1 John 2:12-14I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for His Name’s sake.I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning.I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.I write to you, children, because you know the Father.I write…
1 John 2:3-11And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this…
1 John 1:5 – 2:2This is the message we have heard from Him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with Him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in…
1 John 1:1-4That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life—the Life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal Life, which…
1 John 1:1-4; 2 John 1:1-13; 3 John 1:1-14 Introduction• John an old man writing from Ephesus.• The Pax Romana (Roman Peace).• Gnosticism (Greek gnosis, which means “knowledge”) – taught that matter was inherently evil and spirit alone was good.• Three errors: a. Denied Christ’s true humanity. b. Claimed special, secret knowledge. c. Promoted antinomianism (moral behaviour…