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Q1. (2 John 9) Q. What is the danger of "running ahead" of Christ's teachings to "deeper truths"? What is the danger of "running ahead" of Christ's guidance for our lives? A. We are supposed to stay with the truth of the true gospel about the Lord Jesus and His divinity. When people run ahead, the deviate from the truth like the false teachers did and still do. They deceive the vulnerable hearers astray. What does it mean to "abide" or "continue" in Christ and his teachings? Why is this so important? A. To abide and continue in Christ is to continue to believe in Christ and His teaching and to continue to obey what He says.

Q4. (1 John 5:21) Q. Why does John exhort his "children" to "keep yourselves from idols"? A. John needed to warn the church against the sin of idolatry because they would be substituting God with such idols, a sin similar to that being committed by the false teachers Q. What idols distract us from the true God? What idols compete with God for attention in your life? A. TV, media, money, our jobs or family etc

Q3. (1 John 5:14-15) Q. What are the two conditions to answered prayer in 1 John? (See also 3:22.) A. Pray according His will and to obey Him. Q. How do we determine God's will so that we can pray boldly, confidently? A. Through the scriptures and also through praying and asking Him to confirm something we are looking for from Him. Q. How often will our prayers be answered when our main motive is to achieve our will? A. Rarely.

Q2. (1 John 5:11-12) Q. What is the difference between saying "this life is in the Christian Church" and "this life is in his Son"? A. The relationship with Jesus Christ is personal and individualistic where each church member has to believe In Jesus Christ to have life eternal. The life eternal is found in the person of Jesus Christ not in a church. Q. What should we be doing differently so that we teach a faith relationship rather than a religion? A. We show really know the true word of god and teach it to the body of Christ. What is the difference between "faith" and "faith in Jesus"? A. Faith in any other person (or thing) than Jesus Christ wont lead to getting life eternal. Only faith in Jesus Christ leads to eternal life because He is the only Carrier of eternal life.

Q1. (1 John 5:4-5) How does a defeatist mentality differ from a belief that in Christ we have overcome the world? What part does faith have in this overcoming? A. A defeatist mentality makes one to surrender quickly when a challenge strikes while faith in the victory of Jesus Christ who is in us will make us to stand and look forward to victory over our challenges too. In this fight in the power of our Lord Jesus, faith is extremely necessary to keep us standing in the face of the intimidating challenges. Q. What part does unbelief have in a defeatist mentality? A. Unbelief in the Lord's ability to give us victory over our challenges makes people to consider the battle lost even before the battle starts.

Q4. (1 John 4:11-18) Q. What kind of fear should we have towards God? A. Reverence fear Q. What kind of fear is extinguished by his love perfected in us? A. Fear of of being punished as a result of sin Q. What kind of attitude should we have towards future judgment? A. Anticipation of the Lord Jesus Christ return as our legal solicitor who will represent us at judgment and plead our case of innocence as He has paid for our sin

Q3. (1 John 4:7-8) Q. Why is the statement, "God is love," so important? What does it say about God's nature? How does love being the essence of God's nature affect us? If we were created in God's image of love, but fell, what does this say about the road to healing in our lives? Why does love demand a willingness to forgive? A.The statement "God is love" is important beause it explains Who God is- Love, and also implies that we that are created in His image are to love like He does Though created in God's image, we can fall but can receive forgiveness when we confess and repent. Similarly, because God forgives us when we fall, we should also forgive others who fail us

Q2. (1 John 4:4) Q. What in us is greater than false prophets and even Satan? A. The power of the Lord Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of the Log God aaAllmighty. Q. In what sense have we overcome them? A. The victory of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross and over death gave us power to overcome satan and his power. Q. In what way will we overcome them in the future? A. We can overcome satan now in the Lord Jesus power and when He return He will totally defeat satan and arrest him into the pit of hell where he will be forever Q. How should this truth affect fear in our lives? A. This is a motivation for me to remember now and forever that Jesus Christ has overcome and lives in me through His Spirit to continuously give victory forever.

