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The Evidences of Assurance: 1 John [WBC 10/11/06]

To do: John says if we truly know Christ, there will be tangible evidence of His presence in our lives. What are the evidences? Also, look for statements that reveal when a person is deceiving himself. A helpful indicator is the word "know."

Chapter One:

1:6 We can know we're deceiving ourselves if we walk in the ____________.

1:7 We can know our sins are cleansed if we walk in the _____________.

1:9 We can know He forgives our sins if we ____________ our sins (as the pattern of our lives).

Chapter Two:

2:3 We know we know Him if we _______ His commands.

2:4 If I don't do what Jesus commands, I am a _____.

2:5 We can know we are in Christ if we _______ as Jesus did.

2:9 If I claim to be in the light, but _____ my brother, I am still in darkness.

2:10 If I _____ my brother, I am living in the light.

2:15 If we love the _________, the Father's love isn't in us.

2:19 If we __________, we give evidence that we belong to God's people.

2:24 If we retain the __________, we will remain in the Son.

2:28 If we continue in __________, we may be confident when He appears.

2:29 If we do what is __________, we know we have been born of Him.

Chapter Three:

3:3 If we have this hope, we will ____________ ourselves.

3:6 No one who continues to ____ has known Christ.

3:9 No one who is born of God will continue to ____.

3:10** A person is not a child of God if he does not do what is ________, nor love his brother.

3:14 We know we have passed from death to life because we _______ our brothers.

3:18-19 We know we belong to the truth when we love in ______ and ________.

3:21 We have confidence before God if our hearts do not ___________ us.

3:24 We know Christ lives in us by the ________ He gave us.

Chapter Four:

4:6 Whoever knows God _________ to the message of the apostles.

4:7 Everyone who ________ has been born of God and knows God.

4:8 Whoever does not _______ does not know God.

4:12 If we ______ one another, God lives in us.

4:13 We know that God lives in us because He has given us His _________.

4:15 If anyone acknowledges that ________ is the Son of God, God lives in him.

4:17 We can have confidence in the day of judgment if we are _______ God in this world.

4:20 If I say I love God, yet hate my brother, I am a ______.

Chapter Five:

5:1 Everyone who ____________ that Jesus is the Christ is born of God.

5:4 Everyone who is born of God _____________ the world.

5:12 Whoever has the _____ has eternal life.

5:12b Whoever does not have the _____ of God does not have life.

5:18 Anyone born of God does not continue to ____.

5:19 If we are children of God, we are not under the control of the ______ one.