Ep 173 – 1 John 1:1-4 PT 2

In today's episode, we'll remain in the first four verses of 1 John 1. This episode is entitled "Something Worth Proclaiming" because John is going to address that passion he shared with the other disciples for sharing the good news regarding Jesus Christ, the Word of Life. John's desire was that others would come a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ as their Savior and enjoy not only fellowship with God the Father, but with the rest of the body of Christ. For John, the real heart of the matter was the non-negotiable nature of Christ's incarnation. In other words, the gospel was completely dependent upon the reality that Jesus, the Son of God, had taken on human flesh and lived among us as a man – but without sin. Jesus wasn't just another man. He wasn't merely a good teacher with some powerful moral truths to share. He was the very Son of God and, therefore, God Himself. And not only that, Jesus was, by His own self-admission, the only means by which men could be restored to a right relationship with God. And that was a truth John found more than worth proclaiming.