We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life.
This one who is life itself was revealed to us, and we have seen him. And now we testify and proclaim to you that he is the one who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then he was revealed to us.
We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy.
1 John 1:1-4 NLT
The joy of the Lord is our strength. Be strong in the Lord. Be full of joy. As Paul says, “Rejoice!”
We have faith in Him. Therefore, we are in Him. He is in us. We have fellowship with Him and the Father.
We proclaim the Truth of who He is so that others might have fellowship with us. We enjoy that.
The world and all its ways are going in the hand basket. That hand basket is going to hell. As the prophecy foretold.
Speak the truth in love. What else is there to do?
Proclaim the Truth. Fellowship in the Truth. Evangelism and Disciplemaking.
Enjoy.
Lord, lead us by Your Spirit. Amen.
This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all. So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth.
1 John 1:5-6 NLT