Message Take Aways:

1. John exhorts the believer to observe the commandments of God by walking in truth and love—“Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.” Romans 12:9

2. John warned believers to be on guard against false teachers because their deceptive doctrines pose a continual danger within the church—“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.” 1 John 4:1