Pastor Bruce introduces John’s first epistle, which is generally focused on combatting heresy in the church. Chapter one presents three test which expose false teachers and their wrong doctrine.
1 John 2
In order to help his readers not fall for false teaching, John gives three tests of what real Christian faith looks like.
1 John 3
Everyone breathing air is not a child of God. John describes the difference between the child of God and the child of Satan.
1 John 4
John’s encouragement to test the spirits is as important today as it was for his original readers. Anyone who denies that Jesus is fully God and fully man is not worthy to be considered a teacher of the word.
1 John 5
As he closes John’s first epistle, Pastor Bruce discusses the imagery of water and blood before talking about how we can know we have salvation.