We come to the end of John’s first letter and you can just about hear his very ‘spiritual’ critics scoffing: “Agh, what would this old fisherman know? He just raves on and repeats himself!”
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| "1,2,3,4..." |
Well at least he would have been able to count 10 fish!
Here are the single-digit prime numbers…
Why are they favourites with God, the Master Mathematician?
They are not easily divided – strong – which is why we have pairs, 3-strand rope, triumvirates, 7 judges in high courts…
So what has John given us in his letter?
· 7 contrasts including belief vs unbelief (in chapter 5)
· 7 tests for us, including: sound doctrine and…”keep yourselves from idols” (ch 5)
· 7 attributes of God: light, love, truth, righteous, holy, sinless, life
· 5 conflicts: the world vs our fellowship, the Unction vs the antichrist, Son of God vs the devil, Cain vs Abel, God vs the wicked one
· 5 proofs of eternal life: believe on Son of God, love God, love children of God, obey commandments, stop sinning
· 3 enticements of the world: “lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes and the pride of life”
· 3 reasons to hope: Jesus comes! We shall be like Him! We shall see Him!
· And now he finishes with the Trinity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost…..plus for good measure:
· 3 witnesses on Earth:
The Spirit, the water (of Jesus’ baptism), and the blood (of Jesus’ crucifixion) - all very public!
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| ...by water |
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| ...and by blood! |
As for 2…
…his purpose is in v13 and the key in v11.
You have eternal life in the Son of God - so keep believing!
Do you think old John has proved his point?
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