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1 John: All Christians and Only Christians Walk in Faith, Obedience, and Love - No Exceptions!

John wrote about “the Logos [word, logic] of life” (1 Jn. 1:1), and his method is to use logic. John gives us one formal logic proposition statement after another, often stated both negatively and positively, to prove that “All Christians and only Christians walk in Faith, Obedience, and Love - no exceptions.” John shows it’s impossible to be in union with God, which all Christians are, meaning those who have been justified, and not have that result in a walk of faith, obedience, and love. “God is light, and ... no darkness. If we say we have union with him [claim to be a Christian], and walk in darkness, we lie [our claim to be a Christian is false], and we don’t do the truth [we aren’t Christians]. But if we [claim to have union with him and] walk in the light, as he is in the light, we [demonstrate we] have union [not only with him but also] with one another [our claim is true], and the blood of Jesus Messiah his Son cleanses us from all sin [we are justified, i.e. Christians],” 1 Jn. 1:5-7. Faith: “If we say, ‘We have no sin [i.e. are self righteous],’ we deceive ourselves [our claim is false], and the truth is not in us [we aren’t Christians]. [But] if we confess we are sinner

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