Why did John write an epistle?

1. Tell
Me
Why First John One
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2. Why?
I am writing these things
to you so that you may
not sin.
1 John 2:1 2

3. A Sign
Instruction
Warning
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4. Why?
I am writing to you
because your sins have
been forgiven you…
1 John 2:12 4

5. Remember
What Jesus did
Your acceptance
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6. Why?
I am writing to you, fathers,
because you know Him who
has been from the
beginning.
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7. Reminder
Jesus as eternal
Real Jesus
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8. Why?
I am writing to you, young
men, because you have
overcome the evil one.
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9. Encouraged
Revelation 21:7 He who
overcomes will inherit
these things, and I will be
his God and he will be My
son.
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10. Why?
I have written to you,
children, because you
know the Father.
1 John 2:13 10

11. Relationship
Abba Father
God loves you
Love each other
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12. Boom!
 Encouraged
 Corrected
 Directed
 Exhorted
1 John at a glance 12

13. Great opening
What was from the beginning,
what we have heard, what we have
seen with our eyes, what we have
looked at and touched with our
hands, concerning the Word of Life13

14. Eyewitnesses 14
 Jesus is eternal
 We heard Him
 We saw Him
 We touched
Him
Jesus is real!

15. Great opening (continued)
and the life was manifested, and
we have seen and testify and
proclaim to you the eternal life,
which was with the Father and was
manifested to us 15

16. Jesus is eternal
life
Jesus is eternally
with God
His life is
manifested in us
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Like a courtroom drama

17. Great opening (continued)
what we have seen and heard we
proclaim to you, so that you too
may have fellowship with us; and
our fellowship is with the Father,
and with His Son Jesus Christ.
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18. What we can have
Fellowship-koinōnia
Joint participation
Having a supernatural, Holy Spirit energized, first-
hand knowledge of the Lord Jesus,
To be able to have a real, practical, actual and
more intimate companionship with Him.
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19. John was quite poetic
• Hebrew poetic style
written in Greek
• Very personal
• Loving and caring
• Packed full of
meaning
Just as poetic in his other writings 19

20. Familiar passage
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All
things came into being through Him, and
apart from Him nothing came into being that
has come into being. 4 In Him was life, and
the life was the Light of men.
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21. 5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the
darkness did not comprehend it. 6 There
came a man sent from God, whose name was
John. 7 He came as a witness, to testify about
the Light, so that all might believe through
him… 9 There was the true Light which,
coming into the world, enlightens every man.
10 He was in the world, and the world was
made through Him,
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22. and the world did not know Him. 11 He came
to His own, and those who were His own did
not receive Him. 12 But as many as received
Him, to them He gave the right to become
children of God, even to those who believe in
His name, 13 who were born, not of blood nor
of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man,
but of God. 14 And the Word became flesh,
and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory,
glory as of the only begotten from the Father
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23. full of grace and truth….16 For of His fullness
we have all received, and grace upon grace.
17 For the Law was given through Moses;
grace and truth were realized through Jesus
Christ. 18 No one has seen God at any time;
the only begotten God who is in the bosom
of the Father, He has explained Him.
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24. Thumbnail
Jesus is the Word of God
He created everything
Eternal life is through belief
He wants you to be a child of God
Jesus is the source of God’s grace
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25. How they came to believe
…but these have been written so that you
may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the
Son of God; and in believing you may have
life in His name.
John 20:31
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26. These people were
converted by John’s
teaching
John wants to reinforce
his teachings
To fully understand
please read John’s
Gospel, his 3 letters and
Revelations 26
Something to do
this week

27. Pastor’s heart
These things we write,
so that our joy may be
made complete.
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28. Obey your leaders and submit, for they keep
watch over your souls as those who will give an
account. Let them do this with joy and not with
grief, this would be unprofitable for you.28
Want to make your Pastor happy?
Hebrews 13:17

29. Jesus said
This is the message we heard from
Him and announce to you, that
God is Light, and in Him there is
no darkness at all.
1 John 1:5 29

30. Jesus came
1. to reveal the Father (1:5)
2. to give believers an example to
follow (1:7)
3. to die on sinful mankind’s behalf
(1:7)
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31. We heard from Him
God is light
morally pure (light)
no sin (no darkness)
Revelation of God
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32. Follow Christ
…if we walk in the Light as He is in the
Light, we have fellowship with one
another, and the blood of Jesus His
Son cleanses us from all sin.
1 John 1:7 32

33. Jesus makes
us sin free
Salvation
Restored for relationships 33

34. Fellowship
 With God
 With Jesus
 With each
other
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35. Simple test
If we say that we have fellowship
with Him and yet walk in the
darkness, we lie and do not
practice the truth;
1 John 1:6 35

36. If we say…
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37. Habitually sin
 Liar
 Not
practicing
the truth
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Gnostics

38. Uhhh
If we say that we have no
sin, we are deceiving
ourselves and the truth is
not in us.
1 John 1:8 38

39. Sin is a human condition
 We have sinned
 We will sin
 Accept it
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40. You cannot argue
If we say that we have not
sinned, we make Him a liar
and His word is not in us.
1 John 1:10 40

41. Jesus said
Therefore you are to
be perfect, as your
heavenly Father is
perfect.
Matthew 5:48 41

42. Commanded
Like the Holy One who
called you, be holy
yourselves also in all your
behavior; because it is
written, “YOU SHALL BE HOLY,
FOR I AM HOLY.”1 Peter 1:15–16 42

43. You must stand before God
Then I said, “Woe is
me, for I am ruined!
I am a man of unclean
lips, And I live among a
people of unclean lips;
My eyes have seen the
King, the LORD of
hosts.”Isaiah 6:5 43

44. The solution
[God] made Him
who knew no sin to
be sin on our behalf,
so that we might
become the
righteousness of God
in Him.2 Corinthians 5:21 44

45. Appropriate the cure
If we confess our sins, He is faithful
and righteous to forgive us our sins
and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9 45

46. Tell
Me
Why First John One
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