldwide.

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