1st John 1:7-8

Fellowship, Light & Truth

Subjunctive “If”

A woman tells her husband, who is a software engineer, “Please stop by the store and pick up a half gallon of milk. If they have eggs, get a dozen.”

The man came home with 12 half gallon cartons of milk. I guess they had eggs.

1st John 1:1-10

• What is the over-arching theme of the chapter?

• What is the difference between fellowship and relationship in light of position & condition?

Position & Condition Chart

It is About the Fellowship

John presents the concepts not as the third person plural, but instead writes of the fellowship, and things that might block that fellowship, from the first person plural.

Walking in the Law

• What does walking in the Law look like?• Did walking in the Law encourage fellowship

in the flesh?• Did walking in the Law encourage outreach?

Walking in the Light

• What is the difference between walking in the statutes that reflect God’s righteousness and walking in the Light of God’s righteous fellowship?

Walking in the Light

Walking Out Statutes• Communion within those

who adhered to the Law• Outward sign of God’s

righteousness• Separated Israel from the

other nations’ practices• Reduced sacrifices for sins,

but not offerings of thanks

Walking in the Light• Communion with God and

communion with the other saints

• Outward, dynamic sign of God’s righteousness

• Separates the flesh from the spirit

• Constantly causing us to be thankful always

Fellowship with Consequences

The Cleansing Blood

• What is the penalty for sin in Genesis 3?• What is the significance of the blood?• What is the significance of the sacrificial

system for sin?• What is the significance of Christ’s sacrifice?• Was His death only substitutionary?

If We Say that We Have No Sin

• Who has the right to declare the moral standards for the universe?

• Who has the right to declare the moral standards for the individual?

• What does Romans 1:18-23 tell us about the heart of man?

What is Truth?

• John 1:1,14 tells us that the Word was God and that the Word was truth, and that the Word was Christ.

• Truth may be described as something that corresponds to reality, fact, and certainty.

• Truth is gets its definition, just like light, in God first.

In the Absence of Truth

• What replaces our source of truth if we suppress our knowledge of God?

• Once the real source of truth is removed, what does truth become?

• What replaces truth in our worldview?• What is the difference between absolute truth

and relativism?