Acrostic Theme: LIGHT
Author: John the Apostle
Date Written: sometime between 60AD and 95 A.D
Audience: Believers
Key Verse: 5:13, 4:1-6
Outline:
Prologue: The Word of Life (1:1-4)
1. God Is Light (1:5-3:10)
a. Walk in the Light (1:5-2:2)
b. Obey the command to love (2:3-11)
c. Know your spiritual status (2:12-14)
d. Be warned of enemies of the faith (2:15-27)
e. Live like children of God (2:28-3:10)
2. God Is Love (3:11-5:12)
a. Love one another: part one (3:11-24)
b. Test the spirits (4:1-6)
c. Love one another: part two (4:7-21)
d. Obey God and experience the victory of faith (5:1-5)
e. Believe in the Son and enjoy eternal life (5:6-12)
Conclusion: Confidence and Characteristics of the Child of God (5:13-21)
a. Know you have eternal life (5:13)
b. Be confident in prayer (5:14-17)
c. Do not continue in sin (5:18-20)
d. Keep yourself from idols (5:21)
| Living in the light |
| Importance of our Advocate |
| God’s children avoid sin |
| How Christians should love |
| True witness in believers |
The Arnold Journey 