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1st John, A Love Letter WOW!FALL SEMESTER 2020STUDY QUESTIONS FOR PERSONAL WORK AND REFLECTION & SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONWEEK 4—1st John 2:18--27KEY VERSE: 2:20 “…you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth”. Pray as you begin your study at home or in your small group (over the phone or other “virtual” gathering with a few or even just one WOW sister during these weird days Covid).1. For perspective on this lesson, think about whom you might call or visit if you had a particular question about a cake recipe or a fitness regimen or good historical novel. For a recipe, would you ask someone who eats out a whole lot or someone who owns her own bakery? For advice on working out, would you ask someone who never has or someone who looks healthy and fit? For a good book to read, would you ask someone who never reads or someone who loves books, reads a lot and talks about her book club? Read this week’s passage SLOWLY, and THOUGHFULLY. OBSERVATION of what the passage says and how the passage says it (details, repetitions, conjunctions…)Verses 18 & 191. How does John address his readers in this section? 2. Note how John uses repetition in v. 18 to identify a group of people and a particular time. 3. Mark the word “but” in verse 19 and summarize the contrast in each of the two phrases3. Note how John connects these people with time in v. 18 to more information about this in v. 19 Verses 20-23 4. Note in these two verses where John uses words that contrast or repeat. 5. What does John connect in verses 20 & 21 using “but” …. “and” ….?Verses 24—27 6. John uses the word “remained” in v. 19. Mark the four times John uses a form of the word “remain” …………in these four verses. 7. What or who “remains” or “remain” in the four times this form of the word “remain” occurs? 8. Note the word “anointing” in these verses as well as verse 20. What four ideas are indicated in each of …………the four times that this word is used? INTERPRETATION—working to understand the passage in its own context, “there and then” …………Summarize what you think is John’s main concern in each section of the passage:Verses 18 & 19 9. John identifies these “antichrists” in verse 18 with what is happening in verse 10. Why might those who are those “against the Christ” also those leaving the Church? 11. In John’s account of the Gospel, he uses the word “hour” several times. Have each person in your …………small group look up one these passages: John 2:4, 7:10, 8:20, 12:23, 12:27, 13:1, 17:1. How might …………these passages help connector explain what John meant by using “last hour” in this 1st letter? INTERPRETATION continued:Verses 20—23 12. What does the “anointing from the Holy One” accomplish in the life of the believer? (v.20) And …………..why does John underscore this important work in v. 21? Why does John use the term “Holy …………..One” for the source of the “anointing? 13. John connects the “liar” with the denial “that Jesus is the Christ”, which he connects to “denying …………..the Father and the Son” (v. 22). What do you think is the connection between these two denials? 14. Read John 14:7—11 and discuss v. 23 in the light of when John heard this same teaching from Jesus …………..himself. Verses 24—27 15. This is the fourth time John uses the phrase “From the beginning” in this letter (1:1, 2:13, 2:14, …………2:24, 3:8 and 3:11) to indicate the importance of the eye-witness accounts of the first Apostles in …………the New Testament. Why is the Father & Son relationship foundational for understanding who …………Christ Jesus is for John’s first readers, the 2nd generation of Christians in the late 1st century? 16. What does the Father & Son relationship have to do with God’s promise in v. 25? What is the “flip-………….side” of this promise for those liars and antichrists who are misleading the church through false ………….teaching and leaving the community of faithful believers to promote a counterfeit Christ? 17. How is the “anointing” in v. 20 further explained in v. 27? How does a person get this “anointing” ………….(v. 27a)? What does the anointing accomplish in those who “remain” in the Father and Son as ………….they believed “from the beginning”? Why is this vitally important for these late 1st century ………….Christians?APPLICATION: your response as a disciple of Jesus in the “here and now” of your life, congregation, community, and world. Verses 18 --27 18. How have you experienced the “anointing” of the Holy Spirit (sent by the Father and Son--see ……………John 16:12—5) helped you understand and believe the promise of eternal life (v.25) and your ……………understanding of the Scripture as the God-Breathed word? 19. What is one “take-away” from this passage that you will do, work on, confess, or understand better ……………for your own life of discipleship during the coming week?Discuss in your small group what might be helpful in the application of this passage.Discuss in your small group what might be a hindrance to responding well to the passage.NOTES on large group teaching: ................
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