1 John: Knowing Jesus Study 1 (Jill H)

This post by christinecoltman was originally published at GRACE PLACE

The heart of the matter

Read together 1 John 1 v 1-10

  1. John is writing to believers – discuss and write down a couple of sentences stating what you think the big idea of the passage is.

2. In verse 1 John begins with ‘That which was from the beginning’. What does this mean?  (Genesis Ch 1v1 John Ch 1 v 1-5 v14).

3. John was the last living apostle so was uniquely qualified to testify about the life of Jesus. In 1 John 1 v1-3 he says, ‘seen with our eyes, we have looked at and our hands have touched’. Can you list noteworthy events in the bible where John was present.

Luke Ch 5 v 1-11,

Luke Ch 8 v 40-56,

Luke Ch 9 v 28 – 36,

John Ch 20 v 1-9,

Luke Ch 24 v 36-40

4. What does John liken ‘living in and out of fellowship’ with, in 1 John 1 v 5-10?

5. If light is being in fellowship with God and one another (1 John Ch 1 v 7), what prevents us from having real and deep relationships with each other? Why do we settle for surface relationships?

Final thought:  How can we move from surface relationships with our fellow Christians to deep fellowship with one another?