13th September 2015                                                                         

1 John 1: 7 - 17. This week Jane says that John in his letters puts great emphasis on “living in the light” with one another in the church community and also on “living in the world”. We may experience tensions even with our own family over differences in values and aspirations. We ask how we as Christians should view the world. We see that John even challenged erroneous views of the world that were expressed from within the church itself. Judeo-Christian world views have not seen matter as evil but the doctrines of Docetism saw matter as evil and therefore distorted the understanding of Jesus as fully human and also the Holy One of God. John challenges followers of God through Jesus “not to love the world” (v15). But what is meant by the term “world” in this context. How do we stand in opposition to the world while loving the world?

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