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(1 John 1)

Read 1 John 1 at least twice. What stands out to you?

What are some common distortions in people’s views of God?

What kinds of problems do these distortions cause?

If you were to summarize the teaching of Jesus about God in a few words, would you do it like John did (1 John 1:5)? If not, how would you do it?

 

What does John have in mind when he talks about light and darkness in this verse?

 

In the temptation in the Garden, the serpent did not urge Eve to eat the fruit. Instead, he caused her to question the goodness of God. Why might he have gone about it in this way and what might that mean for us?

 

What should we think when something (a Bible passage or teaching we hear) seems to suggest that there is darkness in God?

 

Might some things about God actually be light and yet seem darkness to us? Explain.

 

If I admit into my mind the idea that there is darkness in God, how might that affect my growth in grace and in the knowledge of God?

 

If I think that God is stingy – he really doesn’t want to help me or give me what I need – how might that affect me?


If I think of God as cliquish – he wants to exclude people from his circle, how might that affect me?

 

If I think of God as a religious bean-counter, keeping account of all my religious deeds, how might that affect me?

 

If I tolerate darkness in myself, how will that impact my relationship with the God who is light, in whom there is no darkness at all?

 

What would it take for you to come to know God more truly?

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