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1 John 1. 1 John 3. 1 John 2. New King James Version. The Test of Knowing Christ. 2 My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
- A. Fellowship and The Problem of sin.
- B. John Addresses His Readers According to Their Measure of Spiritual maturity.
- C. An Attack on Our Relationship with God: Worldliness.
- D. An Attack on Our Relationship with God: False Religion.
- E. Abiding: Preserving Our Relationship.
1. (1a) A purpose of John in writing this letter: that you may not sin.
My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. a. These things I write to you, that you may not sin: 1 John 1:8 made it clear that sin is a fact (at least an occasional fact) in the life of the Christian. 1 John 1:9 makes it clear that there is always forgiveness for confessed sin. Yet, John wants it also to be clear that the Christian should be concerned about sin. One reason in writing this letter was that you may not sin. i. John previously rebuked the idea that we...
2. (1b-2) Help for the sinner and the restoration of fellowship.
And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. a. We have an Advocate: God’s desire is that you may not sin. Yet if we do, there is provision made – an Advocate, a defense lawyer on our side. Our Advocateis Jesus Christ Himself. i. Lenski on the ancient word for Advocate: “Demosthenes uses it to designate the friends of the accused who voluntarily step in...
3. (3-6) The fruit of fellowship.
Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked. a. Now by this we know that we know Him: The evidence of someone knowing God, and fellowship with Him is that he does keep His commandments. A si...
1. (12) Little children, who have their sins forgiven.
I write to you, little children, Because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake. a. I write to you, little children: We each begin the Christian life as little children. When we are in this state spiritually, it is enough for us to know and be amazed at the forgiveness of our sins and all it took for God to forgive us righteously in Jesus Christ. b. Because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake: This is something to rejoice in. If we do not rejoice in this, something is wrong...
2. (13a) Fathers, who have an experiential knowledge of Jesus Christ.
I write to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who isfrom the beginning. a. I write to you, fathers: Just as surely as there are little children, there are also fathers. These are men and women of deep, long spiritual standing. They have the kind of walk with God that doesn’t come overnight. These are like great oak trees in the Lord, that have grown big and strong through the years. b. You have known Him: This is what spiritual maturity has its roots in. It is not so much in an intellec...
3. (13b) Young men, who have known spiritual victory.
I write to you, young men, Because you have overcome the wicked one. a. I write to you, young men: As much as there are little children and fathers, so also there are young men. These are men and women who are no longer little children, but still not yet fathers. They are the “front-line” of God’s work among His people. i. “The proper attribute of youth is, to carry on the active parts of life – if soldiers, to be engaged in all active service.” (Alford) b. Because you have overcome the wicke...
1. (15) The problem of worldliness.
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. a. Do not love the world: John has told us that if we walk in sin’s darkness and claim to be in fellowship with God, we are lying (1 John 1:6). Now John points out a specific area of sin that especially threatens our fellowship with God: worldliness, to love the world. b. Do not love the world or the things in the world: The world, in the sense John means it here, is not the glob...
2. (16) The character of the world.
For all that isin the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. a. For all that is in the world: The character of the world expresses itself through the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. These lusts seek to draw our own flesh away into sin and worldliness. i. The idea behind the pride of lifeis someone who lives for superiority over others, mostly by impressing others through outward appeara...
3. (17) The folly of worldliness.
And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever. a. The world is passing away: This reveals the folly of worldliness. What we invest into the world we invest into what cannot last because the world is passing away. As we saw with the example of the tower of Babel, the world neverwins out against God, though by some appearances it does. i. The world is passing away. It is not a prayer, not a wish, and not a spiritual sounding desire. It is a fa...
1. (18-19) The danger of false religion: the spirit of Antichrist.
Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went outthat they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us. a. Little children, it is the last hour: John lived in the constant expectancy of Jesus’ return, regarding his time as the last hour....
2. (20-23) Identifying the spirit of antichrist.
But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things. I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth. Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also. a. You have an anointing: Here John referred to a common anointing, belonging to all believer...
1. (24) Preserving relationship against the threat of the spirit of antichrist: abiding in the true Christian message and abiding in God.
Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. a. Therefore: In light of the danger of the spirit of antichrist, we protect ourselves against the spirit of antichrist by abiding in the original, core Christian message (that which you heard from the beginning). As we walk in the simplicity and power of that message, we will not be led astray. i. Humans, by nature, are almo...
2. (25) The blessing of abiding in the truth and in God: eternal life.
And this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life. a. This is the promise: When His truth (what we heard from the beginning) lives in us, then God lives in us. When God lives in us, we have a promise. In this kind of life, the promise of eternal lifeis real. b. Eternal life: This is not mere immortality. Every human being, made in the image of God, is immortal, in the sense that our souls will live forever, either in heaven or in hell. So, eternal life doesn’t just mean a life that...
3. (26-27) Our protection against deception: the anointing.
These things I have written to you concerning those who try todeceive you. But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him. a. These things I have written: John knew there was deception among these early Christians, and it concerned him. He had a passion to keep them consistent with God’s m...
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