The letter, 1 John, will clear up all the doubts you ever had as to whether you are a Christian.  He wants you to have no doubts and starts with the fact that he personally has seen, heard and touched Jesus in the flesh.  He uses those three of the five senses to accentuate that.

He continues with the fact that he is declaring, recording, telling, but mostly writing it all down so you will know. (He uses that word “know”  40 times in King James)  John doesn’t want you to have any doubts that what he is saying is the truth and he wants you to have a written record of what he is saying.

John then starts by saying “If” 16 times. Chapter 1:3 says, “And hereby we do know that we know him if we keep his commandments.”

Chapter 3:12b “...if we love one another, God dwells in us...”

Chapter 3:20a  “If a man says, I love God and hates his brother, he is a liar...”

Chapter 1:8a “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

There are 13 more “if” statements...look them up.

The description of what your life looks like when you let God in is very clear.  John was the one whom Jesus loved.  John doesn’t pull any punches.  If you keep doing the same old things you always did after you say, “I believe,”  You need to reconsider whether you are changed, or not.