Do Not Love the World - 1 John 2:15-17
Understand It
- What restrictions should we place on our affections? (2:15)
- What should believers not love? Why? (2:15)
- What is the result of loving the world? (2:15)
- Why did John tell us not to love the world? (2:15-17)
- What are the things of the world? (2:16)
- How did John categorize the things in the world? (2:16)
- From where do the things in the world come? (2:16)
- From where do the things in the world not come? (2:16)
- What passes away? (2:17)
- Who lives forever? (2:17)
Apply It
- What specific steps will you take in order to find satisfaction in your relationship with God rather than in the things of the world?
- How will you do the will of God today?
Warning Against Antichrists - 1 John 2:18-27
Understand It
- What time did John say it is? (2:18)
- Who was coming and who had come at the time John wrote this? (2:18)
- What did John say about those who had left? (2:19)
- What did the readers of 1 John have? (2:20)
- What did the readers of 1 John know? (2:21)
- How is the antichrist identified? (2:22)
- In what way is denying (or acknowledging) the Son related to having the Father? (2:23)
- What did John encourage his readers to do? (2:24)
- What did the Father promise? (2:25)
- Why did the author write these things? (2:26)
- What was the relationship between the anointing these believers received and their need to be taught? (2:27)
Apply It
- What will you do this week to deepen your fellowship with Jesus Christ?
- What steps do you need to take to better prepare yourself against antichrists and their false doctrines?
- Who is someone you can encourage in their relationship with Christ this week?
