Jesus & The Johannine Letters

[SeniorSeeker]

Read: The 3 Epistles of John (1, 2, 3 Easy Read Letters for Your Edification)

Memory Text: "And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world" (1 John 4:14, NKJV).


False teachers spreading error among the saints? Deviant views on the nature of Christ? Power struggles in the church? Theological errors spreading in the pews? Folks needing assurance of salvation? Others needing to know that faith must lead to obedience to the law? Sounds like our church today, right?

These, however, were some of the issues that John dealt with almost two thousand years ago in his three short epistles in the New Testament. How true were Solomon's words, "There is nothing new under the sun" (Eccles. 1:9, NKJV)!

John, though, does not concentrate on the problems only. He points to God the Father and to the Son; he portrays who They are and what They have done for us, and thus what we must do in response.

Why do we believe that John wrote these epistles? To whom was he writing? What were his concerns? How does he address those concerns? What does John tell us about Jesus? What promises can we take away from these books?

 

[Anonymous]

Good post! We are not to keep following the Old Testament Laws before Jesus lived and died for us, but we do obey God's Laws (the Ten Commandments) and to live holy like Jesus is holy! Our faith is to believe in and walk the path of righteousness in His loving light by loving one another as He loves us and loved His Apostles! Amen! God Bless! Betty

 

[burien]

We know John wrote these thanks to mention by Papias of Hierapolis, Irenaeus of Lyons, and Eusebius. Polycarp, a student of John, quoted from them in his writings however he never addressed the authorship.

John's letters rapid traveled throughout the Christendom of the time. It was probably as equally valuable to those in Rome, as Turkey, Greece or Alexandria. The Gnostic belief set had spread widely and rapidly.

The rest of the questions are easily found by reading these wonderful writings..... (1 John being my absolute favorite in the Bible!)

 

[SeniorSeeker]

We know John wrote these thanks to mention by Papias of Hierapolis, Irenaeus of Lyons, and Eusebius. Polycarp, a student of John, quoted from them in his writings however he never addressed the authorship.

John's letters rapid traveled throughout the Christendom of the time. It was probably as equally valuable to those in Rome, as Turkey, Greece or Alexandria. The Gnostic belief set had spread widely and rapidly.

The rest of the questions are easily found by reading these wonderful writings..... (1 John being my absolute favorite in the Bible!)

Thanks Burien. I have learned something new, from you, today and I appreciate your words of knowledge & wisdom.

SeniorSeeker