Tag Archives: 1 John 1

hide or heal?

Posted on March 3, 2025 by Jefferson Vann

20250303 hide or heal? 1 John 1:5-2:2 (JDV) 1 John 1:5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in him.1 John 1:6 If we would … Continue reading →

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authenticity: obedience and confession

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Jefferson Vann

1 John 1:1-2:6.    John had lived and served Jesus for a good long time.  His concern for the churches under his charge was that they had been infiltrated by people whose faith was pretense.  He wanted to remind his readers … Continue reading →

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keep walking, keep confessing

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Jefferson Vann

1 John 1:1-2:6.  John uses present tense verbs (denoting continuous activity) to describe the true believer, but mostly aorist tense verbs (denoting simple action in past time) to describe the spiritual impostor. The true believer keeps Christ’s commandments, and keeps … Continue reading →

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