“That which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.”

“But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

Fellowship with

God and One

Another

1 John 1:3

Forgiveness of Sins

1 John 1:7-9

God’s Care

1 John 4:4

Benefits and ResponsibilitiesIn First John

“You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.”

“In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.”

“Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. And this is the promise that He has promised us--eternal life.”

Benefits and ResponsibilitiesIn First John

Life in the Son

1 John 4:9

Eternal Life

1 John 2:24-25

Walk as He

Walked

1 John 2:5-6

Purity

1 John 3:2-3

Keep His Commands

1 John 2:4“But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. 6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.”

“Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. 3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.”

Benefits and ResponsibilitiesIn First John

“He who says, ‘I know Him,’ and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.”