Our Defense, Jesus Christ

1 John 2:1-11

Key Verse: 2:1

1. What is the purpose of John in writing this letter? (1a) What attitude should Christians have when they have sinned? (Hebrews 12:4; Romans 6:12-13)  What should we do when someone sins? (1b) What did Jesus do for us? (2)

2. What is the relationship between obeying God’s commands and knowing who God is? (3-6) What happens to those who obey commands and those who do not obey them?

3. What is the relationship is between the new command John mentions and the old one? (7; Leviticus 19:18; Mark 12:31)  How is the new command John writes of different? (8) (John 13:34-35)

4.    What is the relationship between being in the light and loving our brother? (9-11) What is the mindset of those who love their brothers and that of those who hate their brothers?