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We trust you have had a very profitable week-end. As you can see from our comments, 1 John is very personal, in fact, the Holy Spirit has written to the (τεκνον), little children of God the Father in this letter. The only other book of the Bible that comes close to being so tender to His children is the Song of Solomon where we see spiritual marriage.

I am delighted that our Teacher is stirring the hearts of our students, and they are passing that on to all of us in this personal Bible study. Thanks for reading our pages up to now.

I'm still stuck, in awe, on the first word - "That." Why did the Holy Spirit use this neuter word to start His letter? I am using the expository method of study for the first ten verses. I am letting our Teacher speak to my mind - Word by Word.

Remember, we are looking for "spokes"for our "wheel." We got Gen. 1:1, and Jn. 1:1 from "the beginning"of our first verse. I received another spoke (thought) from the Word - That.

2Thess. 2:6 -ye know... what withholdeth... (Greek - "THAT" which restraineth) goes on to use the masculine in verse 7 - HE who letteth (hindereth) the man of sin will be taken out of the way of the man of sin. The power that holds back the Antichrist lives within every child of God.

"That" speaks of God - but also of His omni qualities. God has always been. God is everywhere present. God is all powerful. This is the "That" - that that opens our study.

The awe that thrills John and excites us; is the awesomeness of God the Son manifest, so that we mere humans can see for ourselves, with our own eyes --- God. The apostles heard the Word, they saw God, they touched the Almighty with their own hands. John is excited to report this FELLOWSHIP with the Father and His Son Jesus Christ. Whats more, he exclaims that ALL the Father's children can enjoy this fellowship, and that makes our JOY full.

WELL - GLORY!

We see the first purpose in the Spirit writing through John:

1. THAT we (children) might have fellowship (1:3). This fellowship is communion - it is not union with Christ. Our daily fellowship (communion) changes, our sonship (union) never changes.

We are accepted in the Beloved. Cleansed from confessed sin, we have sweet fellowship.