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1 | Who was John referring to? | 1 John | AKG-pa | 221956 | ||
In Bible study last night we discussed 1st John,1;1-10. We were told that John was talking about a group of believers who believed that Jesus was here only in spirit and not in flesh. Forgive me for not remembering what he called these people, but one commentary I read called them Secessionists. My question is, was John writing to a specific group of people who did not believe Jesus was here in the flesh or ones who believed they never sinned? I am a Christian and strive to walk in the light everyday. But anyone who claims they have not sinned or don't believe Jesus was here in the flesh, to me anyway, is lost. I'm a little confused about these versus. A little enlightenment would be appreciated. Thank You and God Bless you for being here for folks like me. Barry | ||||||
2 | Who was John referring to? | 1 John | azurelaw | 221957 | ||
Dear Barry, Welcome to the forum. May the Lord bless you and your fellowship while you are diligently studying the precious Word of God. I believe the below is helpful for you to understand better the background and the aim of John's epistle/letter to the church. **** Introduction to 1st John "The joy of fellowship with God within the church to which John wrote was threatened by false teaching. Those responsible for it claimed to have a superior knowledge of Jesus Christ and an enlightened morality. They believed that human flesh, as part of the physical, created world, was evil. Only spirit was good. Therefore they held that the Son of God could not have become a full human being, for that would have meant he was joining himself to evil. So they taught that Jesus Christ only appeared to be a human being; he took the form of a man but was really a phantom. Such teaching has been called Docetism (from the Greek dokein meaning “to seem to be” or “to appear to be”). The same false teachers also taught that salvation was an escape from this evil, material world. This meant that they were not concerned with purity and wholeness of life for the human body since that body was evil. So immorality was permissible. Living a holy life in the present body had nothing to do with salvation. It was to meet this false teaching that John insisted on the reality of the humanity of Jesus Christ. Of this fact the apostles were eye-witnesses for they had lived with him and knew him to be fully human. The Son of God wholly entered into our human condition, living as a man amongst men. He lived a perfect human life and died a human death. Through the Son of God who became man Christians have fellowship with God." - Peter and Vita Toon ***** One more commentary (a lengthy one but very detail, too) can be found at : http://evanglibrary.org.uk/members/com/nt/1jnlaw/lc2.html Shalom Azure |
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