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I JOHN – LESSON 5

I. KNOWING THE CHARACTER OF THE CHILDREN OF GOD (2:29-3:12)

A. He who practices righteousness is begotten of the righteous God (2:29).

B. He who keeps himself pure is a child of the pure God (3:1-3).

C. He who does not habitually practice sin abides in God (3:4-6).

D. Identifications from the true standard (3:7-9)

1. He is righteous who habitually practices righteousness.

2. He is of the Devil who habitually practices sin.

3. He is begotten of God who does not habitually practice sin but allows God’s seed to abide in control of his life.

E. He is not of God who does not love his brother (3:10-12)

QUESTIONS:

  1. What physical characteristic of the father-son relationship illustrates a spiritual truth in this lesson?    

 

  2.  In what way does the world not know the Father and His children?   

3. What hope does the child of God have keeping him striving to be pure?

  4. Define Sin:

  5. What purpose was behind the manifestation of the Son of God?

  6. Describe the one who abides in God:

  7. What contradicts our claim to be begotten of God?

  8. What was heard from the beginning of the Gospel message?  

  9. Cain was “of the evil one” because of “inherited depravity.”  (T)  (F)

10. Why did Cain kill his brother?  

I JOHN – LESSON 6

I. KNOWING THE CHARACTER OF LOVE (3:13-24)

A. Because of your righteous acts, you will be hated by the world (v. 13).

B. You have passed out of death into life if you love your brother (v. 14).

C. You are a murderer if you hate your brother (v. 15).

D. Christ’s manifestation of true love manifested in self-sacrifice for brethren’s well-being (v. 16-18).

E. Loving according to truth gives us assurance before an omniscient and personal God (v. 19-22).

F. Two-fold commandment for pleasing God: believe on the name of the Son, and love one another (v. 23-24).

1. Keeping God’s commandments objective standard for abiding in God

2. The source of the commandments is the Spirit.

QUESTIONS:

  1. Why should we not marvel if the world hates us?     

 

  2.  What are you before God if you hate your brother?    

3. What do we know for sure about the destiny of one who hates his brother?

  4. What specific example of love should we know and remember?  

  5. How can we apply Jesus’ example of love in our lives?  

6. “My little children, let us not love in ________________, neither with the _______________; but in _______________ and ________________________.”

  7. How does the above statement help us in having assurance before God?  

  8. What is an important condition for receiving our prayer requests?   

  9. How is God’s “commandment” made of “two” specific precepts?