Well, my apologies for being a week late with this episode. You'll have to listen for my explanation, and I do hope you will forgive me, you know, in the spirit of fellowship.

John opens his sermon this week with a basic fundamental teaching of Christian doctrine. This is one we don't have any wiggle room on: Jesus is fully God and fully man. Can we explain it perfectly? Nope. Do we understand it fully? Probably not. Is it essential that we believe it? Absolutely! The Eternal Life who was with God the Father, became flesh and brought his light into the darkness of the world. Life and Light.

John builds a framework for his audience to be assured of their salvation, and it begins with the belief that Jesus is fully God and fully man, and he came in the flesh to live a perfect life and stand in our place as a punishment for sin.

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1 John | Three Tests of 1 John | Fellowship | Eternal Life | Walking in Light |

If you're just now joining us because you were looking for a Bible Study podcast on 1-2-3 John, you're in the right place, and we are so thankful you are here. But...let me give you a little heads up - we started our study on John's Epistles a little unconventionally, and we've already covered 3rd John and 2nd John respectively. So it may be worth your while to go back and listen to our introduction episode, and then the discussions on 3rd and 2nd John to catch you up!

Now, for those of you who have been waiting for us to arrive at 1st John, today is your day! We are reading the 1st chapter of 1st John this week. Your reading time is 1:30, so actually you have time to read the entire scroll (all 5 chapters of 1st John), which will only take you about 16 minutes. Let me challenge you to do that at least two times this week - because let's not forget, the epistle was written as one long letter on one scroll. It is meant to be read all in one seating.

Then as you begin to focus in on chapter 1, here is an excercize for you to do, and some things for you to look for, make note of, and think about as you read:

1) With colored pens/pencils/highlighters, mark any repeated words, phrases or ideas.

2) Go back and read the gospel of John, 1:1-5. What similarities to you see with these verses and the opening verses of John's epistle here?

3) How does John describe his interaction with Jesus in verses 1-3, and why was it important for him to establish this interaction?

4) How does John develop the theme of fellowship in this chapter?

5) Look for contrasting themes in vs 5-10. (Hint, there are TWO DIFFERENT sets of contrasts!) Why do you think John uses these contrasts as a teaching tool?

6) What is John's purpose for writing this letter? What specific theme is he referring to? (Hint: it's the exact same thing we talked about last week.)

7) What all does this chapter teach us about Jesus?

I could go on and on...but this will get you started and give you a good foundation for the discussion. I will meet you right back here next week for the longer discussion!

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1 John | Johannine Epistles | Letter of 1st John | John's Testimony

Ahhhh, 2nd John...a quick introduction to the big letter of 1st John. If it were written today, it might include a list of bullet points like this:

• TRUTH
• LOVE
• WARNING ABOUT FALSE TEACHERS
• THE WRONG AND RIGHT KIND OF FELLOWSHIP
• INTRODUCTION TO THE CONCEPT OF "ABIDING"

John lays the foundation with these themes and gives us a little sampling of what's coming in his longer letter, but this letter is still important. It's a starting point and a guiding light that will lead the way into deeper teaching.

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2nd John | Johannine Epistles | Truth and Love | Love One Another | False Teachers | Elect Lady and Her Children | Love in Truth | Walking in Truth