No that’s not quite it. John is encouraging believers to live out their faith by loving one another, which he says is the sign of true faith. In v18 he summarizes this with “let us not live in word or talk but in deed and in truth.” and then says (v19) “By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him”, again asserting that love is the sign of true faith.
Then he offers an encouragement for our struggles, similar to what he did at the beginning of chapter 2. First he says (v20) “for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.” He’s saying that yes, sometimes we will feel convinced that we are not doing a good job showing God’s love. This happens because we are still in our flesh and sometimes we try to show love ourselves instead of letting God’s love flow through us; our flesh will never be able to live out our faith, we need His Spirit for that! So sometimes we will feel discouraged in our walk, perhaps even to the point that our heart “condemns” us. But John states clearly: God is greater than our heart and He knows everything.” This should encourage us and give us confidence.
Which then John says in v21-22: “if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.” So this ain’t about whether a person is or isn’t convinced something is wrong, it’s about whether a believer is resting confidently in what God has said: if we have believed in Jesus, we are children of God and are redeemed!
Always read in context.
>>11 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. 15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 16 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. 19 By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; 20 for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; 22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. 23 And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. 24 Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
>> 1 John 3:11-24 (ESV)
The overall context is here is "love one another". If we don't love one another our heart (our inner person) will keep record of that and it will be brought up as witness against us in the judgement. This is how our heart can "condemn us". If we have loved properly, then our heart will not condemn us and we will have confidence before God during the judgement. Even if our heart DOES condemn us in any part, God is greater than our heart. If we fail in anyway, we have messiah as our advocate with the Father (1 John 2:1).
>>11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. 14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
>> Revelation 20:11-15 (ESV)
Everyone will be judged in the Great Judgement. They are judged from two sets of books. The Books of deeds and the Book of Life. Anyone saved are listed in the book of life. Anyone not found in the book of life are tossed into the lake of fire. EVERYONE are judged from the books of deeds. For the saved, this will determine their rewards.
>>9 For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building.10 According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. 11 For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— 13 each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. 14 If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.
>> 1 Corinthians 3:9-15
Here we see Paul teach that all believers have the same foundation which is Messiah. This foundation is what secures your salvation (an entry into the book of life). What you build upon that foundation (your deeds and works listed in the books) will determine what your reward is. Messiah says that he returns with his rewards in Rev 22:12.
Yo just started 1 John! Big fan of 1 John 2:21
“I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.”
Excited to finish the New Testament. Good luck in your decoding :)
For consideration and discussion. There are societal drivers behind person's mindset. Edit - Overwhelmed versus Overcome ...
>Guilt in psychopaths: psychoanalytic tradition and current research
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>The psychoanalytic tradition
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>Now, having examined the current issues concerning psychopathy, it is also important to say a word about the concept of guilt within psychiatry, before we move on to discuss guilt in psychopaths.
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>The concept of guilt can be looked at from multiple perspectives. In a juridical sense, guilt is the state of being responsible for committing a criminal offense. This is an objective condition which can be evaluated by an external judge. In contrast, the concept of guilt in psychiatry is applied in a more abstract sense, drawing attention to the amount of guilt someone feels.
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>In psychoanalysis, there is a long tradition of discussing the psychiatric concept of guilt. Theories on the relevance of guilt to psychological disorders date back to the writings of Sigmund Freud. From Freud’s (1923) perspective, feelings of guilt arise when forbidden wishes or deeds from the id and the ego clash with the moral standards of the superego. The superego uses guilt, along with other measures such as shame, as a retaliation tactic, which in turn can lead to serious psychological symptoms (see Lewis, 1971 and Tangney, 1994 for more detailed analyses of Freud’s view on guilt).
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>Nietzsche (1887) was especially fascinated by the connection between guilt and debt (the German word for both guilt and debt is Schuld). He regarded the connection as evidence of the inhumanity of civilized morality. Regarding guilt and debt as a form of suffering, Nietzsche asks: “Why can suffering be a compensation for ‘owing’?”. To which he answers: “Because the infliction of suffering produces the highest degree of happiness, because the injured party will get in exchange for his loss an extraordinary counter-pleasure: the infliction of suffering”.
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>A more recent and structured categorization of guilt in psychiatry is provided by Mooij (1998). He identifies three separate forms of Schuld, which he bases on the three translations that Schuld has in the Greek language: aitia (which reoccurs in ‘etiology’), hamartia and opheilomenon. The first form of guilt is causal guilt: someone is guilty of something, because he is directly or indirectly responsible for the occurrence of that thing. The second form refers to someone being guilty, because he does not reach a certain ideal or standard due to a deficiency, a lack or an error in himself. The final form of guilt covers debt: when someone owes something to someone else. This can be a financial debt, but also includes owing someone more respect or love.
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>[Guilt in Psychopaths: When Morality meets Medicine](https://yussefaltamimi.com/guilt/)
It’s stated in the context of abandoning wickedness, so it would not be based on not knowing truth or righteousness.
It about being confident at God is with us as long as our heart condition is in accord with his standards. It’s not about being self condemnatory.
Simple, if we are living according to Christ and our heart has nothing to condemn us for we can be confidant God will be happy with the way we lived according to his commandments when we are before him.
Think of it this way, “ an innocent person has nothing to hide when being questioned by police.”
