SwordPlay - S4E5 (ep.95) - 1 John 3

• Why does being a child of God make the world not know us? (v.1)
• What does John mean by “it has not appeared as yet what we will be?” (v.2)
• How does our “hope” result in purifying ourselves? (v.3)
• What does it mean to “practice” sin or righteousness? (v.4, 7-10)
• Why does John need to emphasize that sin is lawlessness? (v.4)
• Is John teaching that Christians never sin? (v. 6, 9)
• Grammar Hammer: Righteousness (7, 10)
• What were false teachers saying to deceive them? (v.7-8)
• What does it mean to be of the devil? What are the works of the devil? (v.8)
• What is God’s seed? (9)
• What makes someone a child of the devil? How is Cain of the evil one? (v.10, 12)
• Why were Cain’s deeds (his offering) considered evil? (v.12)
• What world is John referring to and why would they hate us? (v.13)
• What does it mean to abide in death? (v.14)
• Why does hating your brother make you a murderer? (v.15)
• What does it mean to lay down our lives for the brethren? (v.16)
• How do we assure our hearts before God? How is God greater than our heart? (v.19-20)
• Does God know all things? (20)
• How does John relate the condition of our heart to our prayer life? (v.21-22)
• What does it mean to believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ? (v.23)
• What is the Spirit given to us? Does the Spirit abide in us? (v.24)
• Why does having the Spirit confirm that God abides in us? (v.24)
• What are all the things that John says “abides” in us? Are each of these distinct or the same?

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