Q1. (1 John 4:1-3) Q. Why is believing that Jesus was God in the flesh so important? A. Because the principle is the foundation of the Christian faith. To deny it is to deny Christ. Q. Why doesn't Satan want us to believe that? A. To rob us of our salvation Q. What are the implications of the fact that Jesus could live out his divine life in a human body like ours? What significance does it bring to the crucifixion and to the resurrection? A. This enabled Him as God to live amongst men and be able to die and shed His blood for the cleansing of our sin resulting in our salvation. Q. What is the significance for your Christian life? A. The God that came as man to live and die for me led to my salvation and thus I am reconciled to God and have eternal life

Q4. (1 John 3:22) Q. We know that God doesn't "owe" us anything. So what is the relationship between obedience and answered prayer? A. Though we are saved by grace, we need to live in obedience to God to have our prayers answered. Q. Do we "earn" God's favor through obedience? A. My answer is NO. Favour is like grace that is unmerited.

Q3. (1 John 3:16-18) Q. What does it mean to "lay down your life for your brothers"? A. It means to love up to the extend that we are will reach out to a need even at cost, materially and or physically even to the point of death. A. What are some concrete examples of this kind of love in action within the Christian community? A. Seeing a brother/ sister in need and reaching out in love to meet the need without looking back. Q. If you are in a large congregation, how can you get to know other members so you'll be able to lay down your life for them -- and they for you? A. In some churches like ours, occasionally, awareness is made about the needy in the church especially widows and the fatherless etc and a call is made for members to contribute to their welfare. This creates an opportunity for members to assist. One can also look out for an opportunity to help such needy members that are known

Q3. (1 John 3:16-18) Q. What does it mean to "lay down your life for your brothers"? A. It means to love up to the extend that we are will reach out to a need even at cost, materially and or physically even to the point of death. A. What are some concrete examples of this kind of love in action within the Christian community? A. Seeing a brother/ sister in need and reaching out in love to meet the need without looking back. Q. If you are in a large congregation, how can you get to know other members so you'll be able to lay down your life for them -- and they for you? A. In some churches like ours, occasionally, awareness is made about the needy in the church especially widows and the fatherless etc and a call is made for members to contribute to their welfare. This creates an opportunity for members to assist. One can also look out for an opportunity to help such needy members that are known

Q2. (1 John 3:15) Q. How can anger turn into hatred in our hearts? A. Anger sustained in our hearts eventually leads to hatred Q. In what ways do anger and hatred relate to murder? A. If we continue to harbour anger and hatred, we cannot love and even if this does not result in physical murder, the spiritual penalty is that of murder. Q. How can we get rid of stored-up anger in our hearts so that we may love those who have offended us? A. By confessing the sin and asking God to help us to love the person we hate then take a deliberate step to reach out to the victim

Q1. (1 John 3:12-15) Q. Why did Cain resent Abel? A. Because accepted his brother's sacrifice and did not accept his own. Q. Why did Cain kill Abel? A. His jealousy and anger triggered the spirit of murder Q. How does the story of Cain and Abel illustrate Jesus'explanation of why the world hates us? A. The world hates us because of several reasons including our holier than thou attitude. But one other reason is that our righteous ways exposes the world's unrighteousness thereby attracting their anger that often lead to murder.

Q5. (1 John 3:3-10) Q. How does John's teaching on sin and righteousness in this passage relate to combating the false teachers? A. He teaches that sin is lawlessness What did they seem to be teaching about sin and righteous living? A. That humans, cannot be able to live sinless lives

Q4. (1 John 3:6, 9) How does the presence of God's seed in us keep us from habitual lawlessness and sin? A. The Holy Spirit is the Seed in us. He helps us through His power to resist sin so that it will not cause us to sin habitually making us lawless Q. How does the Holy Spirit sanctify us and make us like Jesus? A. His power in us cleanses our spirits and souls from sin and its filth on us.

