U6 L8 The Message: First John

Question 1

When was John’s first Epistle (1 John) written?

Answer 1

AD 90 to 95

Question 2

What is the theme in 1 John?

Answer 2

fellowship Christians can have with the Father and Son

Question 3

How is Fellowship with God and His Son made possible?

Answer 3

Incarnation

Question 4

Did the Gnostics accept Incarnation and believe the body of Christ was real?

Answer 4

no

Question 5

What are the 3 things believers had done that John gives proof of the incarnation of Christ?

Answer 5

• we heard
• we have seen
• we handled

Question 6

To have fellowship with God, where must the believer walk in?

Answer 6

the light

Question 7

What does light imply?

Answer 7

• perfection
• wisdom
• ability to see clearly

Question 8

What does darkness imply?

Answer 8

• imperfection
• ignorance
• blindness

Question 9

If we say that we have fellowship with God, wan walk in darkness, we ()

Answer 9

lie

Question 10

What are the two results of walking in the light?

Answer 10

• we have fellowship with one another

- Jesus Christ’s blood cleanses us from all sin

Question 11

Who may have fellowship in darkness?

Answer 11

man with man

Question 12

Who can walk together in the light?

Answer 12

God and Man

Question 13

To walk in darkness is to live in ()

Answer 13

sin

Question 14

If we say that we have (), we () ourselves, and () is not in us

Answer 14

no sin, deceive, the truth

Question 15

What did the Gnostics deny they had and needed?

Answer 15

• had sin

- denied they needed a Savior

Question 16

What does every man need?

Answer 16

• Savior
• good news, or Gospel
• Jesus Christ is the Savior

Question 17

John writes, If we confess our sins, he is () and () to forgive our sins, and to cleanse us from all ()

Answer 17

faithful, just, unrighteousness

Question 18

What are the two components of confession?

Answer 18

• our confession (we confess our sins)

- God’s forgiveness (He will forgive)

Question 19

As soon as a Christian recognizes they have sinned, what should they do?

Answer 19

confess their sins wherever they are

Question 20

What are the 3 ways of abiding in Christ?

Answer 20

• faith
• love
• obedience

Question 21

What are the 3 ways in which Satan keeps sin in the world?

Answer 21

• influencing hearts of his children
• leading them into transgression/sin
• persuading others they cannot be saved form their sins

Question 22

What is Sin in 1 John 3:4 defined as?

Answer 22

transgression of the law

Question 23

What was John Wesley’s definition of sin?

Answer 23

it is a voluntary act or willful transgression of a known law

Question 24

Sin is more an () than an (), but the () will often result in an ()

Answer 24

attitude, act

Question 25

What does unpremeditated mean?

Answer 25

done without plan or forethought

Question 26

What does advocate mean?

Answer 26

• one who speaks/writes in support of another

- a lawyer

Question 27

What is propitiation?

Answer 27

Reconciliation of God and man by means of Christ’s life and death

Question 28

John states that God will forgive man if he sins after he becomes a ()

Answer 28

Christian

Question 29

John appeals to God’s () and () as a primary condition of the confessing sinner’s forgiveness and cleansing

Answer 29

faithfulness, righteousness

Question 30

Christ is the () for our sins

Answer 30

propitiation

Question 31

Through confession, the believer acknowledges what?

Answer 31

their sins and helplessness