Sunday Evening Bible Study

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Sunday Evening Bible Study

• 1 JOHN CHAPT 3

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Revision
God the Father
Jesus Christ
Holy Spirit
Godly relationship
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1 John 3 1-3 - What shall we be ?

• The wonder of it stops John in his tracks
• Look at what the Father has given us!!! We are
  called the Children of God and we are !!!
• This is not something which will happen in the
  future but WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD HERE ON
  EARTH NOW !!!
• This should be an incentive for us to ask the
  Holy Spirit to help us to become more like Jesus
  here on earth, so that The will be done, (here
  on earth) as it is already being done in heaven
• The world does not understand us, or acknowledge
  who we are, because they dont know or recognise
  Jesus Christ, or the Father which is in Him.
• In verse 3 John refers to a vision of Jesus (God
  Himself in his glory) When He appears we shall
  be like Him, for we shall see Him as He really
  is.

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1 John 34

• The necessity for right conduct
• False teachers considered that Knowledge was
  all-important and that conduct did not matter.
• John insists that SIN is evidence of a wrong
  relationship with God.
• Greek construction for the word Sin
  Lawlessness can be interchanged
• 266. hamartia, ham-ar'-tee'-ah from G264 sin
  (prop. abstr.)--offence, sin (-ful)
• 458. anomia, an-om-ee'-ah from G459 illegality,
  i.e. violation of law or (gen.)
  wickedness--iniquity, X transgress (-ion of) the
  law, unrighteousness.

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1 John 35-7

• Christ and sin are incompatible
• Christ came to take away sins which indicates
  complete hostility to evil. Remember in Him
  there is no sin at all.
• This should have a corresponding effect in
  Christian disciples - for no-one who abides in
  Him sins.
• The life a man lives reveals the source from
  which he draws his life.
• To have other ideas or thoughts is to be
  deceived. John makes it plain He who does right
  is righteous
• The standard is Christ as He is righteous

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I John 38-10 Children of the devil.

• In verse 8 John shows that other side of the
  coin. He who commits sin is of the devil.
• If you are Born of God there is a supernatural
  regeneration happening in your life these
  people cannot habitually sin.
• Whether we love our brothers and/or sisters is
  the test of whether we belong to Christ or
  belong to the devil.

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1 John 3 11-18 Love one another

• John re-iterates that LOVE is the first
  commandment (right from the beginning)
• Cain was evil and killed his brother why ?
  Because he could not stand to see a righteous
  life continue - compared to his own evil life.
• John makes the comparison
• If you love your brother you have eternal life
• If you hate your brother you are a murderer and
  no murderer has eternal life in him you are
  doomed to eternal damnation.
• The good news is that you can repent of your sin
  and make yourself right with God.

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1 John 19-24 Confident re-assurance

• Having laid out his argument for good and evil,
  John re-assure us that we belong to God (if we
  love Him and keep His commandments)
• We are of the truth, therefore the truth must
  always be inside us and be shown in our thoughts
  and actions.
• We have this confidence of salvation and eternal
  life because it is Gods promise to us through
  His word.
• In conclusion, LOVE is the cornerstone to the
  Christian walk and is to be emphasised through
  teaching and actions in the Body of Christ.
• Satan is defeated by our testimony of love.