📹 9. PIO412 2025-11-14 05
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1 JOHN: FALSE TEACHING AND THE QUESTION OF SIN
This lecture identifies the false teaching 1 John confronts: denying Jesus as the Christ and denying that he came in the flesh, alongside claims of special “insider” knowledge. It also names ethical failures—walking in darkness, hating fellow believers, disobeying God’s commands, and denying sin. It shows John’s response through witness/testimony, the themes “God is light” and “God is love,” and the Spirit’s “anointing” that helps believers discern truth from error. It then tackles the tension between “if we say we have no sin…” and “those born of God do not sin,” relating it to willful or habitual sin versus confession and forgiveness.
This lecture identifies the false teaching 1 John confronts: denying Jesus as the Christ and denying that he came in the flesh, alongside claims of special “insider” knowledge. It also names ethical failures—walking in darkness, hating fellow believers, disobeying God’s commands, and denying sin. It shows John’s response through witness/testimony, the themes “God is light” and “God is love,” and the Spirit’s “anointing” that helps believers discern truth from error. It then tackles the tension between “if we say we have no sin…” and “those born of God do not sin,” relating it to willful or habitual sin versus confession and forgiveness.