If we claim to have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 1 John 1:6
At the end of the apostolic age John remained. The others who personally knew Jesus were martyred across the Roman Empire. John lived in Jerusalem caring for Jesus’ mother, but at some time after her death, he moved to Ephesus where he wrote his gospel, three epistles and Revelations. By now the Church is sixty to seventy years old.
John’s letter was addressing a wrong theology suggesting separation between spirit and body. Some believed that the two were completely unconnected, therefore, the body could engage in sensual activities while the spirit remained holy. Those who believed this argued that Jesus had never really become fully man, but just an aberration.
In the entire first chapter of this letter John addresses the absolute truth of the incarnate God in His Son Jesus. You can’t ‘sort of’ believe or ‘sort of’ be a Christian.Jesus brought hope and light into the world. Darkness is gone when you are facing the Son.
Happy Friday,
Gretchen