Key Learnings from Wednesdays
April 2025
Wednesday Bible Study
The three Letters of John in content and style resemble the Gospel of John. They address issues of faith, love, and the nature of Jesus, emphasizing the importance of truth and community in the face of false teachings.
⁃ Christ is the object of faith. Faith in Christ is what saves
⁃ John heard and saw with his own ears and eyes this message of salvation in Christ alone.
⁃ 1John 1:5-10 is very familiar because of its use in the worship service
⁃ Original Sin and what it has done to us
• No Righteousness (Loss of righteousness)
• No Knowledge (Ignorance of God (Redefining of God))
• No Love (Inability to love God)
• No Trust (Unable to trust God (Rejecting His Church))
• No fear (of God (Contempt of God))
• My Judgement (Hating God’s judgement)
• My Way (Seeking our own way, our own path)
• My Good (Define for ourselves good and evil)
• My Lust (Lusting after any bobble or trinket)
• My Sin (Makes sinning seem reasonable (The desire to sin))
⁃ Heresy of Gnosticism
• Hidden truths to know to be saved; to awaken the divine spark within
• Demiurge subordinate deity who created the material world
• True God is distant and unknowable
⁃ Two (Duel) Covenant Theology (Heresy); The Jews don’t need Christ to be saved