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“search the scriptures” John 5:39
INTRODUCTION, 1. 1-4.
i. Theme Announced, 1-3.
ii. Purpose Affirmed, 4.
1. FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD IN LIGHT, 1. 5 to 2. 29.
i. Fellowship conditioned by Consistency, 1. 5 to 2. 11. The Family generally considered.
a. Walking in Holiness, 1. 5 to 2. 2.
b. Walking in Obedience, 2. 3-6.
c. Walking in Love, 2. 7-11.
ii. Fellowship conditioned by Fidelity, 2. 12-29. The Family severally considered.
a. All addressed in Explanation, 12.‘Teknia’
b. Members addressed in Explanation, 13. (Fathers – young men – little children), ‘Paidia’
c. Members addressed in Exhortation, 14-27.
i. Fathers – Knowing the Lord, 14a.
ii. Young Men – Overcoming the Enemies, I4b-17. The Wicked One and the World.
iii. Little Children – Abiding in the Truth, 18-27. ‘Paidia’.
a. The Approaching Peril, 18-19. False Teachers.
b. The Afforded Protection, 20. The Anointing Spirit.
c. The Affirmed Purpose, 21.
d. The test applied, 22-23; cf- 4- 1-6.
e. The Advocated Protection, 24-25. The Abiding Word.
f. The Affirmed Purpose, 26.
g. The Afforded Protection, 27. The Anointing Spirit.
d. All addressed in Exhortation, 28-29. ‘Teknia’.
2. FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD IN LOVE, chap. 3-4.
i. Relationship bestowed in Love, 3. 1-2
ii. Relationship exhibited in Character, 3. 3-24. By the Practice of
Righteousness, 3-9.
Love, 10-18.
Obedience, 19-24.
iii. Relationship attested by Doctrine, 4. 1-6. False Teachers. The TEST APPLIED; cf. 2. 22-23.
iv. Relationship exhibited in Character, 4. 7-21. Love.
a. The Practice of Love, 7-8.
b. The Motive of Love, 9-11.
c. The Evidence of Love – God indwelling, 12-16.
d. The Effect of Love – Fear expelled, 17-18.
e. The Motive of Love, 19.
f. The Practice of Love, 20-21.
3. FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD IN LIFE, 5. 1-20.
i. Possession of the Life, 1-12.
a. The Test of it, 1-5.
b. The Testimony to it, 6-12.
ii. Perceptions of the Life, 13-20.
a. Confidence in Prayer, 13-17.
b. Certainties of Knowledge, 18-20.
CONCLUSION, 21.
Warning Accentuated.
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