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Rewards of participating in the Holy fellowship, P1

1 John 5: 1-12

  • Session: 8
  • Week: 2
  • Day: 1
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Introduction

In this session, 1 John Chapter 5: 1-12, we focus on understanding the benefits (fruits, rewards, or consequences) of participating in holy fellowship in a hostile environment. In this session, we will study the first three benefits, and the next session will cover the last three benefits

Objectives

By the end of this session, the learner will have:

  • Understood the doctrine of the Holy communion by listing at least 6 benefits of participating.
  • Appreciated the benefits of participating in the Holy communion, fellowship during their walk in a hostile culture by listing them from the scriptures provided
  • Described the hostile culture towards kingdom culture by identifying its elements such as darkness, hating, and killing.

Outline

  • Benefits of participating in the Holy Communion
  • Hostile culture of darkness, hating, and killing
  • Dangers of not participating Holy communion

Group Study Time

1 John 5: 1-12

Connecting

  • Gather with two or more people for a community discovery bible study session.
  • Start with a heartfelt prayer, inviting God to guide and bless your understanding.
  • Explore the passage by reading it at least twice, using different Bible versions if available, then retell the story together as a group.
  • Reflect and share the challenges and blessings you experienced from the previous study.

Comprehending

  • Discuss this statement: Believing Travelers, in the foreign cultures which are hostile (dark, hating, and killing) to their faith, can experience sickness, weakness, and even death unless they deliberately participate in the Holy communion.
  • Read 1 John 5: 1-3. What is the first Consequence (benefit, result, or fruit 🍓 🍑🍉🍊) of participating in the Holy communion (with the Father, the Son, and the other children)
  • Read 1 John 5: 4-5. What is the second benefit of participating in the Holy Communion?
  • Read 1 John 5: 6-12. What is the third fruit 🍓 of participating in the Holy fellowship from the HOLY trinity?

Committing

  • Engage with the Bible—read, study, memorize, meditate, pray, listen, and live it out.
  • List three lessons you have learnt as an agent of change that you would like to put into practice and teach others about.
  • Take time and worship Jesus with the attributes revealed about Christ.
  • Use the SPACEPETS model, to assist you in putting God’s word into practice. Look for:
    • Sin to confess
    • Promise to claim
    • Attitude to change
    • Command to keep
    • Error to change
    • Prayer to make
    • Example to copy
    • Truth to obey and
    • Something praiseworthy

Communicating

  • Identify one person you can connect with and share the valuable insights and lessons you gained from this session.
  • Reach out to a new believer—either in person or by phone—and pray with them to support them through their challenges, including any concerns about attending church.
  • Create a new group and guide others through this study to help them grow in their understanding.

Post Lesson Teaching Summary

Great job completing the study! Take a moment to listen to this summary to reinforce your group’s understanding of the text and ensure you’re all on the same page. We’re here to support your learning journey!

Rewards of participating in the Holy fellowship, P1

1 John 5: 1-12

1 John 5:1-12

  • Context:
    • John addresses a fellowship shaken by antichrists denying Jesus’ incarnation, using Luke 15 brothers to reflect Jews/Gentiles tempted to leave.
    • Chapter 5 highlights benefits of abiding in holy fellowship amidst a hostile world.
  • Benefit: Keeping Commands (1 John 5:1-3):
    • Believing Jesus is the Christ makes us God’s children, loving God and His children (v. 1-2); God’s commands become non-burdensome through love (v. 3).
    • Mercy enables joyful obedience, sustaining fellowship.
  • Benefit: Overcoming the World (1 John 5:4-5):
    • Faith in Jesus as God’s Son grants victory over the world (v. 4-5); abiding believers conquer worldly pressures through trust in Christ.
    • Mercy empowers faith’s triumph over evil.
  • Benefit: Accepting God’s Testimony (1 John 5:6-12):
    • Jesus came by water, blood, and Spirit—earthly witnesses confirming His incarnation (v. 6-8); God’s testimony (Father, Son, Spirit) affirms eternal life in Christ (v. 9-11).
    • Rejecting this is aligning with antichrists; accepting it secures life (v. 12).
    • Mercy anchors believers in God’s truth.
  • Application:
    • Abide in fellowship to obey God effortlessly, overcome the world through faith, and embrace God’s testimony—mercy ensures victory over heresy and darkness.