1 JOHN
(Answers)
Updated
02/2024
CHAPTER 1
- God is light and there is no
darkness in Him.
- If we say we have fellowship
with God then we must not walk in darkness.
- If we practice the truth and
walk in the ligjht the blood of Jesus will cover our sin.
- If we confess our sins, God
is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.
CHAPTER 2
- If we keep His commandments
we are in Jesus.
- By keeping His commandments
the love of God is perfected in us.
- We should walk as Jesus
walked (in love and pureness).
- The world loves the lust of
the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life.
- By doing the will of God we
will remain forever while the rest of the world will pass away.
- The Holy Spirit is our
anointing from God that enlightens us.
- Some denied that Jesus was
the Christ.
- We abide in the will of God
so we may be unashamed and have confidence to be taken when Jesus returns.
- If one practices
righteousness, they are born of Jesus because He is righteous.
CHAPTER 3
- Our hope is to be with Jesus
one day in heaven. Practicing a pure life will get us there.
- Jesus was born of God and He
cannot sin nor did He. We are born of Christ, we cannot sin nor should we.
It should be hard to continue in sin causing one much grief. A child of
the devil won't feel guilty about sin before God.
- The children of God practice
righteousness and will love their brother.
- If a brother is in need and
we have what is needed then we should open up our heart and provide that
need.
- We must not love in word or
in tongue, but in deed and in truth reassuring our hearts before Him. Our
heart and conscience (through the Spirit) will be either condemned or at
peace.
- By following His commandments
and doing what pleases Him, God will answer our prayers.
- The Spirit is in us to either
affirm or convict our heart concerning God's will.
CHAPTER 4
- Whoever denies that Jesus is
the incarnate Son of God who came in the flesh is of the Antichrist.
- Anti-Christs speak with the
wisdom and desires of the world (showing their own evaluation of
righteousness and having their own doctrines).
- When we love one another, for
love is of God we are born of God and know God.
- If we practice love for one
another then God abides in us and people will see Him in us.
- God abides in those who
confess that Jesus is the Son of God.
- We must abide in love for one
another then we will abide in God.
CHAPTER 5
- When we love God and keep His
commandments we will be able to love the brethren.
- Spiritually, the commandments
produce love and peace rather than strife, conflict, and unrest.
Literally, love is easier to do than all the works of the law.
- The Messiah is identified by
the testimony of God through the prophets. He was to be born through a
virgin birth (water); He was to come from the line of David (blood); He
would heal the sick, perform miracles, and speak God’s word, which came
through the Holy Spirit in Him.
- John writes this letter so
the people would know and continue to believe Jesus was the Messiah the
prophets wrote about, for eternal life would come through Him.
- Any sin a person does not
give up is a sin unto death. We must leave these in God’s hands.
- Sin that believers become
convicted and repentant is sin not unto death. We can pray for these and
help them overcome the sin.
- Jesus came to give us
understanding of God and His love.
- a. God is the true God. b. We
are in God by being in Jesus.