“Going Deeper”
August 7, 2011
We are beginning a five week journey through six of the non-Pauline letters. Our purpose will be to look a little deeper into what it means to be a Christian. We will look into 1 & 2 Peter; 1, 2 & 3 John; and Hebrews.
“Walking in the Truth”
1 John 1:1-7 “The Word of Life” & “God is Life”
2 John 5-6 “Truth & Love”
3 John 2-4 “Walking in the Truth”
John’s Letters – Walking – the Truth
* John’s Letters:
Tradition à Author: John Date: AD 90-95
Purpose: Stresses the concepts of (a) _____, (b) ____, and (c) _______ in Christ. These are letters of warning and rebuking; and yet their accent is the accent of love
**Walking:
A story of walking à Metaphors
“…I am God Almighty walk before me and be
(d) _________” (Genesis 17:1)
“…he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord his God. He (e) ___ in the ways of the kings of Israel…” (2 Kings 16:2b-3a)
Where are you Walking?
Walking in (f) _________
Walking in (g) _________
Walking in (h) _________
Walking in (i) _________
***The Truth:
Things to think about!
Darkness – liar & not know truth (1 John 1:6)
Claim no sin – deceive ourselves (1 John 1:8)
Claim have not sinned – make God a liar (1 John 1:10)
Does not obey his commandments is a liar (1John 2:4)
He who commits sin is a child of the devil (1 John 3:8)
All who hate a brother/sister is a murderer(1 John 3:15)
Whoever does not love does not know God (1 John 4:8)
I love God but hate my brother – Is a liar (1 John 4:20)
“Those who have been born of God do not sin, because God’s seed abides in hem, they cannot sin,
because they have been born of God.”
(1 John 3:9)
Thing to do considering God is light à No darkness
(a) Struggle to avoid individual acts of sin.
(B) We must humbly confess our lapses (sins) to God
who will always (j) _______ the penitent heart.
(C) No Christian – a (k) ______ and consistent sinner
(D) No Christian can live a life in which sin is
(l) _____________ in all his actions.
Memory Verse: “God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God,
and they abide in God” (1 John 4:15)
Closing:
Note: All scripture quotes are from the NRSV unless otherwise noted.
(a) truth, (b) love, (c) abiding, (d) blameless, (e) walked,
(f) darkness, Walking, (g) light, (h) love, (i) Truth, (j) forgive,
(k) deliberate, (l) dominant