WHY DID JOHN WRITE?

1 JOHN 2 

  Pastor Rick Jackson

 

Of all the men that God used to write the Scriptures [about 40 in all] none give us the reason for writing as often as John the Beloved.

John 20:30-31 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

1 JOHN 1:4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

And, as we shall see, many more times in this little epistle.

 

I. JOHN WRITES- THAT YOU SIN NOT

1. We Have an Advocate [v. 1] parakletos;  an intercessor, consoler:--advocate, comforter.

2. We Have an Assurance [v. 2-4] hilasmos;  atonement, i.e. (concretely) an expiator:--propitiation.

3. We Have an Assignment [v. 5-6]

 

II. JOHN WRITES- TO REMIND YOU

1. Of Your Responsibility [v. 7-11]

2. Of Your Redemption [v. 12-14]

3. Of Your Reality [v. 15-19]

 

III. JOHN WRITES- TO WARN YOU

1. About Deniers [v. 20-23]

2. About Seducers [v. 24-26] Solomon warned of physically [Pr. 7, 9]

3. To Abide [v. 27-29]