by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: WALKING IN THE LIGHT MEANS TAKING SIN SERIOUSLYI. (:8, 10) BY NOT DENYING SINA. (:8) In Principle — “If we say that we have no sin (nature)” — Intrinsic Sin self deception; divorced from the truth “we are deceiving ourselves,...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE TEST OF FELLOWSHIP IS WALKING IN THE LIGHTI. (;5) THE CHARACTER OF GOD ESTABLISHES THE ABSOLUTE STANDARD OF LIGHTA. The Gospel Message Focuses on the Character of God1. The Divine Source of the gospel message “And this is the message we have heard...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: GOD MANIFESTED HIS LIFE TO BE PROCLAIMED, SHARED, AND ENJOYEDI. (:1-3a) THE LIFE OF GOD WAS MANIFESTED TO BE PROCLAIMEDA. The Source of this Life of God — Preincarnate Existence from all Eternity “What was from the beginning” “the...
