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I John 1: 1 - 4

“The Real Thing”. I John 1: 1 - 4. I John 1: 1 - 4. REAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD + REAL RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS REAL JOY. I John 1: 1 - 4. Authorship: the apostle John Date: 85 A.D. – 100 A.D. Recipients: Churches who were being influenced by false teaching. I John 1: 1 - 4.

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I John 1: 1 - 4

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  1. “The Real Thing” I John 1: 1 - 4

  2. I John 1: 1 - 4 REAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD + REAL RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS REAL JOY

  3. I John 1: 1 - 4 Authorship: the apostle John Date: 85 A.D. – 100 A.D. Recipients: Churches who were being influenced by false teaching

  4. I John 1: 1 - 4 Occasion: show what a genuine relationship with God looks like, accurately portray God’s character, clarify the gospel and combat false gospels, address assurance and faith, connect faith and lifestyle, call believers to love others, bring joy to the recipients

  5. “The Real Thing” I John 1: 1 - 4

  6. I John 1: 1 - 4 A REAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD who is: Eternal Triune

  7. John 1:1 (ESV) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

  8. John 5:37 (ESV) And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen” John 14:7 (ESV) 7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”

  9. John 14:9 (ESV) 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? John 14:11 (ESV) 11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.

  10. John 14:6 (ESV) 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

  11. I John 1: 1 - 4 A REAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD who is: Eternal Triune Knowable

  12. I John 1: 1 - 4 • 2 false gospels that were influencing the churches John wrote to: • Docetism • Gnosticism

  13. I John 1: 1 - 4 A REAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD who is: Eternal Triune Knowable

  14. John 20:29 (ESV) Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” Hebrews 11:1 (ESV) Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

  15. Luke 16:27–31 (ESV) 27 And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house— 28 for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’ 29 But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ 30 And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ 31 He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’ ”

  16. I John 1: 1 - 4 A REAL RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS is centered onChrist

  17. I John 1: 1 - 4 REAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD + REAL RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS REAL JOY

  18. Psalm 16:9–11 (ESV) 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. 10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption. 11 You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

  19. Jeremiah 2:13 (ESV) 13 for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.

  20. John 15:4 (ESV) 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. John 15:11 (ESV) 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.

  21. I John 1: 1 - 4 REAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD + REAL RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS REAL JOY

  22. Jeremiah 2:13 (ESV) 13 for my people have committed two evils good things: they have forsakenenjoyed me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out forsaken cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.

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