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IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NOT SINNED - In times that are past. Some
perhaps might be disposed to say this; and as the apostle is careful
to guard every point, he here states that if a man should take the...
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II. LIGHT AND DARKNESS AND THE TESTS
Chapter S 1:5-2:17
_ 1. God is light; walking in darkness and in light (1 John 1:5)_
2. What the light manifests (1 John 1:8)
3. The advocacy of Christ to maint...
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1 JOHN 1:5 TO 1 JOHN 2:2. FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD REQUIRES A RIGHT VIEW OF
SIN.
1 John 1:5. Spiritual fellowship depends on moral affinity. Hence
since Jesus has declared the holy perfection of God, we ca...
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IF WE SAY WE HAVE NOT SINNED, ETC.
If we turn away from God's plan of redemption we charge him with
untruth. He has sent Christ because all are included under sin. We
deny it when we affirm that we a...
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If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is
not in us. If we confess our sins, we can rely on him in his
righteousness to forgive us our sins and to make us clean from all
unr...
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THE PASTOR'S AIM (1 John 1:1-4)...
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SINNED. App-128.
LIAR. See 1 John 5:10; John 8:44.
WORD. App-121....
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_that we have not sinned_ This is not the same as -that we have no
sin" (1 John 1:8), and therefore we have once more not repetition, but
expansion and strengthening of what precedes. -Have no sin" re...
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1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:28. God is Light
1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:11. What Walking in the Light involves
This section is largely directed against the Gnostic do
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Consciousness and Confession of Sin
8 10. Walking in the light involves the great blessings just stated,
fellowship with God and with our brethren, and a share in the
purifying blood of Jesus. But it...
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1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:28. GOD IS LIGHT
1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:11. WHAT WALKING IN THE LIGHT INVOLVES
This section is largely directed against the Gnostic doct
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8–10. CONSCIOUSNESS AND CONFESSION OF SIN
8–10. Walking in the light involves the great blessings just
stated,—fellowship with God and with our brethren, and a share in
the purifying blood of Jesus....
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ΟΥ̓Χ ἩΜΑΡΤΉΚΑΜΕΝ. This is the third false profession.
It is not equivalent to ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ ἔχομεν (1
John 1:8), which refers to the sinful state, the inward principle:
whereas this indicates the _resu...
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ΕΪΠΩΜΕΝ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004)
говорить; здесь в значении
"претендовать". ΉΜΑΡΤΉΚΑΜΕΝ _perf. ind. act.
от_ ΆΜΑΡΤΆΝΩ (G264) грешить. _Perf._
указывает на непреходящий результат
действия в пр...
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IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NOT SINNED, &C.— "If, after all, we assert
that we have not transgressed the law of God, so as to need pardon
through the Blood, and sanctification by the Spirit of Christ, we,...
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HEREBY WE KNOW
PART II
1 John 1:8-10; 1 John 2:1-29
God Is Light. To Walk In The Light
Is To Have Fellowship With Him
Fellowship Is Tested By Our Sharing
of God's Attitude Toward:
1.
Personal Guil...
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If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word
is not in us.
Parallel to .
WE HAVE NOT SINNED - commission of actual sins, even after
regeneration and conversion; whereas in ,...
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1 The ministry of John is based upon his personal acquaintance with
the Lord in the flesh.
Indeed, this was the prime qualification of all the twelve apostles
(Act_1:21). They were to bear witness to...
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1:10 say (e-3) In all these cases the verb is in the subjunctive, and
puts the case of so doing. I should have translated them 'if we should
say,' &c., but that it is the case in ver. 9 also, where it...
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FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD IN LIGHT
1. Observe the grammatical form of 1 John 1:1. In 1 John 1:1 a
sentence is begun which, interrupted by the parenthesis in 1 John 1:2,
is continued in...
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HOW CAN I BE SURE?
1 JOHN
_IAN MACKERVOY_
ABOUT THIS LETTER
1. THE WRITER
The letter does not tell us who wrote it. The tradition is that John
is the author. John was an *apostle. He was one of...
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[2.
First Half. God is Light (1 John 1:5 to 1 John 2:28).
(1)
STATEMENT OF THE LEADING THOUGHT (1 John 1:5).
(2)
FIRST INFERENCE: The true fellowship ...
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The Message of the Incarnation and the Duty which it brings. “And
this is the message which we have heard from Him and are announcing to
you, that God is light, and darkness in Him there is none. If w...
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The heresy of Perfectionism. Some might not say, with the Antinomians,
that they were absolved from the obligation of the moral law, but they
maintained that they were done with sin, had no more sinfu...
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FELLOWSHIP IN THE LIGHT
1 John 1:1
As the aged Apostle began to write he was living over again his first
happy experiences with the Savior. He heard the voice, saw the person,
touched the very body i...
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This is possibly the last apostolic message to the whole Church. It is
complementary to the Gospel of John. Its subject is fellowship with
God, into which believers are introduced through their union...
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THE CHRISTIAN AND SIN
Some evidently claimed to be above sin. They may have said, "We are
spiritual and cannot sin." Today, some teach the doctrine of salvation
by faith only, which likewise implies o...
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(7) If we say that we have not sinned, we make him (i) a liar, and his
(k) word is not in us.
(7) A repeat of the former verse, in which he condemned all of sin
without exception: so much so that if...
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REFLECTIONS
Reader! You and I may well enter upon this blessed portion of God with
prayer. And surely, under divine teaching, we shall end it in praise.
Oh! who can contemplate Him whom John saw, hea...
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This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto
you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. (6) If we
say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we...