Q3. (1 John 3:4) Q. How does lawlessness show up in a person's attitude and actions? A. It shows up in defiance, refusal to do what is right or taking lightly the command given by God Q. In what sense is an attitude of lawlessness the cause of sin in our lives? A. Lawlessness is refusal to obey laws made by the authority and such acts of disobedience is sin

Q2. (1 John 2:28; 3:2-3) Q. In what way does our expectation of Christ's Second Coming motivate us to purify ourselves from sin? A. Given that we do not know the day or the hour he will come back, we need to do everything possible to ensure that He will not come and catch us in a mess of sin Q. How does purifying ourselves from sin relate to God's grace? A. We are saved by grace but we need to do our part of ensuring that we keep away from sin. But when we sin we immediately confess and ask for forgiveness and cleansing of our souls and spirits.

Q1. (1 John 2:29-3:2) Q. In what sense are we "children of God"? A. We are Gods by reason of receiving the Lord Jesus Christ as our Saviour and having the Holy Spirit of God comes into us to lead us to live a Godly Christ like life. Q. What does the Holy Spirit have to do with this "new birth"? How does the new birth change us? A. See b part of the answer above please.

Q5. (1 John 2:26-27) Q. If we have the Holy Spirit, why do we need teachers in the church? A. Because iron sharpens iron. Beside, god has given various spiritual gifts to the church including the gift of teaching so as to build one another. Q. How does the role of the anointing differ from the Holy Spirit's spiritual gift of teaching? A. The role of the anointing/ power of the Holy Spirit in teaching comes directly from the Holy Spirit to explain the scriptures to us. On the other hand, some people are given power from the Holy Spirit to teach others from the word of God.

Q5. (1 John 2:26-27) Q. If we have the Holy Spirit, why do we need teachers in the church? A. Because iron sharpens iron. Beside, god has given various spiritual gifts to the church including the gift of teaching so as to build one another. Q. How does the role of the anointing differ from the Holy Spirit's spiritual gift of teaching? A. The role of the anointing/ power of the Holy Spirit in teaching comes directly from the Holy Spirit to explain the scriptures to us. On the other hand, some people are given power from the Holy Spirit to teach others from the word of God.

Q4. (1 John 2:24-28) Q. What does it mean to abide/remain/continue in Jesus? A. It means to continue to hold on to the truth that was taught in the beginning by true disciples/ apostles of Jesus so as to remain faithful to the Lord Jesus Q. Give an example of what a Christian might be doing who is "abiding" in Jesus. A. He/ she will be reading/ meditating in the true word of God, obeying by doing what the scriptures say and having fellowship with other believers. Q. What are symptoms in a Christian who is not "abiding" in Jesus? A. He will be doing things contrary to the provisions of the Bible and walk in the dark by engaging in sinful acts.

Q3. (1 John 2:20, 27) Q. In what ways is the Holy Spirit an internal Guide for us? In what ways does he teach us? A. He guides, counsels, helps and exposes false hood and leads us to the truth9Q. In what ways does he point us to Jesus'teaching? A. He gives understanding by throwing light on the scriptures to give us meaning of what we read

Q2. (1 John 2:20-21) Q. What is the "anointing" that John is talking about? In what way is anointing connected to the Holy Spirit in the Bible? Do you think that each Christian has received this anointing? A. It is the presence and the power of the Holy Spirit. At Jesus' baptism, the Holy Spirit came upon Him in a form of a dove and He was filled with or anointed with power I believe each Christian receives the Holy Spirit at conversion and this comes with power believe is annointing

Q1. (1 John 2:18) Q. What is this antichrist that John expects to come? A. He is the adversary, the opponent of Jesus Christ Q. What is the difference between the antichrist and antichrists in the church John is writing to? A. The Antichrist is Satan who is yet to come while the antichrist in the church are those possessed with the spirit of the antichrist who go about carrying out acts as that of the antichrist namely denying the God nature of Christ and carry out acts of ungodliness in the church Q. In what ways do we see the spirit of antichrist at work in our day? A. Denying that Jesus is God and carrying acts of immorality and ungodliness