BEING IN
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD:
1
JOHN CHAPTER 1
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
I)
INTRODUCTION
A) [1 Jn 1:3]:
II)
[1 Jn 1:1 NIV]:
A)
THE INCARNATE SON OF GOD, JESUS CHRIST WHO WAS HEARD, SEEN AND TOUCHED
IS IN VIEW
1) "That
which was from [the] beginning..." =
a)
[1 Jn 1:1 amplified]:
2) "Which
we have heard." =
3) "Which
we have seen with our eyes." =
4) "our
hands have handled." =
B)
AUTHOR JOHN IS MAKING A PROCLAMATION CONCERNING THE WORD OF LIFE, JESUS
CHRIST
1) "this
we proclaim concerning the Word of life." =
a)
[1 Jn 1:1 N.A.S.]:
b)
[Compare 1 Jn 1:1 Amplified]:
2) "Word
of Life." =
III)
[1 Jn 1:2 N.A.S.]:
A)
GOD INCARNATE, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IN THE FLESH WAS MADE MANIFEST AS
ETERNAL LIFE
1)
"and the Life was manifested" =
2)
Eternal Life =
3)
"was" =
4)
"with" =
IV)
[1 Jn 1:2-3 N.A.S.]:
A)
JESUS CHRIST IS PROCLAIMED SO THAT BELIEVERS MAY HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH
GOD THE FATHER AND HIS SON
1) "Who"
=
2) "....that
you [believers] also may have fellowship with us; and indeed our
fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ." =
a)
[1 Jn 2:1-2]:
i)
"I am writing these things to you that you may not sin" =
ii)
"we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous"=
iii)
"ours" =
iv)
"My little children" =
b)
[cp 1 Jn 3:1]:
c)
[1 Jn 2:12]:
d)
[1 Jn 2:3]:
e)
[1 Jn 1:7]:
f)
[1 Jn 3:6]:
V) [1 Jn 1:3-4]:
A) JOHN WRITES TO BELIEVERS
INFORMING THEM HOW TO MAKE THEIR JOY COMPLETE VIA MAINTAINING FELLOWSHIP
WITH GOD
1) "our"
not "your" =
VI)
[1 Jn 1:3-5]:
A)
AND WHAT FOLLOWS IS THE MESSAGE OF HOW TO HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
B)
FIRST COMES THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE ABSOLUTE HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
OF GOD WITH WHOM WE ARE TO HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH
1)
[Compare Jn 3:19-20]
C)
BUT ALL MEN EVEN BELIEVERS ARE INHERENTLY EVIL, INCAPABLE IN AND OF
THEMSELVES OF BEING IN FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
1)
[Ps 51:5]:
2)
[Job 14:1-4]:
3)
[Jn 3:5-6]:
4)
[Isa 55:8]:
5)
[Jer 17:9]:
6)
[Lk 18:19b]:
7)
[Ro 7:18a]:
VII)
[1 Jn 1:5-6]:
A)
MEN SAY THEY HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD YET THEY INHERENTLY WALK IN
DARKNESS
B)
EVEN BELIEVERS ARE INHERENTLY EVIL AND WHEN THEY DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE
THIS, THEY LIE AND DO NOT PRACTICE THE TRUTH
1)
[Ro 7:14-23 NAS]:
a)
[Compare Gal 5:16-17]:
b)
[Ro 8:10]:
VIII)
[1 Jn 1:5-7]:
A)
WHEN BELIEVERS WALK IN THE LIGHT, I.E., PURPOSELY EXPOSE AND ACKNOWLEDGE
THEIR SINS IN THE LIGHT OF GOD'S HOLINESS, THEY HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
B)
BUT IF WE BELIEVERS WALK IN THE LIGHT AS GOD IS IN THE LIGHT - NOT
ACCORDING TO THE LIGHT - WE - GOD AND THE BELIEVERS - HAVE FELLOWSHIP
ONE WITH ANOTHER
C) BELIEVERS WHO WALK IN
THE LIGHT, I.E., PURPOSELY EXPOSE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR SINS TO GOD,
THEY HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD BECAUSE THE BLOOD OF HIS SON JESUS
CLEANSES THEM FROM ALL SIN
IX)
[1 Jn 1:6-8]:
A)
BELIEVER CANNOT TRUTHFULLY CLAIM TO BE WITHOUT SIN OR ACTS OF SIN AT ANY
TIME
1)
[Compare 1 Jn 1:10]:
X) [1
Jn 1:9]:
A) IF
WE BELIEVERS SHOULD CONFESS OUR KNOWN SINS, I.E., ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT SINS
WE HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE OF COMMITTING
B)
GOD IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US BELIEVERS THESE CONFESSED SINS
AND EVEN PURIFY US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
C)
CONFESSION IS NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR SALVATION
D)
CONFESSION OF THE BELIEVER OF HIS SINS DOES NOT REQUIRE AN EMOTIONAL
REACTION SUCH AS FEELING SORRY
E)
OLD TESTAMENT PROVISION OF CONFESSION FOR FORGIVENESS OF TEMPORAL SINS
1)
[Ps 32:5]:
2)
[Compare Lev 5:5-6]:
3)
[Lev 4:27-35]:
4)
[Compare Pr 28:13]:
F)
CONFESSION UNTO FELLOWSHIP IS NOT PART OF WHAT A MAN MUST DO TO HAVE
ETERNAL LIFE
XI)
[1 Jn 1:10]:
A)
THE "WE" HERE REFERS TO BELIEVERS
1)
[Cp 1 Jn 2:1-2]:
B)
BELIEVERS ARE PICTURED IN SCRIPTURE AS ABLE TO SIN BUT NOT ABLE TO LOSE
THEIR SALVATION
1)
[Eph 5:1-14]:
a)
INTRODUCTION
b)
v. 1)
c)
v. 2)
d)
v. 3)
e)
v. 4)
f)
v. 5)
g)
v. 6)
i)
[Jn 3:36]:
ii)
[Compare Jn 3:18]:
h)
v. 7)
i)
v. 8)
j)
v. 9)
k)
v. 10)
l)
v. 11)
m)
v. 12
n)
v. 13)
o)
v. 14)
i)
[Compare Gal 5:13-15]:
C)
BELIEVERS WHO CLAIM A MOMENT OF SINLESSNESS IN THEIR DAILY LIVES ARE IN
VIEW
D)
IF BELIEVERS CLAIM TO HAVE NOT COMMITTED ACTS OF SIN IN THEIR DAILY
LIVES THEY MAKE GOD OUT TO BE A LIAR AND HIS WORD IS NOT IN US
1)
[Psalms 119:9-11]:
2)
[Ephesians 5:25-26]:
CHRISTIAN
RESPONSIBILITY CONT:........
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