1st JOHN - # 3, God's Word is the manifestation of Order, Design and Purpose! (3-6-25)

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Reduced to a formula: The filling of the Spirit + knowledge of doctrine + application of doctrine = maximum happiness.
That is the only way we can get to stability, contentment, and maximum joy in life. But if it stops with knowledge of doctrine and it never eventuates in changed thinking and changed behavior, then all it is, is an intellectual trip which is tantamount to Gnosticism.
We have to understand the purpose for this epistle. There are four purpose statements in the epistle. The first is 1 John 1:4 “These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete.”
What we will see as we go through our verse-by-verse analysis is that each purpose statement comes at the conclusion of that section. Fellowship and the message of eternal life is the subject of the first three verses, and he is writing that so that our joy may be complete. The next purpose statement is 1 John 2:1 “My little children, I am writing these things [1:5-10] to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”
The next purpose statement is 1 John 2:26 “These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you.”