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1 John
The First Epistle of John was written by “the disciple whom Jesus loved,” the fisherman who had leaned on the Saviour’s breast at the Last Supper and stood at the foot of the cross. By now he was an old man, the last of the twelve, caring for the churches of Asia. He writes as a witness: “That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you.” And he writes as a father to his “little children,” guarding them against teachers who denied that “Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.”
This series reads 1 John chapter by chapter, following this site’s study of 2 Peter. The letter circles around three great words: God is light, God is love, and God has given us eternal life in His Son. Along the way it gives some of Scripture’s clearest statements on confession and forgiveness, on Christ our “advocate with the Father,” on sin as “the transgression of the law,” and on the assurance of the believer: “He that hath the Son hath life.”
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God Is Light
the word of life that john heard, saw and handled, fellowship with the father and the son, god is light and in him is no darkness at all, walking in the light, the blood of jesus christ cleanseth us from all sin, and if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive
1 John 1We Have An Advocate With The Father
my little children, that ye sin not, jesus christ the righteous our advocate and propitiation, keeping his commandments and walking as he walked, the old and new commandment of love, love not the world which passeth away, and many antichrists who deny the father and the son
1 John 2Now Are We The Sons Of God
what manner of love the father hath bestowed that we should be called the sons of god, we shall be like him when he shall appear, sin is the transgression of the law, christ manifested to destroy the works of the devil, not as cain, and love in deed and in truth
1 John 3God Is Love
try the spirits whether they are of god, jesus christ come in the flesh, greater is he that is in you, god is love, god sent his only begotten son that we might live through him, he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in god, perfect love casteth out fear, and we love him because he first loved us
1 John 4He That Hath The Son Hath Life
his commandments are not grievous, the victory that overcometh the world even our faith, he that came by water and blood, the witness of god, eternal life is in his son, he that hath the son hath life, confidence in prayer, the sin unto death, and little children keep yourselves from idols
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