1 John 4:13-16
Believers know they abide in God because He has given them His Spirit, they confess Jesus as the Son of God, and they rest in the reality that God is love.
13 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
16 We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
Believers know they abide in God because He has given them His Spirit, they confess Jesus as the Son of God, and they rest in the reality that God is love.
To ground assurance of mutual indwelling in the Spirit’s gift, apostolic witness, and open confession of Christ’s identity.
Testing the Spirits, Confessing the Son, and Abiding in God’s Love
True life in God confesses Jesus Christ come in the flesh, receives apostolic truth, abides in God’s saving love, and proves love for God by loving fellow believers.