Chapter 26-28 Flashcards
Ch.26 Who are the “we” mentioned several times in 1 John 1:1-4?
John and the apostles who were eyewitnesses of the historical Jesus (pg. 249)
Ch. 26 How do the words koinonia and “joy” relate to each other in 1 John 1:3-4?
Koinonia can be translated “fellowship” or “community.” They are the present experience of the eschatological age to come that comes by abiding in Christ. They are rooted in the true understanding and relationship with Jesus Christ. The Johannine churches will experience the complete joy of the age to come if they remain in John’s community of faith.
Ch. 27 Summarize the three sets of conditional sentences that comprise 1 John 1:5-2:2 relative to John’s opponents and the apostle’s response to them.
a. Opponents: If we claim that we have fellowship with God but walk in Darkness then lie and do not live by the truth.
John’s response: True believers walk in light, have fellowship with him, and the shed blood of Jesus cleanses them from all sins.
b. Opponents: We are without sin (The real nature of Christ was without sin).
John’s response: One remains in the covenant by confessing one’s sins and being forgiven.
c. Opponents: They committed no sin since coming to the knowledge that Christ was not fully human.
John’s response: But if we do sin we have in Christ a advocate and an atoning sacrifice.
Ch. 27 Why did the Docetists not have fellowship with the Son, according to 1 John 1:6-7?
Their teaching was false and therefore they walked in spiritual darkness, separate from the covenant community. (pg. 255)
Ch. 27 Why did John’s opponents think they had no sin, according to 1 John 1:8-9 and 1:10-2:2?
Because they have the truth about Jesus Christ. Sin committed through the body doesn’t matter because Christ was not truly human but only divine.
Ch. 27 What does John mean by Jesus’ “atonement” for sin (1 John 2:2)? What is the Old Testament background of 1 John 2:2?
Jesus became the ultimate sacrifice. On the Day of Atonement, the high priest offered a bull &; a goat as a sacrifice for the sins of Israel and then poured the blood onto the mercy seat on the ark of the covenant.
Ch. 28 What are the three claims of the Docetists that John refutes in 1 John 2:3-11?
a. They claim to know God.
b. They claim to abide “in” God.
c. They claim to be in God’s light.
Ch. 28 What is the most probable background of John’s term “knowledge”?
God’s revelation to Israel in the Old Testament; through God’s self-disclosure in His mighty acts and by His Spirit, Israel could know God in an experiential way.
Ch. 28 What is Christian love?
Agape: spontaneous, unmerited love flowing from God to the Christian and from the Christian to the fellow believer.
Ch. 28 How did the Docetists hate their brothers?
They seceded from the Johannine community and they deprived the community from financial assistance.
