I John
Chapter
5
1~~Everyone
who believes that Jesus
is
the Christ/Messiah/'Anointed One'
has
been born from God.
Furthermore,
everyone
who
loves the Father
{agapao - virtue love}
loves
{agapao} him
{Jesus and any fellow believer}
who
has been born of the Father.
{Note: Personal love should be directed at God - virtue love based on the characteristics of the object of love. This is the motivating virtue - personal love for God. Impersonal love should be directed at other believers - virtue based on the characteristics of the one doing the loving (the subject) of the other believer.}
2~~Only
by this
{understanding the two aspects of virtue love -
personal and impersonal love}
we
have come to know
that
we keep loving the children of God
{function of impersonal love as a virtue} . . .
by
loving God
and
executing/'carrying out' His mandates/commands.
3~~For
this love for God
{motivating virtue} . . .
we
continue to execute His mandates.
And His mandates are not difficult.
4~~Because
every category of humanity
which
has been born from God
defeats/overcomes
the world/'cosmic system'.
This
is the {initial} victory
that
overcomes the world/'cosmic system' . . .
even
our faith {in Jesus Christ}.
{Note: This means at the moment we believe we receive both temporal and eternal security.}
{See
Revelation 1:9 - Testimony of the Lord - Verses 5-12}
5~~Who
is this person
defeating/overcoming
the cosmic system?
No
one else,
but
he who has come to believe
that
Jesus is the Son of God.
6~~This
One {Jesus Christ} is He . . .
Who
came by water
and
blood clots/serum {physical death}.
Not
by water alone,
but
by water and by blood clots.
Furthermore,
it is the Spirit
{God the Holy Spirit}
Who
testifies
{about the Lord's work on the cross} . . .
because
the Spirit is Truth/Doctrine.
7~~Because
there are three that testify . . . 8~~
the
Spirit
{God the Holy Spirit},
the
water
{the 'water' of the Word of God},
and
the blood
{saving work of Christ on the Cross} . . .
furthermore,
these
three witnesses have the same purpose.
9~~If
we accept the testimony of men
-
and we do -
the
testimony of God is greater;
because
this testimony
{of the three witnesses}
is
from God . . .
because
He has testified concerning His Son.
10~~When
anyone believes in the Son of God,
he
has the testimony in himself.
When
anyone does not believe the God
he
has made Him a liar . . .
because
he has not believed the deposition
which
God testified concerning His Son.
11~~In
fact, this is the deposition,
that
God has given to us eternal life,
and
this {eternal} life resides in His Son.
12~~
He who has the Son
has
{this eternal} life.
He
who does not have the Son of God
does
not have {this eternal} life.
13~~
I have written to you
who
believe in the person/name of the Son of God
these
things {bible doctrine}
in
order that you may know
that
you have eternal life.
14~~In
fact, this is the confidence
{motivating virtue}
which
we have toward Him,
that
if we ask anything according to His will,
He
hears us.
15~~In
fact, when we know that He hears us
-
whatever we ourselves may have asked -
we
know that we have obtained the request
we
have asked from Him.
16~~If
anyone
{a believer in prayer}
has
seen his brother/'fellow believer' commit a sin
not
terminating 'face to face with'/in death,
he
should ask {pray}
and
God will give life to him.
{the carnal fellow believer}
That
is to those
who
have not sinned a sin terminating in death.
There is a sin terminating in death.
I
do not recommend that anyone
should
pray about that {category of sin}.
17~~All
wrongdoing is sin
{Motus Operendi of all believers in the cosmic system},
and
yet there is sin not terminating unto death.
{Principal,
Precedent, and Protection}
18~~We
have learned that
anyone
who has been born from God
{then at that same time}
does
not sin.
{the Principal}
But
He {Jesus Christ}
Who
was born from God
guards/protects
Him.
{while in fellowship - the Precedent}
And
the evil one {Satan}
absolutely
does not {ouk} touch Him/him.
{Jesus
and believers in fellowship - the Protection}
{Note: The syntax of the Greek indicates the action of the participle occurs at the same time as the verb. So this means that at the point of salvation in Christ - at that specific point in time - all your sins have been blotted out and you are without sin. Next, you can not sin while IN fellowship - because it is the decision to sin that takes you out of fellowship and into carnality.}
{Note: The precedent was Jesus Christ in the prototype divine Dynasphere in His incarnation. And, in the prototype Divine Dynasphere, Satan could not touch Him. Nor can Satan touch us when we reside in the Divine Dynasphere.}
{Divine
Interpretation of History}
19~~We
have learned that
we
are from God,
and
that the entire world/'cosmic system'
is
under the control of the evil one {Satan}.
20~~We
have learned that
the
Son of God has come {1st Advent}
and
has given to us
the
faculty for perception
{understanding the purpose and plan of God},
so
that we may understand
'objective
reality'/'the true'/'the correct/'the genuine'
and
we are in the sphere of objective reality
by
means of His Son - Jesus Christ.
This
One {Jesus Christ}
is
the true God
and
eternal life.
21~~'Positive
students'/'little children'
{immature believers growing in grace},
guard
yourselves from idols.
{Note: In this last verse, John ends with the fact that you are responsible for your own mistakes in life. Stay in fellowship and away from the cosmic system and its activities. The worship of false gods is an example of an activity outside of the will of God.}
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