Know the Spirit of God
1 John 4:2: By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God.
Test the Spirits
1 John 4:1: 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.
His Abiding Spirit
1 John 3:24: Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.
Belief and Obedience
1 John 3:23: And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment.
His Response to Your Request
1 John 3:22: And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.
Confidence in Him
1 John 3:21: Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God.
Greater than Your Heart
1 John 3:20: For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
Certain Assurance
1 John 3:19: And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.
Pretend Love
1 John 3:18: My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
Love is an Action Word
1 John 3:17: But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?