1 John 1:1-4
We Proclaim
1 John 1-4 We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life. 2 This one who is life itself was revealed to us, and we have seen him. And now we testify and proclaim to you that he is the one who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then he was revealed to us. 3 We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4 We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy.
1. The One We Proclaim as The Word of Life vs1
We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life.
A. He (Jesus) existed from the beginning
John 1:1-2 In the beginning the Word already existed.
*Theological Statement - John is establishing Jesus as fully God
John 1:14 So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.
B. We Heard Him (Jesus) with our own ears
C. We Saw Him (Jesus) with our own eyes
D. We Touched Him (Jesus) with our own hands
*Theological Statement - He is establishing Him as fully human
E. He (Jesus) is the Word of Life. Logos is the Greek word which in simple terms means Divine expression…
Jesus is the word and the way to eternal life.
John reaffirms what he wrote in the gospel of John…
John 1:1-2 In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He existed in the beginning with God.
*Theological Statement - John is Establishing Jesus is the word and the way to eternal life.
John 14:6 Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
He is the Word (Logos) the “Divine expression” of the word of God…
2. The One We Proclaim as Eternal Life vs2
This one who is life itself was revealed to us, and we have seen him. And now we testify and proclaim to you that he is the one who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then he was revealed to us.
John 3:16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
John 1:3-5. God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him.
4 The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone.
5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.
*Theological Statement - life (eternal life) only comes from Jesus
3. The One We Proclaim brings us into Fellowship vs3
We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
The greek word for Fellowship here is koinonia (koy-nohn-eeah) which means communicate, communion, distribution, fellowship, or social intercourse…
4. The One We Proclaim as Our Joy vs4
We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy.
NKJV
4 And these things we write to you that your joy may be full.
The greek word here for full is pleroo (play-ro-o) which means to cram, level up, satisfy, or supply…