1 John 4:2-3a This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God.

1. Those of us who are beloved of God are to __________ _____________ to what a teacher says in order to ____________ truth from error.

2. Question #1- What does this teacher say about ____________?

3. Question #2- What does this teacher say about ____________?


Scripture Readings
1 Kings 19:1-8
1 John 4:1-6
John 6:35-51

Take It With You!

As we spend our Summer growing in the love of God, it will be helpful for everyone to be reading through 1 John daily. Here helpful insights will be offered to aid in your study.

Galatians 1:8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned!

God has spoken by His prophets,
Spoken His unchanging Word;
Each from age to age proclaiming
God the one, the righteous Lord.
In the world's despair and turmoil,
One firm anchor holds us fast:
God is king, His throne eternal;
God the first and God the last.
God Has Spoken by His Prophets, Lutheran Service Book #583

In order to preserve pure teaching and fundamental, lasting, God-pleasing unity in the church, it is necessary not only to present the pure, beneficial teaching correctly, but also to censure those who contradict it and teach other doctrines (I Timothy 3:9; Titus 1:9). For...true shepherds are to do both: pasture or feed the sheep and ward off the wolves, so that they may flee other voices (John 10:4b-5, 16b) and "separate the precious from the vile" (Jeremiah 15:19).
Introduction to the Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord