I John Chapter 3--Bible Study Made Simple w/ Dr. Timmy Tezeno

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Welcome to the Bible Trainer Podcast featuring Bible Study Made Simple with Dr. Timmy Tezeno on 1 John Chapter 3. In this episode, join us as we dive deep into The Epistle of 1 John and embark on an illuminating journey through Chapter 3. Fasten your seat belts and be blessed.   

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Chapter three, verses one andtwo.
Behold, what manner of love theFather hath bestowed upon us,
that we should be called thesons of God.
Therefore the world knoweth usnot, because it knew him not.
Beloved, now are we the sons ofGod, and it doeth not yet appear
what we shall be, but we knowthat when he shall appear, we

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shall be like him, for we shallsee him as he is.
It is a privilege to beacknowledged as.
And to be a son of God.
Now it is not clear to the nakedeyes what our glorified bodies
will look like, but we know thatwe shall look just like Jesus.
And we are unable as of yet tosee Jesus in his full glory due

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to the fleshly house or bodythat we now live in.
But the day is coming when thismodel shall put on immortality.
And when this occurs, we shallsee him as he is.
All right.
Verses three through eight.
And every man that had this hopein him purified himself, even as

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he is pure.
Whosoever committed sintransgressed against the law,
for sin is the transgression ofthe law.
And ye know that he wasmanifested to take away our
sins, and in him is no sin.
Whosoever abided in him sinnednot, whosoever sinned had not
seen him, neither known him.
Little children, let no mandeceive you.

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He that doeth righteousness isrighteous, even as he is
righteous.
He that committed sin is of thedevil, for the devil sinned from
the beginning.
For this purpose the Son of Godwas manifested, that he might
destroy the works of the devil.
This is the great incentive forliving holy.
Jesus, the King of Kings, iscoming and we shall be just like

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him.
And everyone who has this hopebecomes more and more like him
each day.
Then he shows the differencebetween believers and the
unsaved, or the unbelievers.
The believers do not practicesin and the world does.
Jesus says this to the religiousleaders in John's Gospel 8 and
verse 44.
Ye are of your father.

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It's just that simple.
If your father is the devil, youwill act like him.
If the heavenly father is yourfather, you will act like him.
Then he gives the good news.
Jesus was manifested that hemight destroy the works of the
devil.
Alright, verse number 9.
Whosoever is born of God, do itnot commit sin.

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For his seed remaineth in him,and he cannot sin, because he is
born of God.
Now, John is simply saying againthat everyone who is born of God
does not practice sin.
Why?
Because we have the nature ofGod which does not allow us to
live continually in sin.
John is not saying that abeliever will never sin.
He is just simply saying thatthe born again believer does not

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practice sin.
Chapter 2 in verse 1 makes, thatvery clear.
Alright, let's look at, verses10 through 18.
In this the children of God aremanifest, and the children of
the devil.
Whosoever doeth notrighteousness is not of God,
neither he that loveth not hisbrother.
For this Is the message that heheard from the beginning that we
should love one another.

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Not as Cain, who was of thatwicked one, and slew his
brother.
And wherefore slew he him?
Because his own works were evil,and his brother's righteous.
Marvel not, my brethren, if theworld hate you.
We know that we have passed fromdeath unto life because we love
the brethren.
He that loved not his brotherabided in debt.
Whosoever hated his brother is amurderer, and ye know that no

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murderer hath eternal lifeabiding in him.
Hereby perceive we the love ofGod, because he laid down his
life for us, and we ought to laydown our lives for the Lord.
the brethren.
But whoso had this world's good,and seeth his brother hath need,
and shutteth up his bowels ofcompassion from him, how
dwelleth the love of God in him?

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My little children, let us notlove in word, neither in tongue,
but in deed and in truth.
Now, this is how to recognizebelievers and unbelievers.
A believer practicesrighteousness and loves like God
loves.
The unbeliever practice sin andhate righteousness.
Then he issued out some strongwords.
He says that whosoever hates hisbrother is a murderer and that

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no murderer has eternal lifeabided in him.
He gives us an example of this.
Abel was a believer and Cain anunbeliever.
Cain hated righteousness andthus killed his brother Abel.
Then he says, just like Jesuslaid down his life for us, we
ought to lay down our lives forthe brethren.
In other words, we ought to lovelike God loves.
we are not to love in word only,but in deed and in truth.

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We ought to be there for eachother, financially as well as
spiritually.
If A brother or sister is inneed and you have the means to
help them by all means help themwhen you manifest your love
toward a brother or sister, itis to be done in truth.
Now, what does it mean to lovein truth?
Paul says this, let love bewithout dissimilation.

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In other words, let your love bewithout hypocrisy.
We must love in action and notin word only, and it must be
done in truth.
In other words, be real.
with your love.
All right.
Verses 19 through 24.
And hereby we know that we areof the truth and shall assure
our hearts before him.
For if our heart condemn us, Godis greater than our heart and

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know it all things.
Beloved, if our heart condemn usnot, then have we confidence
toward God and whatsoever weask.
We receive of him because wekeep his commandments and do
those things that are pleasingin his sight.
And this is his commandment,that we should believe on the
name of his son Jesus Christ andlove one another as he gave us

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commandment.
And he that keepeth hiscommandments dwelleth in him and
he in him.
And hereby we know that heabided in us by the spirit which
he hath given us.
Listen, everything hinges onlove.
Now abides these three, faith,hope, and charity.
The greatest of these three islove.

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When we love like God loves, itis impossible for our heart to
condemn us.
And we have complete confidencewhen we come before the throne
of God.
When we love like God loves, weare in complete alignment to the
will of God.
When this takes place, whateverwe Ask the Father we will
receive.
Why?
Because we are walking in Hiswill.
Anything we ask in accordance toHis will, He hears and answers.

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Now, here are the twocommandments that, if kept, will
cause us to receive from God.
Number one, believe in the nameof His Son, Jesus Christ.
Note the word in.
Psalms 124 and verse 8 reads,Our help is in the name of the
Lord.
It means that our help is in thelove, the mercy and power which

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have been revealed to us as thenature and character of God.
It means to believe in thenature and character of Jesus
Christ.
and one of the things God is, islove.
Number two, we must love God.
One another with the sameselfless, sacrificial, forgiving
look beyond all false love thatJesus loves us with.

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Our lives depend on the rightbelief and conduct.
We cannot begin the Christianlife until we accept Jesus
Christ for what He is.
We have not accepted Himcompletely until our attitude
toward others are the same asJesus Christ's attitude is
toward us.
He who keeps these twocommandments dwells in God and

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God in him.
He goes on to say that Goddwells in us by his Spirit.
Listen, if any man hath not theSpirit of Christ, he is none of
his.
The mark of a child of God isthe indwelling of the Holy
Spirit.