1 John: All Christians and Only Christians Walk in Faith, Obedience, and Love - No Exceptions!
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All my books can be read online free at wayneodonnell.com. “Freely you have received, freely give” (Mt. 10:8). This booklet is included in and comprises one section of my book Physical and Spiritual Salvation: Justification, Sanctification, Glorification, the Messianic Kingdom, & Ezekiel’s Temple in Ezekiel 40-48, Matthew, Romans, & 1 John.
John wrote about “the Logos [word, logic] of life” (1 Jn. 1:1), and his method is to use logic. John gives us one formal logic proposition statement after another, often stated both negatively and positively, to prove that “All Christians and only Christians walk in Faith, Obedience, and Love - no exceptions.”
John shows it’s impossible to be in union with God, which all Christians are, meaning those who have been justified, and not have that result in a walk of faith, obedience, and love. “God is light, and ... no darkness. If we say we have union with him [claim to be a Christian], and walk in darkness, we lie [our claim to be a Christian is false], and we don’t do the truth [we aren’t Christians]. But if we [claim to have union with him and] walk in the light, as he is in the light, we [demonstrate we] have union [not only with him but also] with one another [our claim is true], and the blood of Jesus Messiah his Son cleanses us from all sin [we are justified, i.e. Christians],” 1 Jn. 1:5-7.
Faith: “If we say, ‘We have no sin [i.e. are self righteous],’ we deceive ourselves [our claim is false], and the truth is not in us [we aren’t Christians]. [But] if we confess we are sinners [trust in God’s provision of forgiveness of sin in salvation], he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins [our claim to be forgiven is true], and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [justification] [we are Christians],” 1 Jn. 1:8-9. 7
Obedience: “He that says, ‘I know him [i.e. claims to be a Christian],’ and doesn’t keep his commandments is a liar [his claim to be a Christian is false], and the truth is not in him [he’s not a Christian]. But whoever [claims to know him and] keeps his word, in him truly is the love of God perfected [we are Christians]: hereby know we that we are in him [we are Christians],” 1 Jn. 2:4-5.
Love: “He that says he is in the light [claims to be a Christian], and hates his brother, is in darkness [his claim to be a Christian is false] even until now [he never was a Christian]. He that loves his brother abides in the light [he is a Christian], and there is none occasion of stumbling in him [and will be a Christian forever],” 1 Jn. 2:9-10.
One benefit of understanding this is that we can know who is a Christian, versus just claiming to be a Christian and going to church, etc. “As you have heard that antichrist will come, even now are there many antichrists [all who claim to be Christians but aren’t],” 1 Jn. 2:18. “Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error,” 1 Jn. 4:6. A second benefit is for our own assurance of salvation. “These things have I written to you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that you may know that you have eternal life,” 1 Jn. 5:13.
But the greatest benefit of understanding this, and the main reason John wrote, was so we would have full joy. “These things we write to you so that your joy can be full,” 1 Jn. 1:4. If all Christians always walk in the light, and we know we have believed the gospel and received justification and thus are Christians, then we know that we always do and always will walk in the light, and that is a tremendous source of joy! Not understanding what we already have will not prevent us from having some joy anyway, since it is one of the fruits of the indwelling Spirit (Gal. 5:22), but only understanding what we have provides full joy.
Wayne ODonnell
Wayne ODonnell's primary ministry is to teach big picture views (surveys) of scripture, and both the gospel of the Messianic Kingdom and the gospel of the Lord Yeshua Messiah (Acts 28:31), and always free of charge (Mt. 10:8).Wayne ODonnell graduated from High School at Bob Jones Academy, attended Tennessee Temple Bible School, and earned a BA in History and an MBA in Finance from the University of Hawaii. After graduation, he worked in finance and then software development, while teaching Bible to small groups. After retiring from programming, he took 1 year of seminary courses at Veritas International University, and began authoring books and teaching Bible Surveys via Zoom. He has been part of many kinds of local congregations over the years including Baptist, Independent Christian (Restoration-like), Calvary Chapels, Plymouth Brethren, house churches, and Messianic congregations.
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1 John - Wayne ODonnell
1 John
All Christians and Only Christians Walk in Faith, Obedience, and Love - No Exceptions!
The contents of this book may be freely reproduced and used in whole or in part
May 9, 2020
Epub ISBN: 9781005515348
Cover Photo: Tomb of John the Apostle in Ephesus
Wayne ODonnell
To Yeshua,
Creator, Judge, Messiah, Savior, King, Master, Friend
Dr. Bruce Lackey
Dean of Tennessee Temple Bible School
for his course New Testament Survey
Dr. Alva J. McClain
for his book The Greatness of the Kingdom
Contents
Contents
Introduction to This Book
1 John 1:1-4. Introduction to 1 John
1 John 1:5-2:11. Light
1 John 1:5-7. Introduction - Light
1 John 1:8-2:2. Truth - Faith
1 John 2:3-6. Righteousness - Obedience
1 John 2:7-11. Love - Love
1 John 2:12-3:17. Eternal Life
1 John 2:12-17. Introduction - Of God
1 John 2:18-27. Truth - The Anointing of God
1 John 2:28-3:10. Righteousness - The Sons of God
1 John 3:11-17. Love - The Love of God
1 John 3:18-5:17. Knowledge of God
1 John 3:18-24a. Introduction - Assurance
1 John 3:24b-4:6. Truth - The Spirit of Truth
1 John 4:7-5:2. Love - The Father of Love
1 John 5:3-17. Righteousness - The Son of God
1 John 5:18-21. Conclusion
1 John (Version 2): Joy!
The Three Tests of Union With God
Romans 6-8a. New Master, Husband, and Mind
Some Sins Are Impossible for Christians to Continue In
Our Works After Justification by Faith Alone
Introduction to This Book
All my books can be read online free at wayneodonnell.com. Freely you have received, freely give
(Mt. 10:8).
This booklet is included in and comprises one section of my book Physical and Spiritual Salvation: Justification, Sanctification, Glorification, the Messianic Kingdom, & Ezekiel’s Temple in Ezekiel 40-48, Matthew, Romans, & 1 John.
John wrote about the Logos [word, logic] of life
(1 Jn. 1:1), and his method is to use logic. John gives us one formal logic proposition statement after another, often stated both negatively and positively, to prove that All Christians and only Christians walk in Faith, Obedience, and Love - no exceptions.
John shows it’s impossible to be in union with God, which all Christians are, meaning those who have been justified, and not have that result in a walk of faith, obedience, and love. God is light, and ... no darkness. If we say we have union with him [claim to be a Christian], and walk in darkness, we lie [our claim to be a Christian is false], and we don’t do the truth [we aren’t Christians]. But if we [claim to have union with him and] walk in the light, as he is in the light, we [demonstrate we] have union [not only with him but also] with one another [our claim is true], and the blood of Jesus Messiah his Son cleanses us from all sin [we are justified, i.e. Christians],
1 Jn. 1:5-7.
Faith: If we say, ‘We have no sin [i.e. are self righteous],’ we deceive ourselves [our claim is false], and the truth is not in us [we aren’t Christians]. [But] if we confess we are sinners [trust in God’s provision of forgiveness of sin in salvation], he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins [our claim to be forgiven is true], and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness [justification] [we are Christians],
1 Jn. 1:8-9. 7
Obedience: "He that says, ‘I know him [i.e. claims to be a Christian],’ and doesn’t keep his commandments is a liar [his claim to be a Christian is false], and the truth is not in him [he’s not a Christian]. But whoever [claims to know him and] keeps his word, in him truly is the love of