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The Word of Life
! Setting of Letter
!! Focus on Jesus only in last 100 years
!! Focus on Christ prevalent in Church's history
!! Docetism
!!! Denied humanity of Jesus
!!! Said He only appeared to be human
!!! Denied His death
!! John's Stresses
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He is from the beginning, 1 Jn.
1:1, cf.
Jn. 1:1.
He is the Word of life, 1 Jn.
1:1 f.; 5:20.
He has also appeared in history as a man, 1 Jn.
1:1–3.
Through Him the witnesses who stand behind 1 Jn.
have fellowship with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ, and they pass this on to those who pay heed to their witness, 1 Jn.
1:3
!!! Divinity and Humanity
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We need both
!!!!! Theologise before you moralise
! Jesus' True Nature
!! … of God and Man the Son
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The eternal Christ
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That which was from the beginning … (1 John 1:1a, NIV)
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The earthly Christ
!!!! … which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched–this we proclaim concerning the Word of life.
(1 John 1:1b, NIV)
!!! Cannot separate human and divine natures
! Jesus — the Word Made Flesh
!! Relationships
!!! Wrapped up in each other
!!!! Cannot separate human and divine relationships
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But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another.
(1 John 1:7, NIV)
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If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar.
For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
(1 John 4:20, NIV)
!!! … with God
!!!! … our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
(1 John 1:3, NIV)
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That we might experience fellowship with both the Father and Son
!!! … with one another
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We write this to make our joy complete.
(1 John 1:4, NIV)
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That we might share our joy with one another.
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