“የእግዚአብሔር ልጆች ተብለን እንድንጠራ አብ አትረፍርፎ ያፈሰሰልን ፍቅር ምንኛ ታላቅ ነው! እኛም እንዲሁ ልጆቹ ነን።”
— 1ኛ ዮሐንስ 3፥1

የተትረፈረፈው ፍቅር ተካፋዮች ነን

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“ወዳጆች ሆይ፤ እኛ አሁን የእግዚአብሔር ልጆች ነን፤ ወደ ፊት ምን እንደምንሆን ገና አልተገለጠም። እርሱ በሚገለጥበት ጊዜ እናየዋለንና፣ እርሱን እንደ ምንመስል እናውቃለን።በእርሱ ይህን ተስፋ የሚያደርግ ሁሉ፣ እርሱ ንጹሕ እንደሆነ ራሱን ያነጻል።”
— 1ኛ ዮሐንስ 3፥3

One day the Lord Jesus will come back to take His people to heaven. Then we shall see Jesus Christ as He really is. When we see Him, we shall change and be like Him. But nobody can ever be equal to Him. We will not become God as He is. But we will be similar to Him in character. We will live with God the Father and with the Lord Jesus. We will never die. We will be clean from sin and there will be no more sin. As Jesus is holy, so He will make us holy.

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“ከእግዚአብሔር የተወለደ ሁሉ ኀጢአትን አያደርግም፤ የእርሱ ዘር በውስጡ ይኖራልና፤ ከእግዚአብሔር ስለ ተወለደም ኀጢአትን ሊያደርግ አይችልም።”
— 1ኛ ዮሐንስ 3፥9

It is not that true Christians are perfect. It is still possible for them to sin. But sin will not be the normal pattern of their lives. They do not persist in a lifestyle of willful, unrepentant sin. They have been born of God.

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“ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሕይወቱን ስለ እኛ አሳልፎ ስለ ሰጠ፣ ፍቅር ምን እንደሆነ በዚህ እናውቃለን፤ እኛም ሕይወታችንን ስለ ወንድሞቻችን አሳልፈን ልንሰጥ ይገባናል።”
— 1ኛ ዮሐንስ 3፥16

To love is to lay down your life for others. (To believers and Non-believers.) Since Christ died for all, that is what love is, to lay down your life for all.

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“ማንም ሀብት እያለው፣ ወንድሙ ሲቸገር አይቶ ባይራራለት፣ የእግዚአብሔር ፍቅር እንዴት በእርሱ ይኖራል?”
— 1ኛ ዮሐንስ 3፥17

To have pity on someone is Christ like.

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“ልጆች ሆይ፤ በተግባርና በእውነት እንጂ በቃልና በአንደበት ብቻ አንዋደድ።”
— 1ኛ ዮሐንስ 3፥18

Christ didn’t only speak of His love. Infact He demonstrated His love more by doing than by speaking. Loving "in truth" means that love should be sincere and authentic, rooted in genuine concern for others, rather than being motivated by selfish desires or appearances.

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"ትእዛዙም በልጁ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እንድናምንና እርሱ እንዳዘዘንም እርስ በርሳችን እንድንዋደድ ነው። ትእዛዞቹንም የሚጠብቁ ሁሉ በእርሱ ይኖራሉ፤ እርሱም በእነርሱ ይኖራል። በእኛ መኖሩን በዚህ ይኸውም እርሱ በሰጠን መንፈስ እናውቃለን።"
— 1ኛ ዮሐንስ 3:23-24

Here, the apostle John acknowledges that sometimes our hearts might condemn us — perhaps we feel guilty, unworthy, or anxious about our standing before God. However, John reminds us that "God is greater than our hearts." Even when we feel overwhelmed by self-doubt, God's knowledge and love surpass our feelings. He knows everything about us, and His grace can overcome our self-condemnation.

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What does overcoming the world mean?

The world is a physical place where our physical being finds pleasures for itself. The world is filled with the pleasures of the body, the pleasures of our senses and filled with things to be prideful about.

To overcome means to successfully deal with or defeat a problem, obstacle or challenge.

So put together, one of the major ways for a Christian to defeat the world means to successfully deal with and defeat the flesh.

A person who is struggling to kill the flesh, so that the spirit in him is the major decision maker, is the person overcoming the world.

Simply said in different terms, a person who's conquering the world is the person who's being obedient to God. Since God's commandments are against the world's and against the flesh's system of pride and lust obeying these commandments empowers us to overcome the world.

What are God's commandments? Simply put God wants His believers to love Him and to love each other. So living in love is obeying God's commandments and living in love is overcoming the world.

Live in love so that you defeat your flesh and the world!

P.S. This is the world view laid out in 1st John.

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