267.Faith in the Son of God

Open it

1. What makes a person’s testimony seem credible or incredible?

2. How do you demonstrate love for your parents?

3. *What do you find burdensome or a drag to do?

Explore It

1. Who is born of God? (5:1)

2. What can be said about the person who loves the Father? (5:1)

3. How can a person know if he or she loves God’s people? (5:2)

4. What is love for God? (5:2)

5. *What unique quality do God’s commands have? Why is this true? (5:3–4)

6. *Who overcomes the world? (5:4–5)

7. *How can we overcome the world? (5:4–5)

8. How did Jesus Christ come? (5:6)

9. Why does the Spirit testify? (5:6)

10. What three things are in agreement? (5:7–8)

11. Why is God’s testimony greater than man’s testimony? (5:9)

12. Who has made God out to be a liar? (5:10)

13. What testimony has God given concerning His Son? (5:10–11)

14. What do we have if we have Christ in us? (5:12)

Get It

1. What does it mean to be born of God?

2. How can we know that we are born of God?

3. How do you know that you are a child of God?

4. What are the commands of God with which you struggle with obeying?

5. In what way should we love the children of God?

6. *When have you thought that God’s commands were burdensome?

7. *What does it mean to overcome the world?

8. How have you overcome the world?

9. What is your relationship to the Son?

10. How can a person receive eternal life?

Apply It

1. *How will you demonstrate your love for the Father today?

2. What steps do you need to take in order to be certain you are a child of God?

3. What will you do to celebrate your life in the Son today?