1 John 1:5 - 2:2

Sermon Questions 

1) John summarizes the message he received from Jesus simply as: "God is light, in whom is no darkness at all” (1:5). What darkness do you sometimes fear might linger in God? Be honest. 

2) What does it mean that Christ is our propitiation (2:2)? How is God thereby both “faithful and just to forgive us our sins” (1:9)? Why is this so important for us to understand if we are to walk in the confidence of being forgiven? 

3) John writes that “if we confess our sins,” then "we have fellowship with one another,” and so are cleansed from all our sin and unrighteousness (1:9, 7). How do we become a safe place to confess our sins together - to God and to one another (James 5:16)? That is, how do we cultivate true fellowship in the light together?