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Luke
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Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
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1 Thessalonians
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1 Timothy
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Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
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1 John
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3. “General Epistles” Mark Luke John Acts Romans 1 Corinthians
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Luke
John
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Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
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1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
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“General Epistles”

4. First John
General Epistles: James, 1 and 2 Peter, 1, 2, and 3 John, and Jude. These general letters, bearing the names of their presumed authors, were written for a broad Christian readership and not, as most New Testament letters, to an individual or local assembly (2 and 3 John are exceptions). Also known as Catholic Epistles (“catholic” means general or universal).
-Zondervan Dictionary of Bible and Theology Words

5. First John Apostle Apostolic men (associate of Apostle) Gospel
General Epistle
Anonymous

6. First John
Author: John
Date: 90’s
Recipients: Churches in Asia Minor
Occasion: Wrong beliefs about Jesus and wrong practices for Christians

8. First John Popular verses
1:9 But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness.

9. First John Popular verses
2:16 because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world.

10. First John Popular verses
3:2 Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever it is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is.

11. First John Popular verses
3:18 Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.

12. First John Popular verses
4:4 You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

13. First John Popular verses
4:7 Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God. 4:8 The person who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

14. First John Popular verses
4:18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear…

15. First John Popular verses
4:19 We love because he loved us first.

16. First John Popular verses
5:13 I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

17. This Is What We Proclaim

18. This Is What We Proclaim
Do we hold right beliefs about Jesus?

19. 1 John 1: (NET Bible)
1 This is what we proclaim to you: what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched (concerning the word of life – 2 and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us).

20. This Is What We Proclaim
Gnosticism: A movement traced to the second century that emphasized knowledge and enlightenment, the inherent evil of matter, and the goodness of the spirit or soul.
–Zondervan Dictionary of Bible and Theology Words

21. This Is What We Proclaim
“John is fighting a Christological heresy that involved the denial of the incarnation of deity, that is, the denial that the Christ was the historical Jesus.” –NAC

22. This Is What We Proclaim
Docetism: The belief that Jesus Christ only seemed to have a human body (Gk., dokeo, “to seem or appear”) and only seemed to suffer and die. Teachings such as this that denied Jesus’ humanity appeared early in the life of the church (see 1 John 4:1–3).
–Zondervan Dictionary of Bible and Theology Words

23. This Is What We Proclaim
Was Jesus fully human?

24. This Is What We Proclaim
Was Jesus fully human?
He was born and grew.

25. This Is What We Proclaim
Was Jesus fully human?
He was born and grew.
He called himself a man.

26. This Is What We Proclaim
Was Jesus fully human?
He was born and grew.
He called himself a man.
Others called him a man.

27. This Is What We Proclaim
Was Jesus fully human?
He was born and grew.
He called himself a man.
Others called him a man.
He experienced human limitations.

28. This Is What We Proclaim
Was Jesus fully human?
He was born and grew.
He called himself a man.
Others called him a man.
He experienced human limitations.
He displayed human emotions.

29. This Is What We Proclaim
Was Jesus fully human?
He was born and grew.
He called himself a man.
Others called him a man.
He experienced human limitations.
He displayed human emotions.
He died.

30. This Is What We Proclaim
Do we hold right beliefs about Jesus?

31. This Is What We Proclaim
Do we hold right beliefs about Jesus?
Do we have fellowship with God and God’s children?

32. 1 John 1: (NET Bible)
3 What we have seen and heard we announce to you too, so that you may have fellowship with us (and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ). 4 Thus we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.

33. This Is What We Proclaim
“Failure to persevere in this faith is, by implication, to exclude oneself from the apostolic fellowship, fellowship with God the Father and with his Son, and eternal life.” –NAC

34. This Is What We Proclaim
Do we hold right beliefs about Jesus?
Do we have fellowship with God and God’s children?

35. This Is What We Proclaim
Do we hold right beliefs about Jesus?
Do we have fellowship with God and God’s children?
Do we proclaim Jesus to others?

36. >This is what we proclaim to you
1 John 1: (NET Bible)
>This is what we proclaim to you
>and we have seen and testify and announce to you
>What we have seen and heard we announce to you

37. This Is What We Proclaim
Each of us has a relationship with God through Jesus Christ not because someone withheld the Gospel from us, but because someone announced it to us.

38. Ephesians 4:11-12 (NET Bible)
11 It was he who gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ…

39. This Is What We Proclaim
John was an eyewitness to the Gospel, and he has passed the message down to us.