(12/01/19) Jeremiah Cua
Apostle John at His Old Age Writing to the “Little Children” in the House of God

Hymnary: # 40 “Father, Thy Name Our Souls Would Bless”

Scriptures: 1 John

Outline:

1. Little Children (G5040) in the House of God
1 John 2:1 “ My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous,”
(Also see 1 Timothy 2:5-6)

1 John 2:12 “I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you for His name’s sake.”

1 John 2:28 “Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming.”

1 John 3:7 “Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous;”

1 John 3:18 “Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.”

1 John 4:4 “You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.”

1 John 5:21 “Little children, guard yourselves from idols.”

2. The Children of God’s House
a. Father G3962
i. 1 John 2:13a “I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning.”
ii. 1 John 2:14a “I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning.”
b. Youth/Young Man G3495
i. 1 John 2:13b “I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.”
ii. 1 John 2:14b “I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.”
(Also see Ephesians 6:10-17)
c. Child G3813
i. 1 John 2:13c “I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.”
(Also see Luke 15; John 14:7)
ii. 1 John 2:18 “Children, it is the last hour; …… even now many antichrists have appeared;”
(Also see 1 John 4:3; 1 Corinthians 3:1-2)

Speaker: Jeremiah Cua; Interpreter: Caleb Kwok