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Introduction
John writes to the church so that the apostolic joy may be complete, by the church...
Life in Christ (, , )
The Reality of Christ (, )
According to Sproul: “That our joy may be complete”
by the church...
believing the reality of the incarnation
believing the message of salvation
knowing Christ, who is eternal life
Outline
Believe the reality of the incarnation
Believe the message of salvation
Know the Word of Life
Introduction
The difficulty of the passage
I’ve learned something about pastor Siyabulela
Siya gave me the difficult passage (he was supposed to preach this)
But at least it is only 4 verses, so at a mere 15min per verse, we will only be an hour
Difficulty of 1 John
difficult to outline - no linear argument, no structure
repetition of discussions and arguments that he returns to
John MacArthur preached it again
Difficulty of the prologue (v1-4)
These 4 verse are one long complex sentence
R.E. Brown in his commentary calls it “the most complicated Greek” in all of John’s writings
(bear in mind, John wrote down the book of Revelation)
Recap context
John has some over-arching concerns for the church
warn them of false teachers / antichrists
denied the incarnation
All matter is evil - hence, denied the incarnation
They taught that Jesus didn’t actually come as a man - He just appeared to be human
That Jesus didn’t actually die, He just appeared to die
That would mean that there was no actual death, no payment for sin, no atonement, no salvation
Only a select few could attain knowledge of truth
refute their false teaching
encourage them and strengthen their weakened faith with the truth
He does this using contrasts
Some call them tests of true faith, or of the true faith
darkness / light
no sin / confess sin
disobedient / obedient
love the world / love God
hate their brother / love their brother
practice lies / practice truth
father the devil / Father God
By this - and the repeated phrase “by this we know” - he helps the true believers with doctrinal truth, to help them discern false from true.
To judge rightly
help them link doctrinal truth with their life experience
Particularly, the living out of the implications of doctrinal truth - especially love for God, and love for each other
1 John 4:
Outline & Main Point of Prologue
John writes to the church so that his and the rest of the apostles’ joy may be complete, by the church...
believing the reality of the incarnation
believing the message of eternal life
knowing Jesus, who is eternal life
believing the reality of the incarnation
1. Believe the Reality of the Incarnation
believing the message of salvation
knowing Christ, who is eternal life
Appears to be a connection with the start of:
Genesis… “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”
John… “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John begins his first epistle in similar fashion:
“That which was from the beginning…”
In the gospel of John…
John begins this way to show the deity of Christ.
He was from the beginning, and He is God, and God became flesh
Here again then in John’s first epistle, that same connection is obvious
Who is he presenting?
He is proclaiming the Eternal Christ
The one who was from the beginning
The One through whom, by whom and for whom everything was created (, )
He is the word of life
He is the life that was made manifest
He is the eternal life
So the first thing we can know for sure about what John believes about Jesus, and that he wants the church to believe about Jesus, is that John believes and proclaims that Jesus is God.
But that is not the only reassurance about Jesus that John wants the church to have
After all, the trouble makers, false teachers and anti-christs probably were saying the same thing
But you see, they taught that Jesus was deity and spirit only.
They denied that he was made manifest, as John puts it.
They denied that Jesus came as a man
And this is the 2nd reassurance that John wants to give the church...
John wants the church to know that Jesus was made manifest to us in physical, bodily form.
Verse 1 - “That which was from the beginning,
which we have heard,
which we have seen with our eyes
which we have looked upon
and have touched with our hands
John is basically beginning his epistle by stamping his authority as a reliable witness to the truth
And the truth that he wants to establish right from the start, as the foundation of his epistle...
… is the truth of who Jesus is.
Church, I know you might be confused
I know you’re getting pounded with all these different teachings about who Jesus really is and what really happened
Look, I can tell you from first hand experience.
Listen to my first-hand testimony
I heard him preach every day for 3 years
I saw him with my own eyes
I saw him and looked upon Him - I studied him and walked closely with him
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