How do You Know?

Pastor Troy Smothermon teaches from 1 John on how believers can know they belong to God—not through perfection but through growth and direction. Emphasizing John’s eyewitness testimony of Jesus, he explains that knowing truth protects against deception in spiritual warfare. He warns that claiming fellowship with God while walking in darkness is contradiction that can create strongholds, and defines walking in the light as living in truth, refusing to hide, and allowing correction. He then addresses how what we love shapes our lives, warning against loving the world through lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and pride of life, connecting these temptations to Eve and Jesus.