Number 1 Flashcards
What is the subtitle of first John?
The assurance epistle
John is the human author of____ of the ____ New Testament books
5/ 27 - this is more than any other New Testament writer with the exception of Paul
Johns writings include what other books
John, John 1,2,3 and Revelation
John grew up as a_____ _____
Galilean fisherman
Who was John’s brother?
James
John and his brother James were the sons of____ and were also called the sons of_____
Zebedee / Thunder
John was originally a disciple of______ and then _____
John the Baptist and Jesus
In his latter years, John pastored in and around ______ ministering to the churches of_____ ______
Ephesus and Asia Minor
John outlived all of the other apostles and was known as John the_____
Elder
John was the only one of the apostles to die a______ death and he did suffer much for Christ
Natural
John was exiled to the island of_____
Patmos
1 John was apparently written to the same____churches in ____ ____ to whom he would send Revelation.
7/ Asia Minor
There were varieties of gnostic thought which John may have written to combat. One of them is _______ and the other is ______
Docetism / Cerinthianism
_____ this heresy taught that Jesus only appeared to have a physical body. They believe Jesus was a spirit with no real physical substance who left no footprints when he walked.
Docetism
______ was an opponent of John in Ephesus
Cerinthus -
The ______ believe that the man Jesus and the Christ spirit were two completely distinct beings. This heretical view of Christ is held by many of the eastern religions, the new age movement, and even some extremist within the Oneness United Pentecostal, Apostolic, and word faith movements.
Cerinthians
Since gnostics felt that all matter was evil, they held two views concerning morality and the physical world. What were these two views?
Strict asceticism and rank immorality
Since they viewed all matter as evil, some gnostics believe that all pleasures of the flesh should be avoided, what gnostic view is this?
Strict Asceticism
Since gnostics viewed all matter as both evil and meaningless some gnostics believe that the pleasures/sins of the flesh were irrelevant and could be indulged in without affecting the spirit of the enlightened. What view is this?
Rank Immorality
Since Gnostics believed in two classes of people, the enlightened and the unenlightened, they felt the unenlightened were so inferior as to be unworthy even of_____
Love
1 John is the ______ _____ and speaks of how we can enjoy the perfect assurance of our salvation through intimate fellowship with Christ and other believers
Assurance Epistle
What is the theme of first John?
Fellowship with Christ
Five-fold Purpose of 1 John
That ye may have fellowship
That your joy may be full
That ye sin not
That ye may know ye have eternal life
Concerning then that seduce you…to combat false teachings
Date of 1 John writings
AD 90
3 John was written to reveal what?
How to stand for true teachers
1 John is considered to be the most intimate book of the New Testament second only to song of Solomon as the Bible most intimate book
True
1 John is the only New Testament book written specifically to give Christians assurance of their salvation
True
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
1 John 5:13
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
1 John 2:19
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
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1 John 5:7
What 2 references state that Jesus is God?
1 John 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
1 John 3:16 and 1 John 5:20 state that Jesus is ______
God
I John 2:3-8 tells us that assurance of salvation comes from obedience.
True
