Do not be afraid for I have redeemed you

Notes of meeting on 29 July 2015

1 John 5 v 13 - 20
¹³ I have written this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
¹⁴ Our fearlessness towards him consists in this, that if we ask anything in accordance with his will he hears us.
¹⁵ And if we know that he listens to whatever we ask him, we know that we already possess whatever we have asked of him.
¹⁶ If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that is not a deadly sin, he has only to pray, and God will give life to this brother -- provided that it is not a deadly sin. There is sin that leads to death and I am not saying you must pray about that.
¹⁷ Every kind of wickedness is sin, but not all sin leads to death.
¹⁸ We are well aware that no one who is a child of God sins, because he who was born from God protects him, and the Evil One has no hold over him.
¹⁹ We are well aware that we are from God, and the whole world is in the power of the Evil One.
²⁰ We are well aware also that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know the One who is true. We are in the One who is true as we are in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and this is eternal life. Children, be on your guard against false gods.

Isaiah 43 v 1 -3
¹ And now, thus says Yahweh, he who created you, Jacob, who formed you, Israel: Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name, you are mine.
² Should you pass through the waters, I shall be with you; or through rivers, they will not swallow you up. Should you walk through fire, you will not suffer, and the flame will not burn you.
³ For I am Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour.