1 John 1b

1 John 1b

Shawn Bumpers / General

1 John 

 

 Introduction

1 John 4:1 NKJV

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Revelation 2:4–5 NKJV

Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent.

Revelation 2:6 NKJV

But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

Revelation 2:14–15 NKJV

But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality. Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.

• Docetism.

1 John 4:2 NKJV

By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

• Cerinthians

1 John 2:22 NKJV

Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.

• Asceticism.

• Antinomianism.

• Gnostics

We all have an enemy in sin.

Galatians 3:11 NKJV

But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for “the just shall live by faith.”

1 John 2:6 NKJV

He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.

1 John 2:16 NKJV

For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.

ἀνομία anomia: lawlessness (breaking the law – in this instance to God’s law.)

Amos 3:3 NKJV

Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?

John 8:44 NKJV

You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

Galatians 5:17 NKJV

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.

Hebrews 10:17 NKJV

then He adds, “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”

v5

1 Peter 2:9 NKJV

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

1 Thessalonians 5:5 NKJV

You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.

John 3:19–21 NKJV

And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”

Ephesians 5:13 NKJV

But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.

Revelation 21:8 NKJV

But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

1 John 3:10 NKJV

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.

Matthew 7:22–23 NKJV

Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

v6-10

1 John 1:8 NKJV

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1 John 1:10 NKJV

If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

Romans 3:10 NKJV

As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one;

Romans 3:23 NKJV

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

1 John 1:6 NKJV

If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

1 John 1:8 NKJV

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1 John 1:10 NKJV

If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

John 17:17 NKJV

Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.

2 Corinthians 6:14 NKJV

Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?

Proverbs 28:13 NKJV

He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.

1 John 2:1–2 NKJV

My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.

ἱλασμός hilasmos: appeasement (Biblically, it speaks of satisfying God’s holy law)

1 John 4:8 NKJV

He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

1 Timothy 2:4 NKJV

who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

2 Peter 3:9 NKJV

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

παράκλητος paraklētos: helper; intercessor; advocate.

John 14:16 NKJV

And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—

John 16:7 NKJV

Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.

Hebrews 4:15–16 NKJV

For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Hebrews 7:25 NKJV

Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

1 John 1:9–10 NKJV

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.