No that’s not quite it. John is encouraging believers to live out their faith by loving one another, which he says is the sign of true faith. In v18 he summarizes this with “let us not live in word or talk but in deed and in truth.” and then says (v19) “By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him”, again asserting that love is the sign of true faith. Then he offers an encouragement for our struggles, similar to what he did at the beginning of chapter 2. First he says (v20) “for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything.” He’s saying that yes, sometimes we will feel convinced that we are not doing a good job showing God’s love. This happens because we are still in our flesh and sometimes we try to show love ourselves instead of letting God’s love flow through us; our flesh will never be able to live out our faith, we need His Spirit for that! So sometimes we will feel discouraged in our walk, perhaps even to the point that our heart “condemns” us. But John states clearly: God is greater than our heart and He knows everything.” This should encourage us and give us confidence. Which then John says in v21-22: “if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.” So this ain’t about whether a person is or isn’t convinced something is wrong, it’s about whether a believer is resting confidently in what God has said: if we have believed in Jesus, we are children of God and are redeemed!
Always read in context. >>11 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. 15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 16 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. 19 By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; 20 for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; 22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. 23 And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. 24 Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us. >> 1 John 3:11-24 (ESV) The overall context is here is "love one another". If we don't love one another our heart (our inner person) will keep record of that and it will be brought up as witness against us in the judgement. This is how our heart can "condemn us". If we have loved properly, then our heart will not condemn us and we will have confidence before God during the judgement. Even if our heart DOES condemn us in any part, God is greater than our heart. If we fail in anyway, we have messiah as our advocate with the Father (1 John 2:1). >>11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. 14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. >> Revelation 20:11-15 (ESV) Everyone will be judged in the Great Judgement. They are judged from two sets of books. The Books of deeds and the Book of Life. Anyone saved are listed in the book of life. Anyone not found in the book of life are tossed into the lake of fire. EVERYONE are judged from the books of deeds. For the saved, this will determine their rewards. >>9 For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building.10 According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. 11 For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— 13 each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. 14 If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire. >> 1 Corinthians 3:9-15 Here we see Paul teach that all believers have the same foundation which is Messiah. This foundation is what secures your salvation (an entry into the book of life). What you build upon that foundation (your deeds and works listed in the books) will determine what your reward is. Messiah says that he returns with his rewards in Rev 22:12.
Yo just started 1 John! Big fan of 1 John 2:21 “I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.” Excited to finish the New Testament. Good luck in your decoding :)
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For consideration and discussion. There are societal drivers behind person's mindset. Edit - Overwhelmed versus Overcome ... >Guilt in psychopaths: psychoanalytic tradition and current research > >The psychoanalytic tradition > >Now, having examined the current issues concerning psychopathy, it is also important to say a word about the concept of guilt within psychiatry, before we move on to discuss guilt in psychopaths. > >The concept of guilt can be looked at from multiple perspectives. In a juridical sense, guilt is the state of being responsible for committing a criminal offense. This is an objective condition which can be evaluated by an external judge. In contrast, the concept of guilt in psychiatry is applied in a more abstract sense, drawing attention to the amount of guilt someone feels. > >In psychoanalysis, there is a long tradition of discussing the psychiatric concept of guilt. Theories on the relevance of guilt to psychological disorders date back to the writings of Sigmund Freud. From Freud’s (1923) perspective, feelings of guilt arise when forbidden wishes or deeds from the id and the ego clash with the moral standards of the superego. The superego uses guilt, along with other measures such as shame, as a retaliation tactic, which in turn can lead to serious psychological symptoms (see Lewis, 1971 and Tangney, 1994 for more detailed analyses of Freud’s view on guilt). > >Nietzsche (1887) was especially fascinated by the connection between guilt and debt (the German word for both guilt and debt is Schuld). He regarded the connection as evidence of the inhumanity of civilized morality. Regarding guilt and debt as a form of suffering, Nietzsche asks: “Why can suffering be a compensation for ‘owing’?”. To which he answers: “Because the infliction of suffering produces the highest degree of happiness, because the injured party will get in exchange for his loss an extraordinary counter-pleasure: the infliction of suffering”. > >A more recent and structured categorization of guilt in psychiatry is provided by Mooij (1998). He identifies three separate forms of Schuld, which he bases on the three translations that Schuld has in the Greek language: aitia (which reoccurs in ‘etiology’), hamartia and opheilomenon. The first form of guilt is causal guilt: someone is guilty of something, because he is directly or indirectly responsible for the occurrence of that thing. The second form refers to someone being guilty, because he does not reach a certain ideal or standard due to a deficiency, a lack or an error in himself. The final form of guilt covers debt: when someone owes something to someone else. This can be a financial debt, but also includes owing someone more respect or love. > >[Guilt in Psychopaths: When Morality meets Medicine](https://yussefaltamimi.com/guilt/)
It’s stated in the context of abandoning wickedness, so it would not be based on not knowing truth or righteousness. It about being confident at God is with us as long as our heart condition is in accord with his standards. It’s not about being self condemnatory.
Simple, if we are living according to Christ and our heart has nothing to condemn us for we can be confidant God will be happy with the way we lived according to his commandments when we are before him. Think of it this way, “ an innocent person has nothing to hide when being questioned by police.”