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10_We make him a liar _He goes still further, that they who claim
purity for themselves blaspheme God. For we see that he everywhere
represents the whole race of man as guilty of sin.
Whosoever then t...
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The Epistle of John has a peculiar character. It is eternal life
manifested in Jesus, and imparted to us the life which was with the
Father, and which is in the Son. It is in this life that believers...
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IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NOT SINNED,.... Have never sinned, in time past
as well as now; deny original sin, and that men are born in sin, but
affirm they come into the world pure and holy; and assert th...
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If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is
not in us.
Ver. 10. _We make him a liar_] For the Scripture hath concluded all
under sin, Romans 11:32. _See Trapp on "_ Rom 11:...
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_If we say_ Before Christ's blood has cleansed us; _that we have no
sin_ To be cleansed from; or if, even after we have experienced the
cleansing virtue of his blood, and are acquitted through the mer...
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WE MAKE HIM A LIAR; treat him as a liar, for he says all have sinned;
and the facts that all die, and that all who are saved must be saved
through the death of Christ, prove this. Romans 3:23; Romans...
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Sin and its forgiveness:...
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IF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NOT SINNED, WE MAKE HIM A LIAR, AND HIS WORD IS
NOT IN US.
What St. John here discusses is the heresy of perfectionism, the idea
which is held by many people to this day, namely...
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Unlike his second and third epistles, this first from John's pen waits
for no salutation, but more like Paul's to the Hebrews, immediately
begins with a precious declaration of the glory of the Person...
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5-10 A message from the Lord Jesus, the Word of life, the eternal
Word, we should all gladly receive. The great God should be
represented to this dark world, as pure and perfect light. As this is
the...
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1 John 1:10 If G1437 say G2036 (G5632) that G3754 have G264 not G3756
sinned G264 (G5758) make...
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‘If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word
is not in us.'
John once again returns to the question of those who declare
themselves in no need of forgiveness. They, he says, ar...
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1 John 1:10. In a third use of the universal. IF WE SAY, the great
anti-christian lie is once more repeated, but as usual in a
strengthened form,
THAT WE HAVE NOT SINNED that we are not in fact sinne...
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First the apostle announces his message that God is light and only
light (1 John 1:5). Then follows (down to chap. 1 John 2:2) a
universal statement of the evangelical conditions of fellowship with
Hi...
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IF WE SAY
(εαν ειπωμεν). As in verses 1 John 1:6; 1 John 1:8.WE HAVE
NOT SINNED
(ουχ αμαρτηκαμεν). Perfect active indicative of
αμαρτανω. This is a denial of any specific acts of sin, while
in ver...
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1 John 1:8
I. "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth
is not in us." It is not deliberate falseness that we are here warned
against, but a far more subtle form of falsehood...
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1 John 1:1. _That which was from the beginning, which we have heard,
which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our
hands have handled, of the Word of life;_
The fact that Chris...
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CONTENTS: Fellowship with God made possible through the incarnation.
Conditions of perpetual fellowship walking in the light and confessing
sins.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, John.
CONCLUSION: Fellowship...
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1 John 1:1. _That which was from the beginning._ We have before
observed that the neuter gender is often preferred by the Greeks, and
with great propriety, when speaking of the Divinity. _L'ETRE Suprê...
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IF WE SAY. If we refuse to confess our sin to God, we are by our
_refusal_ saying that we have not sinned. Since God says we have
sinned (Romans 3:23; James 1:13-15), we call Him a liar when we deny
i...
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1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 1:5 “God is light” (v. 1 John 1:5)
reflects the OT, where “light” symbolizes both knowledge and
purity (see notes on John 1:4–5;...
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1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 1:10 HAVE NOT SINNED. See note on 3:9–10.
HIS WORD IS NOT IN US. Until a person recognizes sin and the need for
salvation, the gospel has not changed him....
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THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF
S. JOHN..
CHAPTER 1 VER. 1. _That which was from the beginning_, &c. The
beginning of this Epistle corresponds with the beginning of St. John's
Gospel. Both here and the...
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_He_ _that believeth in the Son of God hath the witness in himself._
1st Because he hath in him the thing attested by God, namely this
truth, that Christ is the Son of God.
2d. Because he hath in him...
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CHAPTER 5 Ver. 1. _Every one that believeth_, with a living faith,
which extends itself to charity, and worketh by love, _that Jesus is
the Christ_, i.e., the Messiah, the Saviour and Redeemer of the...
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_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
1 John 1:5.—The first part of the epistle begins here. It is
directed against the Gnostic teaching, that to a man of enlightenment
all conduct is morally indifferent. I...
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EXPOSITION
1 JOHN 1:1
1. THE INTRODUCTION. It declares the writer's authority, based on
personal experience; announces the subject-matter of his Gospel, to
which this Epistle forms a companion; and...
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Shall we turn to 1 John.
Why did John write this epistle? In chapter one, verse four, he tells
us, "These things write we unto that your joy may full." So that you
might have the fullness of joy. Do y...
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1 John 1:8; 1 John 2:4; 1 John 4:4; 1 John 5:10; 2 John 1:2;...
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THE CHRIST CHAPTER
1 John 1:2; 1 John 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
There is a striking similarity between the opening verses of the first
chapter of the Gospel of John and the first chapter of the First
E...
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Yet still we are to retain, even to our lives' end, a deep sense of
our past sins. Still if we say, we have not sinned, we make him a liar
— Who saith, all have sinned. And his word is not in us — We...
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Note here, The impiety and blasphemy of those who affirm themselves to
be in. state of sinless perfection: they do not only lie themselves,
but intepretatively, and as much as in them is, they make Go...