RENEW BY COMMUNION

INTRODUCTION

NARRATIVE

AUTHOR: The author of this epistle is John, the beloved apostle.

RECIPIENTS : The recipients of 1 John were Christians of Asia Minor where John ended his days in ministry from Ephesus. Was Christians mature and young with an of mostly a Gentile.

THE PROBLEM: The Dualism Gnostic between flesh (body) and spirit or knowledge. The gonosticism did believe that the body is bad. Therefore they no believe in perfection of Christ.

THE PURPOSE:

1) To unmask the false prophets - Gnosticism (2.26) Therefore he start the chapter 1 skeaping about the your testimony as to incarnation of Jesus Christ;

2) To Teach the Believers about the certainty and trust of salvation (5.13)

This trust was evidenced and proved by three things:

a) Doctrinal proof - Jesus is the Christ the son of God

b) Social proof - Love for with people

c) Moral proof - Obedience the God’s Will

c) Moral proof - Obedience the God’s Will

John did want show that one of the ways of to evidence the salvation is to love others people and to relationship with them (4.20; 5.16)

He show the importance of communion in life of church to evidence the love of God and demonstrate of salvation of each one.

1) IN HIM WE LIVE THE LOVE OF GOD V.7-12