Books Flashcards
1 John Subtitle
The Assurance Epistle
Recipients: Written to the same seven churches in Asia Minor to who he would send Revelation
1 John
Written to combat heresy; early forms of Gnosticism
1 John
Gnostic heresy which taught that Jesus only “appeared” to have a physical body. They believed Jesus was a spirit with no real physical substance who left no footprints when He walked.
Docetism
Gnostic heresy which believed that the man Jesus and the Christ spirit were two completely distinct beings.
Cerinthianism
Since Gnostics viewed all matter as evil, some Gnostics believed that all pleasures of the flesh should be avoided.
Strict Asceticism
Since Gnostics viewed all matter as both evil and meaningless, some Gnostics believed that the pleasures/ sins of the flesh were irrelevant and could be indulged in without affecting the “spirit” of the enlightened.
Rank Immorality
Content: Speaks of how we can enjoy the perfect assurance of our salvation through intimate fellowship with Christ and other believers.
1 John
1 John Theme
Fellowship with Christ
Date: AD 90
1 John
2 John Subtitle
Reject the False Teachers
Content: A warning against accepting false teachers.
2 John
2 John Theme
The duty to reject false teachers
Shortest Book in the English Bible
2 John
3 John Subtitle
Receive True Teachers
Content: An encouragement for the Church to support true pastors and missionaries. It revolves around three key individuals, an Exhorter, an Egotist, and an Example.
3 John
3 John Theme
Our duty to receive and support true teachers.
Purpose: To be a rebuke on all individuals who would seek to run or control the local church or preacher.
3 John
The second shortest book of the English Bible. Its message is vital concerning the support of missionaries.
3 John
The Praiseworthy Pastor
Gaius
The Domineering Dictator
Diotrephes
The Model Testimony
Demetrius
Revelation Subtitle
The Revelation of Jesus Christ
Recipients: The 7 churches of Asia-Minor [in the western part of modern Turkey].
Revelation
Revelation Key Chapter
Revelation 19 - The Second Coming of Christ