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Send Time Well Spent and Pastor Warren a text about this message. Feel free to ask questions or share comments.I am going to go back and teach this verses 4-10 that I apparently missed when we took time to teach on Biblical giving. I am teaching through 1 John and I want to be sure that if you are keeping notes, your notes will not be missing anything because of me. So tonight I am going to teach verses 4-10. Polls consistently indicate that there is virtually no difference in America between those who claim to be born again Christians and the population at large when it comes to sexual morality, materialism, and worldview. Those claiming to be Christians think and act just as the world does. We may claim to believe in Jesus and the Bible, but our lives don’t back up the claims.First John is a much-needed antidote to this current form of Christianity. In combating certain heretics who had left the church and who were recruiting others to join them, John gives three tests of authentic Christianity: the moral test (obedience to Christ); the relational test (love for others); and, the doctrinal test (believing the truth about Christ). From 1 John 2: 28 - 3: 10, John gives the second application of the moral test. He makes it clear that a righteous life is a distinguishing mark of one that truly has been born of God. John’s overall theme in verses 4-10 is:Because sin is serious and it is opposed to the reasons why Christ came, Christians do not and cannot live in sin.Call (917) 889-9158