"THE LIFE"

>>>John the apostle writes the letter of 1 John.

>>>The church he is writing to has false teaching being spread (Gnosticism).

*Denies incarnation

*Taught how one lives on the earth doesn’t matter (physical had no impact on spiritual)

*Because life on earth doesn’t matter, there is no sin to be repented of-Christians could engage in sin.

1 JOHN 1:1-4 “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us— that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.

>>>This letter starts with John describing a life.

>>>This was a specific life.

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>>>There are two ways John describes this life.

THE LIFE WAS PHYSICAL-SEEN, HEARD, PERCEIVED, TOUCHED, AND SHOWN.

>>>(v.1-3) This was a physical life.

*This life was seen by people-made noise/spoke and was heard-interacted with (touched looked upon)-was shown (made manifest)

>>>This life was as human/physical nature as we are.

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THE LIFE WAS ETERNAL-WORD, FROM THE BEGINNING, AND WAS WITH GOD.

>>>This life is eternal-had no beginning (not created), present at creation, was there with God.

>>>Called “Word of Life”.

*Spoken and brought life to everything else.

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THE LIFE WAS JESUS.