If you're just now joining us because you were looking for a Bible Study podcast on 1-2-3 John, you're in the right place, and we are so thankful you are here. But...let me give you a little heads up - we started our study on John's Epistles a little unconventionally, and we've already covered 3rd John and 2nd John respectively. So it may be worth your while to go back and listen to our introduction episode, and then the discussions on 3rd and 2nd John to catch you up!

Now, for those of you who have been waiting for us to arrive at 1st John, today is your day! We are reading the 1st chapter of 1st John this week. Your reading time is 1:30, so actually you have time to read the entire scroll (all 5 chapters of 1st John), which will only take you about 16 minutes. Let me challenge you to do that at least two times this week - because let's not forget, the epistle was written as one long letter on one scroll. It is meant to be read all in one seating.

Then as you begin to focus in on chapter 1, here is an excercize for you to do, and some things for you to look for, make note of, and think about as you read:

1) With colored pens/pencils/highlighters, mark any repeated words, phrases or ideas.

2) Go back and read the gospel of John, 1:1-5. What similarities to you see with these verses and the opening verses of John's epistle here?

3) How does John describe his interaction with Jesus in verses 1-3, and why was it important for him to establish this interaction?

4) How does John develop the theme of fellowship in this chapter?

5) Look for contrasting themes in vs 5-10. (Hint, there are TWO DIFFERENT sets of contrasts!) Why do you think John uses these contrasts as a teaching tool?

6) What is John's purpose for writing this letter? What specific theme is he referring to? (Hint: it's the exact same thing we talked about last week.)

7) What all does this chapter teach us about Jesus?

I could go on and on...but this will get you started and give you a good foundation for the discussion. I will meet you right back here next week for the longer discussion!

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1 John | Johannine Epistles | Letter of 1st John | John's Testimony

Ahhhh, 2nd John...a quick introduction to the big letter of 1st John. If it were written today, it might include a list of bullet points like this:

• TRUTH
• LOVE
• WARNING ABOUT FALSE TEACHERS
• THE WRONG AND RIGHT KIND OF FELLOWSHIP
• INTRODUCTION TO THE CONCEPT OF "ABIDING"

John lays the foundation with these themes and gives us a little sampling of what's coming in his longer letter, but this letter is still important. It's a starting point and a guiding light that will lead the way into deeper teaching.

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2nd John | Johannine Epistles | Truth and Love | Love One Another | False Teachers | Elect Lady and Her Children | Love in Truth | Walking in Truth

We're back with our prepisode for our 2nd week in the Johannine Epistiles. This week we are looking specifically at 2nd John.

What do you notice that is similar to 3rd John that we read last week? What do you notice that is different?

If we said the overall theme last week is TRUTH...what do you think the overall theme this week is?

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Letter of 2 John | 2nd John | Truth and Love | False Teachers |

Welcome to a brand new study this week as we embark of a 7 week study of the Epistles of John....and this week, we begin with THIRD JOHN. That's right, we begin with the most personal and shortest of the three letters, but it's only short in length. It's long in gospel TRUTH. In fact, "TRUTH" is the main theme of the letter, as John loves in TRUTH, Gaius walks in TRUTH, believing brothers work for the TRUTH, and Demetrius receives his testimony from the TRUTH.

Some other themes explored in this short epistle are love and fellowship. John is setting us up for what's coming in his longer letter, and we want to be ready for it.

John also loves a good contrast, and in this letter he contrasts the character of two church members. One is a good example to follow, the other is someone who needs to be snatched from the fire.

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John's Epistles | 3rd John | Beloved Gaius | Love in Truth | Diotrephes | Demetrius | Shortest Book in the Bible | Hospitality | Brotherly Love

Welcome Back! Or just Welcome Welcome if you're new around here. We are back from our extended Spring Break with a brand new study of the New Testament books of 1-2-3 John.

I am super excited to introduce these letters to you today where the Apostle John takes on false teachers who were infiltrating the churches around Ephesus where John was now living. These false teachers were confusing believers to the extent that believers were asking the question "What gospel do we believe?"

John answers this question in a way that leaves no room for error, and is meant to comfort his readers that the true gospel is that which was heard from Jesus, the Son of God.

Some of the major themes that run through these letters are:

*the true doctrine of the Son of God

*abiding

*the "new-old" commandment

*fellowship & joy

*light & darkness

*love and obedience

*truth & lies

*antichrist & the world

Jot these down as we will refer to them often as we move through these letters.

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John's epistles | Letters of John | Johannine epistles | Gnosticism | Gnostic | Beloved Gaius | Elect Lady and her Children

Hey Walkies. It's the moment you've all been waiting for. The announcement for our Spring/Summer Bible Study is here. Annnndddd...you'll have to listen to the episode, I'm not gonna give it away here!!

I'll catch you up on what I've been doing during our little break, you'll hear what we will be studying, and I'll give you an outline for what it's going to look like calendar-wise.

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Hey Hey Walkies! It's Bonus Episode time. This is one that I have had on the back burner for a while now. We first talked about it way back in Episode 41, where we see Abraham preparing a meal to serve to the LORD and two angels who come to visit. It was an intimate time of fellowship and connection, and I mentioned how often we see Jesus use this tool of sharing a meal in the gospels to do the same thing, connect with people and then teach them about his kingdom.

Food is one of my favorite topics. I love to eat food, I love to cook food, I love to share food, I love to grow food...I pretty much love everything about food except doing the dishes. But just like everything else in the fall of creation, our relationship with food is broken. It is not what it was meant to be. Just like everything else in creation, God has to redeem and restore food and its purpose because humanity has twisted it from God's original design.

When you start exploring this theme, you will find the Bible holds an entire Theology of Food. God has a lot to say about how we relate to one another and how we should relate to him....through food imagery. It is a physical and spiritual need that all humans share. Now we don't get to explore the entire Theology of Food today, but we do get to dive into the one aspect of how God is restoring fellowship with his people through the table. He constantly invites us to sit at his table and feast in his presence. You may find it surprising how common this theme is in Scripture.

I hope you enjoy this bonus episode, and if you do, please share it with a friend. Invite them to the table. There is always room.

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Theology of Food | Food Network | The Last Supper | The Lord's Supper | Marriage Supper of the Lamb | The Lord's Table | Easter | Resurrection Sunday

Alright, after finishing the Book of Daniel on the last episode, here is a look ahead to what you can expect in April and the near future.

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