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EVIDENCE
FOR FAITH ?
1 John 1:1-4
“Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to
evade the need to think and evaluate
evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even
perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.”

Professor Richard Dawkins,

Untitled Lecture,
Edinburgh Science Festival (1992)
 “God's existence or non-
existence is a scientific fact
about the universe,
discoverable in principle if
not in practice. If he existed
and chose to reveal it, God
himself could clinch the
argument, noisily and
R. DAWKINS unequivocally, in his favour.”

The God Delusion, p.73

1 That which was from the beginning, which we have
heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we
have looked at and our hands have touched—this we
2
proclaim concerning the Word of life. The life
appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we
proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the
3
Father and has appeared to us. We proclaim to you
what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have
fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the
4
Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. We write this to
make our joy complete.
To make the writer’s joy complete 1:4
To encourage believers to resist sin.

2:1
To warn believers of false teachers.


2:26
To give believers assurance of their salvation.
5:13
 JESUS ETHICS

RIGHTEOUSNESS
GNOSTIC DIVINE SPIRIT
UNIMPORTANT

JEWISH HUMAN BODY LAW IS VITAL

SEE WORD BIBLE COMMENTARY

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@krishk

EVIDENCE
OF FAITH ?
1 John 1:1-4
 Preface (1:1–4) The Word of Life
Live in the Light (1:5-2:29) Live As Children of God (3:1–5:13)
God Is Light (1:5–7) God Is Father (3:1–3)

MARKERS FOR LIFE IN THE LIGHT MARKERS FOR LIFE AS GODʼS CHILDREN

1. Renounce Sin (1:8–2:2) 1. Renounce Sin (3:4–9)

2. Be Obedient (2:3–11) 2. Be Obedient (3:10–24)

3. Reject Worldliness (2:12–17) 3. Reject Worldliness (4:1–6)

4. Keep the Faith (2:18–29) 4. Be Loving (4:7–5:4)

5. Keep the Faith (5:5–13)

Conclusion (5:14–21) Christian Confidence for Life

WHAT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DO WHAT YOU FEEL

ORTHODOXY ORTHOPRAXY ORTHOPATHOS

1 JOHN 2:23 1 JOHN 3:10 1 JOHN 4:13
1 JOHN 4:14 1 JOHN 3:17-20 1 JOHN 3:17-20
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EVIDENCE
OF FAITH ?
1 John 1:1-4