1
JOHN CHAPTER 5
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
I)
[1 Jn 5:1]:
A)
TO BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST IS TO TRUST IN THE MESSIAH, THE ONE
TO COME TO PAY THE PENALTY FOR ONES SINS
1)
[Compare Gen 15:5-6]:
2)
[Compare Gal 3:16]:
3)
[Compare Jn 8:56]:
4)
[Compare Isa 53:2-6]:
B)
THIS PASSAGE IS ABOUT EVIDENCE OF BEING REGENERATED. IT DOES NOT POINT
TO HAVING TO BE REGENERATED BEFORE BELIEVING UNTO SALVATION
1)
[Compare 1 Jn 4:19]:
2)
[Compare Ro 5:8-9]:
3)
[Compare 1 Jn 5:1b]:
II)
[1 Jn 5:2-3]:
III)
[1 Jn 5:3-5]:
IV)
[1 Jn 5:6]:
A)
[Compare Heb 9:12]:
V)
[1 Jn 5:7 NIV]:
A)
[1 Jn 5:7-8]:
KJV
HAS A DIFFERENT AND ERRONEOUS VERSION OF V. 7
1)
[1 Jn 5:7-8 KJV]:
a)
NOT IN ANY UNCIAL GK MANUSCRIPTS
b)
IT APPEARS FIRST IN A 15-16TH CENTURY CURSIVE GK MANUSCRIPT
c)
IT IS OMITTED IN ALL ANCIENT VERSIONS
d)
THE GREEK FATHERS DID NOT REFER TO IT
e)
LATIN WRITERS IGNORE IT UNTIL THE END OF 5TH CENTURY
f)
FIRST INCLUDED IN A 4TH CENTURY LATIN EXEGESIS
VI)
[1 Jn 5:7-8]:
PART
II) [1 JN 5:9-13]:
ASSURANCE
OF YOUR SALVATION
A)
[1 Jn 5:9]:
1)
THE TESTIMONY OF GOD IS GREATER THAN MAN'S AND IT IS ABOUT HIS SON
B)
[1 Jn 5:10]:
1)
BELIEVING IN THE SON OF GOD IN THIS CONTEXT = BELIEVING IN HIM AS
CHRIST, AS ONE'S MESSIAH TO SAVE YOU UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
a)
[Compare 1 Jn 5:1a]:
b)
[Compare Jn 1:12-13]:
2)
BELIEVING IN THE SON OF GOD AS CHRIST = MESSIAH TO SAVE YOU PRODUCES THE
RESULT OF HAVING THE TESTIMONY OF GOD IN ONE'S HEART, I.E., ONE'S MIND
3)
ANYONE WHO BELIEVES IN THE SON [TO PROVIDE ETERNAL LIFE FOR HIM] HAS
THIS TESTIMONY OF GOD'S IN HIS HEART = MIND = MENTAL UNDERSTANDING
a)
DETAILED STUDY ON 'HEART' = MIND: 
4)
ON THE OTHER HAND ANYONE WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE GOD'S TESTIMONY ABOUT HIS
SON MAKES GOD OUT TO BE A LIAR
C)
[1 Jn 5:11]:
1)
THE TESTIMONY OF GOD ABOUT HIS SON IS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN THE GIFT OF
ETERNAL LIFE TO MANKIND THROUGH HIS SON
D)
[1 Jn 5:12]:
1)
HAVING THE SON = BELIEVING IN THE TESTIMONY OF GOD ABOUT HIS SON =
HAVING ETERNAL LIFE
2)
HE WHO DOES NOT HAVE THE SON = HAS NOTBELIEVED IN GOD'S TESTIMONY ABOUT
HIS SON = DOES NOT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE
a)
[Compare Jn 3:18]:
3)
IF YOU BELIEVE WHAT GOD HAS TESTIFIED TO ABOUT HIS SON THEN YOU WILL
HAVE ETERNAL LIFE BECAUSE GOD SAYS SO
E)
[1 Jn 5:13]:
1)
JOHN'S MESSAGE OF ETERNAL LIFE WAS WRITTEN SO THAT ALL WHO BELIEVE IN
THE NAME OF, I.E., THE CAPACITY OF, THE SON TO PROVIDE ETERNAL LIFE FOR
THEM MAY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE
2)
VERSE 13 IS NOT THE PURPOSE STATEMENT OF THE WHOLE BOOK OF FIRST JOHN
BUT OF THE IMMEDIATE CONTEXT OF ASSURANCE OF YOUR SALVATION IN VV. 9-13
a)
[1 Jn 1:3-4]:
3)
ALL TRUE ASSURANCE OF SALVATION AND ETERNAL LIFE MUST REST SOLELY ON THE
TESTIMONY OF GOD AND NO WHERE ELSE - NOT EVEN PARTLY ON THE BELIEVER'S
EXPERIENCES
III)
1 JN 5:14-17
To
be completed
IV:
1 JN 5:18-21
A)
[1 Jn 5:18]:
B)
[1 Jn 5:19]:
C)
[1 Jn 5:20-21]:
