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Thursday, April 30, 2020

Teaching Notes Book of FIRST JOHN Chapters 4 and 5


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Teaching Notes Book of FIRST JOHN Chapters 4 and 5

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Hugh Wood, Atlanta, Georgia





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Papyrus 9 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering),  P9, and named Oxyrhynchus papyri 402, is an early copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the First Epistle of John, dating paleographically to the early 3rd century.

Papyrus  P9 was discovered by Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt. Papyrus 9 is currently housed at the Houghton Library, Harvard University, Semitic Museum Inv. 3736, Cambridge (Massachusetts).

The surviving text is a fragment of one leaf containing verses 4:11-12,14-17, written in one column per page. The original codex had 16 lines per page. The text on the manuscript was written very carelessly, evidenced by the crude and irregular handwriting, and the manuscript contains some unintelligible spellings.


Papyrus 74  designated as P74, is a copy of the New Testament in Greek. It is a papyrus manuscript of the Acts of the Apostles and Catholic epistles with lacunae. The manuscript paleographically had been assigned to the 7th century.


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The first Quarantine in the USA since 1918 continues.  It is Day 49.

It does look like the worst of the Quarantine will be lifting soon – at least for our State – perhaps not others.

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"The grass withers and the flower [fades], but the word of [the Lord] endures forever."  Isaiah 40:8; 1 Peter 1:24-25.




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1 JOHN

Chapter 4:1-6. False Prophets

Apparently, Churches were beset by False Teachers, claiming
Inspiration of the Holy Spirit for their Doctrines. Generally. says
John, their trustworthiness could be tested by their Loyalty to
the Deity of Jesus,

Chapter 4:7-21. Love

John returns to his favorite theme, Love, the keynote of the
Epistle. He is very insistent that being Saved by the Grace of
Christ Does Not Release us from the necessity of Obeying Christ’s
Commandments. And Christ’s Chief Commandment is Love. We
Know Christ if. We Keep His Commandments, 2:3. He that says,
I Know Him, and Keeps Not His Commandments, Is a Liar, 2:4.
Whatsoever we Ask, we receive, because we Keep His Com-
mandments, 3:22. This is His Commandment, that we Love One
Another, 3:23. He that Keeps His Commandments Abides in Him,
3:24. This Commandment we have from God, that he who Loves
God Love his Brother also, 4:21. This is the Love of God, that
we Keep His Commandments, 5:3. It is told of John that, when
he Was old and too feeble to walk, he would be carried into ths.
Church, and, in speaking, would always say, “Little children,
Love One Another. It is the Lord’s Commandment”.

Chapter 5. Assurance of Eternal Life

"Know” is one of. the key Words of this Epistle. We Know that
we Know God. 2:3. We Know that we are in Him. 2:5. We Know
that when He shall Appear we shall be Like Him, 3:2. We Know
that we have Passed from Death to Life, because we Love the
Brethren, 3:14. We Know that we are of the Truth, 3:19. We
Know that God lives in us, 3:24. We Know that we live in
God, 4:13. These things have I written that you may Know that
you have Eternal Life, 5:13. We Know that God hears us, 5:15.
We Know that we ate of God, 5:19.

Many Christians are discouraged because they do not feel Sure
that they are Saved. Sometimes we hear it said that if we do
not Know we are Saved, that is a sign that we are Not Saved.
We think this is an extreme assertion. It is a mistake to identify?
Assurance with Salvation. A new-born babe scarcely Knows it
has been born, but it has. Assurance comes with Growth. We be-
lieve it is possible for a Christian's Faith to get stronger and
stronger till, to himself, at least, it reaches the Full Assurance of
Knowledge.

Eternal Life, 13, begins when a person becomes a Christian, and
Never Ends. It is a Life of Divine Quality and Endless Duration.
Assurance of it is the object of this Epistle.

The Sin unto Death, 16, probably, refers to the unpardonable
Sin spoken of by Jesus, Matt 12:31-32. See note on Heb 6:14.

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The Bible Project 
The Books of First, Second and Third JOHN

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1 John 4 New International Version (NIV)
On Denying the Incarnation
4 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.

4 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 5 They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit[a] of truth and the spirit of falsehood.

God’s Love and Ours
7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

13 This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.

God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. 17 This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. 18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

19 We love because he first loved us. 20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. 21 And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.

Footnotes:
1 John 4:6 Or spirit


1 John 5 New International Version (NIV)
Faith in the Incarnate Son of God
5 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. 2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. 3 In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

6 This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the[a] Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. 9 We accept human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

Concluding Affirmations
13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.

16 If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that you should pray about that. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death.

18 We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them. 19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. 20 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

21 Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.

Footnotes:
1 John 5:8 Late manuscripts of the Vulgate testify in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one. 8 And there are three that testify on earth: the (not found in any Greek manuscript before the fourteenth century)

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Audio Book NIV  Book of First John

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New International Version (NIV)

Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Some content adapted from Halley, Henry H., Bible Handbook, Grayson Publishing, Minneapolis, MN.  © 1927 - 1959, 1964

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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Teaching Notes Book of FIRST JOHN Chapters 3

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Teaching Notes Book of FIRST JOHN Chapters 3

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Hugh Wood, Atlanta, Georgia



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The first Quarantine in the USA since 1918 continues.  It is Day 45.

Took wife to the ZOOM Doctor today.  Still very strange.  Phone calls.  ZOOM Meetings.  Heard of the first ZOOM Trial in Georgia.  Walked the dog in the deep woods listening to 8th Century Gregorian Chants. 432Hz. Quite and amazing experience actually.  

Having to learn to just turn it all over to the TriPartate God and ask for Him to work out His will in my life.  

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"The grass withers and the flower [fades], but the word of [the Lord] endures forever."  Isaiah 40:8; 1 Peter 1:24-25.

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Chapter 3:1-12. Righteousness

Here are some very strong statements about Sin. Whoever
Sins Knows Not Christ, 6. He that does Sin is of the Devil, 8.
Whoever is Begotten of God Cannot Sin. 9. Yet, John had just
said, If we say that we have No Sin we deceive ourselves. 1:8.
If we say that we have Not Sìnned we make God a Liar, 1:10.

How explain these paradoxical statements? There is a difference
between Sins of Weakness and Wilfull Habitual Sin. It is largely a
matter of the Inner Nature. An Eagle may dip its wings in the
mud, and yet be an Eagle. A Righteous man may have Sins of
Weakness. and yet Be a Righteous Man. John may have had in
mind certain heretic teachers, like Jezebel, Rev 2:20, who. while
claiming superior Fellowship with God, were at the same time
wallowing in the Filth of Immorality.

Chapter 3:13-24. love

The dominant note of this Epistle is Love. We should Love
One Another, 3:11. He that Loves Not his Brother is Not of
God, 3:10. We know that we have passed out of Death into Life
because we Love the Brethren, 3:14. He that Loves Not abides
in Death, 3:14. Whoever Hates his Brother is a Murderer, 3:15.
Let us Love One Another, 4:7. Every one that Loves “is begotten
of God, and Knows God, 4:7. Love is of God. 4:7. We ought to
Love One Another, 4:11. God is Love, 4:16. He that Abides in
Love Abides in God, 4:17. If we Love One Another God Abides
in us, 4:12. Perfect Love Casts Out Fear. 4:18. We Love because
He first Loved Us, 4:19. If a man say, I Love God, and Hates his
Brother, He Is a Liar, 4:20. He that Loves Not his Brother whom

he has seen, How can he Love God Whom he has Not Seen? 4:20. 

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The Bible Project 
The Books of First, Second and Third JOHN

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1 John 3 New International Version (NIV)




3 See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,[a] we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 3 All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.

4 Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. 5 But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. 6 No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.

7 Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. 8 The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. 9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10 This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister.

More on Love and Hatred
11 For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. 12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters,[b] if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death. 15 Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.

16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? 18 Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.

19 This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: 20 If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. 21 Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God 22 and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him. 23 And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. 24 The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.

Footnotes:
1 John 3:2 Or when it is made known

1 John 3:13 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verse 16.

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Some content adapted from Halley, Henry H., Bible Handbook, Grayson Publishing, Minneapolis, MN.  © 1927 - 1959, 1964

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