(1 John) First Letter from He Shows Goodwill 5

LOVE WINS THE VICTORY

1All who believe that Creator Sets Free (Jesus) is the Chosen One have the Great Spirit as their Father. All who love the Father will also love his children.

2We can be sure that we are loving Creator’s children when we love Creator and follow all of his instructions.

3For when we follow his instructions, it shows our love for the Great Spirit. And his instructions are not hard to follow.

4Whoever has the Great Spirit as their Father wins the victory over the ways of the world. For it is our trust in him and his way of love that wins the victory.

THE WATER, THE BLOOD, AND THE SPIRIT

5Who is able to win the victory over ways of the world? Those who trust that Creator Sets Free (Jesus) is the Son of the Great Spirit.

6He is the one who came through water and blood—Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One. He did not come by water only, but by both water and blood. It is the Holy Spirit who tells us that this is true, for the Spirit himself is the truth.

7So then, we have three who witness to this truth—

8the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and these three are in harmony.

TRUE LIFE IS FOUND IN CREATOR’S SON

9If we accept truth from human beings, then how much more should we accept the truth of what the Great Spirit has told us about his Son!

10The ones who trust in the Son of the Great Spirit have accepted this truth in their inner beings. But those who do not trust in him are making Creator out to be a liar, because they do not believe he has told the truth about his Son.

11And the truth we have heard from Creator is that he has gifted us with the life of the world to come that never fades away, full of beauty and harmony—and this life is found in his Son.

12The ones who have the Son have life. The ones who do not have Creator’s Son do not have life.

BOLDNESS IN PRAYER

13I have written these things to you who trust in the name of Creator’s Son, so that you may know you have the life of the world to come that never fades away, full of beauty and harmony.

14We can be sure that if we ask anything of the Great Spirit that is in harmony with his will, he will hear us.

15If we know that he hears us, then we know we have whatever we have asked of him.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRAYER

16You might see a sacred family member walking in a broken way that does not end in death. You should pray and that person will be given life, as long as the broken way does not end in death. There is a broken way that ends with death. If that is so, prayer will not help.

17All who do wrong walk in broken ways, but not all broken ways end in death.

LAST WORDS

18We know that all who have the Great Spirit as their Father do not continue to walk in broken ways. They are kept safe by the Son, who fully represents his Father, and the evil one cannot harm them.

19We know that we are children of the Great Spirit. We know that the evil one rules over the ways of this world.

20We also know that the Son of the Great Spirit has come. He has given us a way to know the True One. It is through his Son, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One, that we are in harmony with the True One. This is the one true Great Spirit and the life of the world to come that never fades away, full of beauty and harmony.

21My much-loved children, keep away from spirit-images or anything that would take the place of the Great Spirit in your hearts .

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