Church notes - 12th February 2023

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1 John 1:1 - 4

Persecution
Acts 8:1 - 3

Three issues John wrote about
Declining Committment
Conforming to the World's Standards
Compromising

A downward spiral

If we don't commit, we can't get anything out of it.

'Christians have been complacent. As a whole we are taking a material view of life, leaving little room for spiritual insights or religious life' - George Cranswick, 1923

vs 1
Genesis 1:1
John 1:1
In the beginning.

Jesus was from the beginning.

The Word Logos

Jesus is physical - John was a witness to this reality. He was qualified to testify on it.
A heresy spread around at the time: That God wouldn't appear physically. That the body was unworthy.
A modern heresy: That Jesus was just a man.
The Truth: Jesus was fully God and fully Man, and therefore He is qualified to be our Saviour.

vs 3 - 4
Fellowship
A great hunger of the human heart.

Koinonia

1 John 1:6, 7
Those who walked away weren't living a Christian life.

What is true Christian fellowship.

It begins with our relationship with God.

vs 4
Joy
Make our joy in our Christian walk complete.

'Joy is the gigantic secret of the Christian' - GK Chesterton