By Jim McCracken and Rich Kao © Five Stones Impact 2024
O B S E R V A T I O N S
1 John
1. What are the characteristics of walking in the light? (CHAPTER 1)
2. How are we sure that we know Christ, and what happens if we sin? (CHAPTER 2)
3. What does loving others or hating others indicate? (CHAPTER 2)
4. How do we know if someone is an antichrist and trying to lead others astray? (CHAPTER 2)
5. How do we know we are God’s children and what are we hoping for that motivates us to purify ourselves? (CHAPTER 3 )
6. If we want to love as Christ loves us, what do we do for others? (CHAPTER 3)
7. How do we test the spirits to see if they are from God, and how do we overcome the evil ones? (CHAPTER 4)
8. How does love relate to fear? (CHAPTER 4)
9. How do we overcome the world, and is this a burden to carry? (CHAPTER 5)
10. How can we have confidence when we approach God and ask for something that we will receive it? (CHAPTER 5)
2 John
1. What gives John great joy about the lady to whom he is writing?
2. How could this lady lose what she has worked for?
3 John
1. What good report did John receive about his friend Gaius?
2. What was Diotrephes’ problem?
Jude
1. When Jude writes about the evildoers, what is their main sin and to whom are they compared in the Old Testament?
2. How does Jude say Christians can persevere?
D E E P E R T H O U G H T
1 John
1 How does John describe the reality of Jesus who is the Word of life? (CHAPTER 1)
2. Why does John mention three different groups in this letter and what are they? (CHAPTER 2)
3. How does John describe the things in the world that people love? (CHAPTER 2)
4 What does the anointing that God gave us, do in us and for us? (CHAPTER 2)
5. Is John saying that Christians do not sin? (CHAPTER 3)
6. What does God do for us when our hearts condemn us? (CHAPTER 3)
7 John says several times that God is love How does John say we can be like God in this world? (CHAPTER 4)
8. What does it mean that Jesus came by both water and blood and that there are three that testify, the Spirit, the water, and the blood? (CHAPTER 5)
9. What does John mean that there is sin that does not lead to death and a sin that does lead to death? (CHAPTER 5)
2 John Why should we not show hospitality to some people? 1.
3 John
1 What should we be imitating and what proves we are from God? Jude
1. What can we learn from Michael the archangel?
2 How can we help those who doubt and other sinners?
C O N S I D E R A T I O N C O R N E R
ANSWERS TO LESSON 34 OBSERVATIONS
1 John
1. The blood of Jesus purifies us from all sin and we have fellowship with one another. (1:7)
2. We obey his word and walk as Jesus walked. If we sin, Jesus speaks to the Father in our defense. (2:1 - 6)
3. Loving others shows we know God and are living in the light. People who hate others are stumbling around in darkness. (2:9 - 11)
4. Antichrists are liars and deny that Jesus is Christ. (2:22 - 26)
5. He lavished his love on us so we do what is right. Our hope is in his return and we will be fully like Christ. (3:1 - 3)
6. We lay down our lives for others, sharing what we have, and loving with our actions. (3:16 - 18)
7. Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God. Every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. We overcome because greater is he that is in us than he that is in the world. (4:1 - 4)
8. There is no fear in love but perfect love drives out fear. (4:18)
9. We have faith in Jesus the Son of God so we are born of God and overcome the world. Keeping his commands are not burdensome. (5:3 - 5)
10. When we ask according to God’s will he hears us and then we know we will receive what we asked for. (5:14 - 15)
2 John
1. Some of her children are walking in the truth. (4)
2. She must not be deceived by false teachers but must continue in the truth of Christ. (7 - 11)
Consider this:
John and Jude thoroughly teach the centrality of love We love God because he first loved us and lavished his love on us If we obey God’s word, his love is made complete in us If we love others we live in the light We love God but not the things of the world Christ proved his love by laying down his life for us, which is what we do for others by our actions God is love, and it is proof that we have been born of God and know God, when we love others Perfect love casts out fear We keep ourselves in God’s love as we wait for the return of Christ
QUESTIONS FOR DEEPER THOUGHT
3 John
1. He is faithful, loving, and continuing to walk in the truth. (3 - 6)
2. He is gossiping maliciously about John and the brothers, does not welcome them, and tries to stop others who do. (9 - 10)
Jude
1. They deny Jesus Christ the sovereign Lord and are compared to fallen angels, the people of Sodom and Gomorrah, Cain, Balaam, and Korah. (3 - 16)
2. We can build ourselves up in our holy faith, pray in the Holy Spirit, and keep ourselves in God’s love. (2021)