This booklet contains the complete Epistles of John. Here, John brings us to the full knowledge that
God is light:
Therefore, to engage in fellowship with Him we must walk in light and not in darkness. As we walk in the light, we will regularly confess our sins, allowing the blood of Christ to continually cleanse us. Two major roadblocks to hinder this walk will be falling in love with the world and falling for the alluring lies of false teachers.
God is love:
Since we are His children we must walk in love. In fact, John says that if we do not love, we do not know God. Love is more than just words; it is actions. Love is giving, not getting. Biblical love is unconditional in its nature. Christ's love fulfilled those qualities and when that brand of love characterizes us, we will be free of self-condemnation and experience confidences before God.
God is life:
Those who fellowship with Him must possess His quality of life. Spiritual life begins with spiritual birth which occurs, through faith in Jesus Christ. Faith in Jesus Christ infused us with God's life - eternal life.
In the Second Epistle, apostle John admits that this is not new revelation, but he views it sufficiently important to repeat. Loving one another, he stresses, is equivalent to walking according to God's commandments.
John indicates, however, that this love must be discerning. It is not a naive, unthinking, open to anything and anyone kind of love. Biblical love is a matter of choice; it is dangerous and foolish to float through life with in discerning love. False teachers abound who do not acknowledge Christ as having come in the flesh. It is false charity to open the door to false teaching. We must have fellowship with God. We must have fellowship with Christians. But we must not have fellowship with false teachers.
In the Third Epistle, John the apostle encourages fellowship with Christian brothers, continue good hospitality, in good character and loyalty to the truth.
Quoted from the KJV. 30082016.
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