All through history, human beings have produced idols - their own pictures of what God is like. But Jesus Christ is the true and perfect likeness of God.

Believers know the Father - because they have seen his Son, Jesus Christ.

Believers must take very seriously the reality and malice of the evil one. But we should not live in fear of him. He cannot touch those who have been born of God.

There is a sin unto death. But those who are born of God cannot commit it - they are guarded by His eternal Son, Jesus Christ.

John assures us that if we pray for our fellow believers who fall into sin, God will give them life.