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1 John 1 (New International Version, ©2011)

1 John 1

The Incarnation of the Word of Life

 ¹ That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. ² The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. ³ We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. ⁴ We write this to make our^[a] joy complete.


The bible is a library of all different types of books bound as one.

Mark, Luke, Matt and then there is John.  Written late than the other books.

Eternal Life spoken about a lot.   No parables.  Organized around debates or discussions.

Johns writing John 1,2,3 and Revelations

Introductory Lines
 
¹ That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life

What I'm about to talk to you about isn't something that we have read about.  Direct experiences.  We live it.

The Word of Life  

V. 1  Notice word is capitalized.  We want you to know we have experienced the good life.
V. 2  This life was revealed to us. 

Eternal Life   Old concept:  After we die!  Not consistent with what John is writing.

Two different kinds of life.

1)  Psyche :  When you are born you enter the level of Psyche life and loose it when you die.

2)  "Zoe Life" :   Jesus wants use to gain the Zoe.   Eternal Zoe.  Eternal does not mean something that last forever.  This is outside of time.  Something that exists in another realm or deminsion.  

    it is an experience, not a concept.

    Does not have a beginning or end, that means it's happening no

An experience that happens now that Jesus came to reveal.  No relationship to this life today.

The Zoe life needs to be right if the Psyche is to be it's best.

Guarantee In Psyche Life it is going to be hard, changing, unpredictable,   Like waves of the ocean on top.  Loose your job, get sick,

The Zoe life is like under the water. 

Make our joy complete!!!!  The Question is  "Have you every tasted the Zoe Life.