by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE TEST OF SONSHIP IS PRACTICISING RIGHTEOUSNESSINTRODUCTION: Where do you place the dividing line between section 1 and 2? Such a subtle transition that both vs. 28 and 29 belong to both sections. However, we can see the change. The antithesis between...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: WALKING IN THE LIGHT MEANS ABIDING IN THE TRUTHI. (:18-19) ABIDING IN THE TRUTH REQUIRES RECOGNITION OF THOSE FORCES THAT OPPOSE THE TRUTHA. (:18) We are living in the age of antichrist — of apostasy and final opposition to Christ “Children, it...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: WALKING IN THE LIGHT MEANS SEPARATION FROM THE WORLDI. (:15a) TOTAL SEPARATION FROM THE WORLD IS COMMANDEDA. The Nature of the Separation –“Do not love” an obligation, not an option for the believer There must be a tremendous danger here...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: ASIDE: ALL BELIEVERS NEED ENCOURAGEMENT AS THEY APPLY THESE TESTS OF FELLOWSHIPINTRODUCTION: Really only 2 groups being addressed here since “little children” refers to all believers. John then addresses in more detail both the more mature...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: WALKING IN THE LIGHT MEANS LOVEI. (:7-8) THE COMMANDMENT OF LOVE SHOULD BE FAMILIAR AND YET FRESHA. (:7) It should be familiar because it is consistent with God’s revelation from the beginning “Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you,...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: WALKING IN THE LIGHT MEANS OBEDIENCEINTRODUCTION: If we take sin seriously and avail ourselves of the ministry of Christ as our righteous Advocate and the propitiation for our sins so that we never need to despair despite our failures and shortcomings, we...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE MINISTRY OF CHRIST ALLOWS US TO TAKE SIN SERIOUSLY WITHOUT DESPAIRINGI. (:1a) OUR GOAL IS TO COMPLETELY AVOID ALL SIN (TO TAKE SIN SERIOUSLY) (this would involve perfectly acting upon John’s instructions at the end of Chapter 1 = to take sin...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: WALKING IN THE LIGHT MEANS TAKING SIN SERIOUSLYI. (:8, 10) BY NOT DENYING SINA. (:8) In Principle — “If we say that we have no sin (nature)” — Intrinsic Sin self deception; divorced from the truth “we are deceiving ourselves,...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE TEST OF FELLOWSHIP IS WALKING IN THE LIGHTI. (;5) THE CHARACTER OF GOD ESTABLISHES THE ABSOLUTE STANDARD OF LIGHTA. The Gospel Message Focuses on the Character of God1. The Divine Source of the gospel message “And this is the message we have heard...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: GOD MANIFESTED HIS LIFE TO BE PROCLAIMED, SHARED, AND ENJOYEDI. (:1-3a) THE LIFE OF GOD WAS MANIFESTED TO BE PROCLAIMEDA. The Source of this Life of God — Preincarnate Existence from all Eternity “What was from the beginning” “the...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE GRACE OF JESUS CHRIST PROVIDES THE MOTIVATION FOR CHRISTIAN RECONCILIATIONINTRODUCTION: Before we can fully grasp the process of Christian reconciliation between two parties where some wrong has occurred – where there has been a rift created by some...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: BROKEN HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS CAN BE TRANSFORMED BY OUR NEW FAMILY RELATIONSHIP IN CHRISTINTRODUCTION: Broken human relationships create pain for each one of us. The pain is increasingly severe according to the closeness of the former bond of companionship and...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: EFFECTIVE FAITH SHOWS ITSELF IN PRACTICAL LOVEINTRODUCTION: The Apostle Paul is petitioning Philemon to receive back into good graces Onesimus, the slave he had led to the Lord but the slave who had robbed his master and run away to Rome. Paul has been...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: SOUND DOCTRINE IS PROFITABLE BECAUSE IT ALWAYS LINKS GENUINE FAITH TO GOOD DEEDSI. (:8) PROMOTE SOUND DOCTRINE WHICH IS PROFITABLEA. Attitude: Promote Sound Doctrine with Confidence “This is a trustworthy statement and concerning these things I want...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: GOOD DEEDS (INCLUDING KINDNESS TOWARDS OTHERS) ARE THE NATURAL EXPRESSION OF A CONVERTED LIFE, NOT THE BASIS FOR SALVATIONI. (:1-2) REMINDER TO PURSUE GOOD DEEDS CONSISTENTLY –DON’T FALL BACK INTO THE OLD WAYSA. Submission to Authority 1....
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE PEOPLE OF GOD IN THIS PRESENT AGE (BETWEEN CHRIST’S FIRST COMING TO USHER US INTO SALVATION AND HIS SECOND COMING TO USHER US INTO GLORY) NEED TO DEVOTE THEMSELVES TO PERSONAL HOLINESS AND UNSELFISH GOOD DEEDSI. (:11) CHRIST’S FIRST COMING =...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE CONDUCT OF EVERY SEGMENT OF THE CHURCH MUST REFLECT AND ENHANCE (ADORN) THE MESSAGE OF SOUND DOCTRINE RATHER THAN DETRACT(:1) INTRODUCTIONA. Responsibility of the Spiritual Leaders to Instruct in Appropriate Conduct “But as for you, speak the...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: REPROVE REBELLIOUS TROUBLEMAKERS WHO SUBVERT SOUND DOCTRINE AND DENY GOD BY THEIR DEEDSI. (:10-11) SILENCE THE FALSE TEACHERSKey: “who must be silenced”Hendriksen: “Paul uses a rare verb which has as its primary meaning ‘to stop the...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: APPOINT QUALIFIED ELDERS WHO CAN TEACH AND DEFEND SOUND DOCTRINEI. (:5) NEED FOR ELDERSA. Sometimes The Way to Get Ahead is to be Left Behind”For this reason I left you in Crete”B. Orderliness is Next to Godliness “that you might set in...
by Paul Apple | Apr 17, 2020 | Bible-NT
BIG IDEA: THE PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD OF GOD (WITH ITS MESSAGE OF ETERNAL LIFE) IS A SACRED TRUSTI. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD ISSUES FROM A SENSE OF DIVINE CALLINGWhich results in an absolute commitment to the will of God; commissioned to fulfill a callingA. Paul...
