Gottes Liebe annehmen, um die Angst zu besiegen

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Welcome to the reading of the First Epistle of John, Chapter 4, with In the Field Audio Bible.

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My name is Christie, your host for this episode.

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A true definition of fear resulting in love and faith in in God divides this chapter into two parts.

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The first part is verses 1 through 6, where testing the spirits is necessary, ensuring that the messages heard are true from God.

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Exposing false teachers proves their mischievous teaching methods, misalign their words with those from the word of God.

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The second part is verses 7 through 21, where John shows how God can love his people when he loves through us.

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God's love for us, through his people, removes the fear on the day of judgment, as we know that Jesus will be our advocate, standing beside us.

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Our obedience to love and faith results from knowing that if people love God, they love one another.

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This love is so unique that if his children stray, he will receive repentant believers again.

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Jesus bore God's wrath, so we will not have to proving that we have a forgiving, loving God.

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I hope you have found your favorite place, which could be a quiet room, sitting area near a window or even your favorite coffee shop, and enjoy listening to this reading of the First Epistle of John, Chapter 4.

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The First Epistle of John, Chapter 4.

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Dear friends, do not believe every spirit.

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Test the spirits to see if they belong to God.

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Many false prophets have gone out into the world.

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Here is how you can recognize the Spirit of God.

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Every spirit agreeing that Jesus Christ came in a human body belongs to God.

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But every spirit that doesn't agree with this does not belong to God.

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You have heard that the Spirit of the great enemy of Christ is coming.

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Even now it is already in the world.

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Dear children, you belong to God.

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You have not accepted the teachings of the false prophets.

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That's because the one who is in you is powerful.

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He is more powerful than the one who is in the world.

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False prophets belong to the world, so they speak from the world's point of view and the world listens to them.

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We belong to God, and those who know God listen to us.

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But those who don't belong to God don't listen to us.

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But those who don't belong to God don't listen to us.

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That's how we can tell the difference between the spirit of truth and the spirit of lies.

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Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God.

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Everyone who loves has become a child of God and knows God.

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Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

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Here is how God showed His love among us.

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He sent His one and only Son into the world.

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He sent Him so we could receive life through Him.

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Here is what love is.

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It is not that we loved God.

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It is that he loved us and sent His Son to give His life to pay for our sins.

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Dear friends, since God loved us this much, we should also love one another.

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No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, god lives in us.

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His love is made complete in us.

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Here's how we know that we are joined to Him and he to us.

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He has given us His Holy Spirit.

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The Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.

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We have seen it and are witnesses to it.

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God lives in anyone who agrees that Jesus is the Son of God.

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This kind of person remains joined to God.

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So we know that God loves us.

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We depend on it.

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God is love.

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Anyone who leads a life of love is joined to God and God is joined to them.

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Suppose love is fulfilled among us, then we can be without fear on the day God judges the world.

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Love is fulfilled among us when, in this world, we are like Jesus.

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There is no fear in love.

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Instead, perfect love drives away fear.

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That's because fear has to do with being punished.

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The one who fears does not have perfect love.

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We love because he loved us first.

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Suppose someone claims to love God but hates a brother or sister, then they are a liar.

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They don't love their brother or sister whom they have seen, so they can't love God whom they haven't seen.

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Here is the command God has given us Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.