1 João 4
John Calvin · Citado em PreceptAustin
1 João 4:2
Calvin observes (Calvin’s Commentaries [Baker], on 4:2, p. 232), “Yet he only repeats here what we have met with before, that as Christ is the object at which faith aims, so he is the stone at which all heretics stumble. As long then as we abide in Christ, there is safety; but when we depart from him, faith is lost, and all truth is rendered void.” So I encourage you to study sound doctrine, especially with regard to the person and work of Jesus Christ. Thus John has shown us why we must be discerning, because Satan and his forces are actively trying to deceive us on essential biblical truth. He has shown us that the basis for discernment is a person’s confession about Jesus Christ as true God and true man. (Spiritual Discernment 1 John 4:1-6) ILLUSTRATION - John
1 João 4:4
Calvin points out (p. 230), “except the Spirit of wisdom be present, to have God’s word in our hands will avail little or nothing, for its meaning will not appear to us.” So we need diligently to study God’s Word in dependence on the Holy Spirit for understanding (Ed: See Inductive Bible Study Calls for Continual Dependence on the Spirit of the Lord). Then we will be able to overcome false teachers. (Spiritual Discernment 1 John 4:1-6)(Bolding added) Danny Akin - The Greater Spirit, the Holy Spirit, is in you, and He is greater than he who is in the world. Is the world strong? Yes, but our God is infinitely stronger! Are false prophets wise? Yes, but our God is infinitely wiser! Is Satan great? Yes, but our God is infinitely greater! And this one who is infinitely stronger, wiser and greater now and forever “is in you!” By a true and faithful confession of Jesus as Messiah, as Savior, I declare that “I am God’s”. In response, God gives Himself to me by His Spirit and takes up residence in me and in each and everyone who calls Jesus, “Lord”. Amazingly the God who can live anywhere desires to live inside of you and me! I now move forward in a life of loving, sacrificial service, like my suffering, Servant Savior (note what follows in 1Jn 4:7-21) confident, blessed with supernaturally given assurance that I am His and that 10 I fight a battle in which victory is mine for the taking. John