Chapter 30 +31

Question 1

1. What five observations can be made about the antichrist from 1 John 2:18,22 and related New testament Texts?

Answer 1

1. Various names- anti Christ, False Christ, False prophet, man of lawlessness the beast,
2. The expectation of a coming Antichrist was pervasive in early Christian thinking
3. There is mingling of the one Antichrist and many Antichrist
4. Human and supernatural antichrist
5. The anti-Christ of the last days is partially here now.

Question 2

2. What was the nature of the secessionist’s apostasy?

Answer 2

They deny the humanity of Christ
Jewish Apocalyptic idea that the end time would witness a large scale turning away which they were apart of in turning from the Johannine community.

Question 3

3. What is the “anointing” referred to in 1 John 2:20-23?

Answer 3

Holy Spirit

Question 4

3. What is so wonderful about being the Children of God according to 1 John 3:1-3?

Answer 4

Heavenly father loves them- spiritual nature, the world rejects them, understanding is incomplete but keeps growing, This hope keeps children motivated to walk in purity, their pure

Question 5

4. What does it mean to say that the Parousia is imminent?

Answer 5

1) will fully reveal the full extent of identity as child 2)hope to walk out purity-expectation

Question 6

5. What are the three contrasts between the children of God and the children of the Devil that are highlighted in 1 John 2:29-3:6?

Answer 6

• Everyone who acts justly has been begotten of God/Everyone who acts sinfully participates in the iniquity of the Antichrist
• Christ takes away sin/No sin is in Christ
• Everyone who abides in him will not sin/Everyone who sins has not seen/not known Christ.

Question 7

6. What two contrasts are discussed in 1 John 3:7-10?

Answer 7

• Everyone who does righteousness is righteous like God/He who does sin is of the Devil, who sinned from the beginning
• No one who is born of God sins, because God’s Son is in Him/Everyone who does not do righteousness is not a child of God

Question 8

7. Does 1 John 3:6,9 (the Christian does not sin) contradict 1 John 1:8,10 (the Christian does sin)?

Answer 8

• No – the Christian doesn’t habitually sin, but can occasionally sin
• They are already victorious over sin but not perfected from it