Book of 1 John
Author Is John (5 Books Total)
90 A.D.
Written To….
Gnostics And/Or Jews
Deceptions Of The Last Hour
Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist (A Specific Person) is coming, even now many antichrists (People – “Against” or “In place of Christ”) have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.
1 John 2:18-19
But you have an anointing (H.S. Unction – The Holy Spirit) from the Holy One, and you know all things (No Need For Gnostics Secret Knowledge). I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
1 John 2:20-21
False Teachings Of John’s Day
That Jesus Is Not The Christ
That God Is Not The Father Of Jesus
That Jesus Was Not The Son Of God
Jews And Gnostics Did Not Believe
In The Miracle Of The Virgin Birth
Or That Jesus Was God In The Flesh
Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
1 John 2:22-23
Marks Of The Antichrist
Always Starts Spiritual
“Went From Us”
The Worst False Teachings Combine Christian Truths With Some Lies
Any Teaching That Denies Jesus As
The Christ – Messiah – The Savior
Denies The Relationship Between
The Father And The Son
Denies The Messiah Has Come
“Antichrist” Is Any Teaching That Denies
Or Distorts The Word Of God In
The Declaration Of Who Jesus Is
Let Truth Abide In You
Therefore let that (The Anointing – Unction – H.S. – Knowledge of The Father and The Son) abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you,
you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. And this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life (Noun – Zoe)
1 John 2:24-25
Eternal Life – “Zoe” Life
The God Kind Of Life
Abundant Life
Free From The
Penalty Of Sin Life
These things I have written to you concerning those who try to deceive you. But the
anointing (H.S. Unction – Presence of The Holy Spirit) which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing
(H.S. Unction -Presence of The Holy Spirit) teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.
1 John 2:26-27
The Children Of God
And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.
1 John 2:28-29
Abide In Him
Abide in him — Maintain your union with and interest in him, by living a life of faith, love, and new obedience; of prayer, watchfulness, and self-denial;
– Benson Commentary
Chapter 3
Behold (Greek “ideate” – Look at this!) what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know (THIS IS NOT ABOUT INFORMATION: But Rather Intimacy, Fellowship and Connection) us, because it did not know Him. (Intimacy, Fellowship and Connection)
1 John 3:1
Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
1 John 3:2-3
Sin And The Child Of God
Whoever commits sin (Noun) also commits lawlessness, and sin (Noun) is lawlessness. And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins (Noun), and in Him there is no sin (Noun). Whoever abides in Him does not sin (Verb). Whoever sins (Verb) has neither seen Him nor known Him.
1 John 3:4-5
Believing Vs. Abiding
Believing
Convinced Of Something – Salvation
Abiding
To Remain Or Continue In Something – Disciple
Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
John 8:31-32
Whoever sins (Verb) has neither seen Him nor known Him.
1 John 3:6
Has Anyone Seen God?
No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
John 1:18
Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
John 14:9
“Seen God”
Greek – Horao – To See, To Understand
Or Comprehend
To Have Inward Spiritual Understanding
Or Perception
KJV: behold, perceive, see, take heed
NASB: saw, see, seen, appeared, seeing, looked, look
Example: “Do You See What I’m Saying?”
Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
1 John 3:7
He who sins (Noun) is of the devil, for the devil has sinned (Verb) from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. Whoever has been born of God does not sin (Noun), for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin (Verb), because he has been born of God.
1 John 3:8-9
The Imperative of Love
In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother. For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another, not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous.
1 John 3:10-12
Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you. We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death. Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life (Noun- Zoen –Root Zoe) abiding in him.
1 John 3:13-15
The Outworking Of Love
By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
1 John 3:16-17
My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
1 John 3:18-20
Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment.
1 John 3:21-23
The Spirit Of Truth
And The Spirit Of Error
Now he who keeps His commandments
abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.
1 John 3:24
