1st letter of John: Part 1
Chapter 1:1 to 2:27
Why was it written?
A. 1 John 1:4 to bring
Joy
B. 1 John 2:1 to help us toward
holiness
C. 1 John 5:13
to bring full assurance of eternal life
1
John 1:1-4 John was writing at the end of his
life. Probably he was in his eighties? It had been
60 years since he met Christ. Here he gives his
personal testimony. Many believe it was the last New
Testament book to be written.
The Keyword is: FELLOWSHIP
A.
What is Fellowship?
John 13:23, Something shared, in common-communion,
participants Koinonia= we get the English word -
coin (something shared/passed
around).
Partnership, with
God and with one another
B.
How do we live in Fellowship? 1:5-2:14
A.
Walk (lifestyle) in the light 1:5-7
B.
Confess sin 1:8-2:2 (continuous cleansing)
made pure from all unrighteousness v 9
C.
Obey His commandments 2:3-6
D.
Love one another 2:7-14 walk in harmony
C.
What stops us having Fellowship? 2:15-27
Love
of the world 2:15-17 Solomon: 1 Kings 11:6-10,
David: Psalm 51, Nebuchadnezzar…Daniel 4:29-31,
34 Spirit of Antichrist 1 John 2:18-27 compare
with Judas - John 13:30.