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When it comes to the early apostles there is one individual who followed Jesus the longest and understood him the best. John is best known for writingthe fourth gospel however in addition to this he also wrote 3 epistles to thechurches of Asia Minor. Now the churches in John’s day had recently experienceda split with many leaving the faith. This led to all sorts of questions aboutwho really were believers? And how we can know if what we believe is true? For those who remained their confidence was knocked and they were left with confusion and uncertainty. John therefore writes to his community affirming the truth of the message they had received and giving clear instructions on how we can be sure of our salvation. Assurance of Salvation rests in our assurance ofGod’s character and this has been revealed through the person and work of JesusChrist. In this course we will be unpacking the nature of salvation and atonement and how we can have confidence in what we know and believe as Christians.
One of the best ways to summarise John’s theology is simple but profound. John has an amazing ability to put forward easy concepts whilst at the same time revealing profound depths of revelation. It is in these letters that we learn that ‘God is love’ as John unpacks the character of God, the nature of the atonement and shows us how we can identify what is truly from God and what is not. In this 6 week course we will be going through the letters of John focussing primarily on 1 John and how we can have assurance of our salvation. In the final week we will also go through the letters of 2 John and 3 John. These two epistles are less well known and we will be taking some time to unpack them. They might be tiny letters but they contain some hidden gems.
Course Outline
Across 6 weeks we will be going through all three of the letters of John. Beginning with an introduction we will then dive into the letter of 1John covering its 5 chapters across 5 weeks. In Week 6 we will conclude by looking at the small epistles of 2 John and 3 John.
Week 1 – Fellowship with God [1 John 1]
Week 2 – Walking as Jesus Walked [1 John 2]
Week 3 – The Children of God / Who’s your Daddy? [1 John 3]
Week 4 – Knowing the love of God [1 John 4]
Week 5 – What does it mean to be a Christian? [1 John 5]
Week 6 – Hospitality and Hostility the examples of Kuria and Gaius [2John & 3 John]
The letters of John give us some of the best teaching on love in the bible and through them we can have assurance of our salvation. So join us as we journey through these letters of John.
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