We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
1 John 1:3

A. John wrote this letter so that Christ may be truly _______________ and the church may be ____________ in fellowship with each other and with Jesus.

B. John proclaims the incarnation because it is only the incarnate Son of God who can actually ______________ the _____________.

C. We know of love from God because of what he _______________ does for us.

Scripture Readings
1 John 1:1-4

Take It With You!

As we spend our Summer growing in the love of God, it will be helpful for everyone to be reading through 1 John daily. Here helpful insights will be offered to aid in your study.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
John 1:1-5

It is also certain that the works of redemption and salvation apply to and pertain to Christ not only according to His divine nature but also according to His assumed human nature, and that His person possesses and exercises these activities [birth, miracles, teaching, abuse, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension, etc.] not only according to one but according to both natures.
The Two Natures in Christ, Martin Chemnitz

For it was Jesus Christ who suffered for us, who died and rose, who descended and ascended, the Son of God who became the Son of man, as the very name signifies....For if He did not suffer, there is no thanks to Him, since there was no Passion. And we have been deceived by Him, who exhorts us to endure what He did not endure Himself.
Against Heresies, Irenaeus (a great Church father). This was in response to those heretics who denied the incarnation of Jesus because they did not believe God could enter into suffering.