1. The assurance that comes from obedience
3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.
1 John 2:3 (ESV)
14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. John 15:14 (ESV)
8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8 (ESV)
22 . . . to obey is better than sacrifice . . . 1 Samuel 15:22 (ESV)
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. James 1:22 (ESV)
2. The assertion that follows disobedience
4 Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, 1 John 2:4 (ESV)
3. The attestation that flows from love
5 but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: 1 John 2:5 (ESV)
15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. John 14:15 (ESV)
4. The abiding proved through lifestyle
6 whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.
1 John 2:6 (ESV)
2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith . . . Hebrews 12:2 (NASB)
1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children . . . 8 . . . Walk as children of light
Ephesians 5:1; 8 (ESV)