1 John 5 [Daily Bible Study] 

Thanks for the encouragement Nina!

Yes plz explain 16 -17 Plzzzz

While studying this chapter, I often use text commentaries via the blue letter bible app to help. V. 16-17 state that if a brother sins but the sin does not lead to death we should pray for them. When it says and He will give him life, it’s likely to say that this type of prayer holds a special purpose (because we pray on behalf of another, we show love for another) and God will deliver on a promise to bless such prayer. (Perhaps) The sin that leads to death could mean the willingness to deny Jesus or blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. And this sin leads to death because that person is now in God’s hands, there’s nothing more which can be done through prayer. This would be death through corrective judgement from God, not condemnation. If you have the blue letter bible app this can be found under David Guziks commentary of chapter 5. Hope this helps.

Ezekiel 18:26 When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. 27Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. 28Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. We shouldn't claim to have the Holy Spirit and be born again and continue in our sins. Or not fully give our lives to Christ, holding back parts of our life to continue in sin. I'm reminded of Ananias from Acts 5, who didn't give his all to the church, but held back and lied. Lying on the Holy Spirit, leads to death. Like MichaelBrianInc said.

It’s a difficult verse to understand- it’s what led me here- I watched a few other videos about it. To sum it up if this helps anyone else also- basically we have to understand that we need to pray for everyone - even our enemies - it’s what Jesus told us to do- and other places in The Bible we are told to pray for others that may even be in sin but The Bible says that we can restore someone- Galatians 6:1 - 17 and Job 42 : 7 - 9 and Paul made the distinction of that- if you see someone caught in sin pray for them - and there is no sin that is not uncommon to all man- however in reference to this particular sin that “leads to death” as you are referring to - we have a few examples- one is Anananias and sapphira - who their sin lead to death- immediate death- and then we also have the example of Paul speaking about someone who was having inappropriate physical relationships with his mother in law within the church- 1 Corinthians 5:5 Paul says that he turns this person over to satan that his soul maybe saved on The day The Lord returns. - This is when someone keeps sinning and willfully and is unrepentant - these are all difficult to understand but in verses like these it is important to keep praying about them and keep asking Jesus to teach us to understand them and to pray that He would send us The Holy Spirit to help us to understand - they are very difficult to understand- John closes this book with “little children keep yourselves from idols “ so it is a clear warning to abstain and run from sin- to not entertain sin- and this also with this verse of the “sin that leads to death” it is difficult to understand but we should be just clinging to Jesus as much as we can- so there is no room for any opportunity for sin- love God and love your brother as yourself- and if we have The love of Christ in us these commandments are not burdensome to us. Simply do unto others as we would have them do unto us- what would we want other people to do to us? And then respond and act the same way- it isn’t difficult- this is what the bulk of the book John was talking about- the one verse about the sin leading to death is difficult - because we don’t want ourselves or anyone of our loved ones or anyone we know or have met or seen or know of to commit any sin that is unforgivable or any sin that leads to death- but it is important to focus on the great amount of grace that God has- and even in The Book of Job - God tells Jobs friends to offer sacrifice and that Job will pray for them- the amazing part is that we can pray for others that God will turn their hearts and minds toward Him- that is what the amazing thing is- and we need to focus on the larger context of The Bible as a whole and the larger context of The Book of John as a whole- remember - the devil cherry picked Bible verses to tempt Jesus- it’s important we look at The Bible as a whole and we remember that God is good and God is gracious- loving and merciful- and you can not put love God- if you were a container that could hold love and if your container could hold grace- and if your container could hold mercy - imagine a cup and love would be the water pouring into the cup- you can not have or hold or contain more love inside you then God can- you can not be more Concerned or more compassionate then God can- you can not- remember Jesus said - “I desire mercy and not sacrifice “ Matthew 9:13 - as merciful as you could be- you can never be more merciful then Jesus- you can never be more merciful-compassionate -loving - forgiving - or concerned about other people then God The Father is- and this includes other people- and it also includes you- as much as you love your own self even- and that can be a lot- people can even have unhealthy selfish love for themselves - but God even loves you more then you love yourself - Romans 5:8 “God proves His love for us while we were yet sinners Christ died for us” - so while we were selfishly loving ourselves and seeking selfish ambition and earthly desires and even sinners - God loved us even more then we loved ourselves- so I hope that is encouraging- God bless- Love God The Father - Jesus Christ and The Holy Spirit and your neighbor as yourself- Jesus Bless

By the way- I pray that Jesus comforts you by The Holy Spirit and that God The Father will reveal Himself to you and give you understanding of His love and give you peace of mind and that you would lead many souls to Christ- through prayer and through sharing The Love and The Life of Jesus Christ - I pray Gods peace and presence would surround you and you would see God working in every area of your life. - I pray that God would help you with all of the needs and desires you have that God would grant the desires of your heart- I pray you would have a deep passion to read The Bible and to pray and seek Jesus in all things- I pray that God would bless me to be a pastor one day - and that He would prepare me for that and that The Holy Spirit would give me wisdom and transform me by His grace- love and speak through me and use me as a vessel for His honor- in Jesus Name- Amen

No- this is not what we mean. As Pastors, we sin as well. God is faithful to forgive. There is a difference between slipping up and coming back for forgiveness compared to walking in darkness and not repenting. Do you have a church you are a part of? Definitely speak with one of the leaders there.or message us at BranchChurch.org