Sunday Morning Service Notes

May 31, 2026

1 John

Love, Abiding, Walking, and Fellowship

1. A Review of Walking and Fellowship in Chapter 1

   1. Fellowship

      1. Sharing in common

      2. Named as a purpose of the book – 1:3

      3. Its importance – Heb 13:16

   2. Light and Darkness – 1:5

      1. God is light with no darkness – 1 John 1:5

      2. Light has no fellowship with darkness – 2 Cor 6:14

      3. We can walk in one or the other – 1 John 1:6,7

      4. Fellowship and the truth dependent on our walk

         1. 1 John 1:7

         2. Gal 5:16 (cf 1 John 1:8,10)

      5. Review of 1 John so far

         1. The link between walking and fellowship

         2. The necessity of acknowledging the truth about sin

         3. How we know that we are walking

2. Abiding and Walking

   1. What does it mean to abide?

      1. If you are abiding, you should be walking – 1 John 2:6

      2. Definition

      3. Linked to keeping His commandments – 1 John 3:24

   2. Abiding bears fruit – John 15:1-12

      1. Abiding necessary – 15:4,5

      2. Keeping His commandments – 15:10 (1 John 2:3-5)

      3. Abiding in His love – 15:10 (1 John 4:16)

      4. That their joy might be full – 15:11 (1 John 1:4)

3. Love and hate linked to being in the light/darkness

   1. Hate produces walking in darkness – 2:9,11

      1. What is this hate? (μισεω)

      2. The opposite of agape love

         1. 1 John 4:20

         2. James 2:14-19

      3. Love produces abiding in light

         1. 1 John 2:10

         2. Abiding in love – 1 John 4:16

         3. Therefore fulfilling the New Commandment

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