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I JOHN - II JOHN - III JOHNOUTLINE
I JOHN - EPISTLE OF LOVEI.CHAPTER ONEII.CHAPTER TWOIII.CHAPTER THREEIV.CHAPTER FOUR V.CHAPTER FIVEII JOHN - EPISTLE OF WARNINGIII JOHN - EPISTLE OF EXAMPLES65
 
Lesson l
EPISTLE OF LOVEChapter OneINTRODUCTION
: Throughout history, the church has had to contend with false prophets andfalse doctrine. This was no less true in the Apostle John’s day. At the time John wrote, aninfluential group began to trouble the church. They claimed to know all the mysteries of theuniverse, but denied much of what our Lord and His Apostles taught. They denied that Christhad “come in the flesh” (I John 4:3). Without going into great detail about this heresy, suffice itto say that false doctrines die hard.Even today, we are combating certain elements of this same heresy. There are those whodeny the Virgin Birth, who say it is impossible for there to have been a “God-man”. John saysthis is the “spirit of anti-Christ” (I John 4:3b). Others say, as they did in John’s day, that it is possible to live above sin, to be completely sinless. “No”, John said. “No one is totally withoutsin”, (I John 1:8, 10). Against all false teachers, we are to be on our guard; and if a teacher or teaching is questionable, we are to “try the spirits whether they are of God” (I John 4:1).
I.THE REALITY OF THE INCARNATION
(Verses l, 2)
.
A.
John’s message is of Jesus Christ
. He has four great things to say in these verses aboutJesus. l.
He was from the beginning
. Beyond time in eternity past.2.
God took upon Himself an actual human body
. One that could be seen andfelt (see also John 1:1 - 14).3.
He is the Word of Life.
The source and fountain of life.4.
He is eternal
. He had always been with the Father (John 1:1, 2).B.
John also presents four evidences from his own personal experience of Christ
.l.
He says that he has heard Him
. "Faith cometh by hearing...”2.
He says that he has seen Him
. “Look and live”3.
He says that he has looked (gazed) on Him
. To look saved, to gaze makes oneholy.4.
He says that his hands actually touched Christ
. He was no phantom or merevision.66
 
Lesson 1 (cont’d)
II.THE WAY TO HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
(verses 3 - 10).A.
We can only have fellowship with God when we walk in the light
(verses 5 - 7).“God is light”, which means He is absolutely holy and without any trace of evil. Sincannot exist in His presence anymore than darkness can exist in the presence of physicallight. Light is life-giving (John 1:4).Verse six does not mean that a man must be perfect before he can have fellowshipwith God; if that were the case, all of us would be shut out. But it does mean that he willnever think light of sin and the nearer he comes to God, the more terrible sin will be tohim.Any believer who walks in the light of the Word of God discovers sin in his life.But he knows that the same blood that cleansed him at the beginning of his Christian life,daily cleanses him from all sin (verse 7).B.
We can only have fellowship with God when we confess our sins
, (verses 8-10).There are multitudes of people today who have deceived themselves. They actually believe they have no sin. But it is all a deception. They are living a lie. The sad part of this deception is that when a person has fooled himself into believing that there is no sinin him, he cannot commit sins and justify himself, saying that he can commit no sin. It isthe same as saying that sin does not exist; but is only an error of the mind (ChristianScience).
CONCLUSION
: Before we are willing to confess our sins, we must readily acknowledge thatwe have sinned (verse 10). To “confess” means to acknowledge and tell God our true state.“Tell it like it is”, in other words. The sin could be spelled out. What is the end result when wecome clean with God and forsake our sins? God forgives us and cleanses us through the Bloodof Christ and restores our fellowship.1. Throughout history, the church had to contend with what?2. What are we to do with teachers/teaching, that is questionable? 3. John's message is of whom?4. Who took upon Himself a human today?5. If God took on a human body, then who is Jesus Christ?6. If we say we fellowship with God and walk in darkness, we do what?7. We discover sin in our lives when we do what?8. Can we fellowship with God with unconfessed sin in our lives?67
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