The Cincinnati Church

A. John's first epistle was written that believers' joy might be full. 1JO 1:3-4.
1. The epistle emphasizes the Person of Christ and true Christian love while giving much warning against deception and apostasy.
2. Jesus equated fulness of joy with abiding in His love, which is keeping His
commandments. JOH 15:10-11.
3. Therefore to be deceived so as to break His commandments or to apostatize from His commandments would be antithetical to full joy.
4. The comprehended reception of the law of God facilitates joy for strength.
NEH 8:8-12.