Standing on the Word of Life
by Rev. Kirby Williams
Finding true fellowship with God by standing on the Word of Life!
Text: 1John 1:1-4
Date: 10/05/2025, the Evening service.
Series: "Evenfall; Sunday Evening Worship" Part 39
Description:
As we delve into John's first letter we will focus on the four verses of his prologue. We will pay particular attention to his immediate and somewhat embedded refutation of the false doctrine of Docetism and the establishment of the authority of the apostolic fellowship. But primarily we will see his insistence on the centrality of the Word of Life as the all-sufficient rule of faith and practice. After carefully defining what John means by the "Word of Life", we will learn that those who desire to stay in the true fellowship with the Father and the Son, we will stand on nothing else but the Word of Life!
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I. Introduction
II. Exposition of the text, 1John 1:1-4.
A. Context
1. A troubled church.
2. Some serious errors.
3. John's Gospel prologue, John 1:1.
B. The authority of the Word of Life.
1. Introducing the Living Word.
a. A familiar-sounding opening.
i. The focus of John's Gospel, John 1:1,14.
ii. The focus of this letter.
b. Confirming the humanity of Christ.
i. What we have heard.
ii. What we have seen.
iii. What was touched, Luke 24:37-39.
c. The Word of Life, Heb. 4:12, 13:8; Rev. 22:13; 1Pet. 1:25.
2. Clarification and emphasis, vs. 2.
a. The pre-existent Word.
b. The mandatory proclamation.
i. The work of an apostle.
ii. A "life" to be shared, John 20:21; Matt. 28:18-20.
c. The Logos of the Father, John 1:1-2.
3. The path to Koinonia, vs. 3.
a. The authoritative fellowship.
b. The apostolic authority.
4. Finding the true source of joy, vs. 4, 1John 5:13.
III. Conclusion
