1 John: Love One Another, Christian Guidelines, Overcoming the World

In this short Book of the Holy Bible John begins by telling us God's Word is incarnate, that we can have a relationship with the God, and his son, Jesus Christ. John then tells us God is light and in him is found no darkness, no deceit, that his son is the path to eternal life.

John tells us that Jesus Christ is our advocate, and without him, we stand alone in judgement with no one to defend us.

John tells us not to love the world, for the world does not know us because it did not know Jesus. In this modern day where we see the beginning of persecution against God's chosen people the Jews, we are also seeing the rise of persecution against Christians.

But John tells us we must remember we are children of God, and that we should love one another, even though some may hate us. This world is passing from life to death and we must not condemn them, but rather continue to open a hand to show them God's love and help those who wish to find salvation.

John also tells us to beware of false prophets, false preachers and false witnesses, that we can weigh what they say against the scripture to determine if they are true to God's word or they are using God's word for their own ends.

Finally John tells us we must overcome the world, and not be a part of it. Live in it yes, but not to succumb to its wickedness, greed, lust for power. Many of our leaders today do not serve their people, rather they server their own interests to gain power and wealth for themselves. These are not leaders.