BLESSED BY KNOWING CHRIST AS LOVE AND LIFE

My Dear Precious Child, In the first letter of John to the churches he felt that he was compelled to straighten out the beliefs of certain religious people who were questioning the divinity of Jesus Christ and also even questioned His humanity of being My Son in human flesh. False teachers had invaded the churches with intellectual doubts and John, who had walked and talked with Jesus Christ, began his first letter by trying to convince the doubters that he had not only seen Christ but that he had witnessed His divinity in action. John began his first letter by proclaiming that he was one of the disciples who had not only seen the Christ, but that he had also touched Him with his own human hands. He testified in the letter that the life of Jesus Christ had become visible to other people also and that he was one of the people who could bear witness to it. He wrote about that Jesus Christ was the Eternal Life that is present in Me and He became visible to humans. John wrote that what he and other men had seen and heard Him, and they proclaimed it to other people so that they might also share His Life with everyone. He made it clear that the fellowship that they had is with Me and with My Son, Jesus Christ, and that the reason for writing that truth in his writing is so that the joy of the readers might be full. (I John 1:1-4) The message in the first letter is what the disciples had heard from Him so that they could announce it to the readers, and to you, and the message is that I am light and that in Me there is no darkness at all. So if you say that you have fellowship with Me and continue walking in darkness, then you are a liar and you don't walk in Truth. But, he wrote, if you walk in the Light as Christ is in the light, then you have fellowship with Christ, and He has fellowship with you, and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses you from sin. But, it you say that you are free from the guilt of sin, then you have deceived yourself and the Truth is not found in you. But, if you acknowledge your sins, then Christ Jesus, who is just and can be trusted to forgive your sins, will cleanse you from every wrong action. If you say that you have not sinned, then you make Christ out to be a liar and His words have no place in you.(I John 1:5-10) In his first letter John wrote that he was writing the letter to encourage the readers not to sin; but, if anyone does sin, then they have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous, and He is the offering for your sin; and not for only your sin but for the sins of the whole world. (I John 2:1-2) Then John outlined the way for you to tell that you know Him and that is if you keep His commandments. He wrote that the person who says that he knows Jesus Christ and does not keep Him commandments is a liar and there is no Truth in that person. However, whoever follows My instructions in the words of Christ Jesus truly has been made perfect in Him and in that way you can be sure that you are united with Him, because a person who claims to abide in Him will conduct himself or herself just like Christ Jesus did when He walked the earth in human flesh. In referring to His commandments, John wrote that he was not referring to any new commandment, but instead an old one that they had from the very beginning which is the commandment that they had already heard from Him and that was realized in you, that being that the darkness is over and the real life has begun; plus, the real Light has begun to shine in the hearts of the believers in Christ. John wrote that a person who claims to know Me and hates his brother but claims to be in the Light, then all the while he is in darkness even then. John proclaimed that a person who continues in the Light is the one who loves his brother and there is nothing in him to cause him to fall; but a person who hates his brother is in darkness, walks in shadows, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes, speaking of the devil as being the darkness. John's revelation of the commandment to love one another is the fulfillment of all the Jewish laws. Jesus Christ said that all of the laws are contained in the one which says to love the Lord your God and to love your neighbor as yourself. Because John was the disciple who referred to himself as "the one whom Jesus loved,' He had a revelation of the transforming power of My Love. John's revelation of Love is the foundation of My kingdom of God. To build a religion on any other foundation will eventually cause a great falling away in you because you do not know Me intimately but you only know Me by the hearing of your ears, like Job who was cursed in every way, but who repented when he met Me face to face. (Job 42:1-6) Paul, who did not walk with Jesus when Jesus was in the flesh but met Christ Jesus as the Risen Christ, he wrote that his determined purpose in life was to know Me so intimately that he was conformed into My image. My children must have that as their determined purpose in order for them to overcome the evil that is in the world by the power of My Holy Spirit is to know Me intimately face to face by revelation of My words. Your Father of Revelation Knowledge