We trace the urgent context around First John and show how John grounds assurance in Christ’s manifested life, not in law-based effort. We read chapter one, define light and darkness, and explain confession as agreement with God that leads to full cleansing and true fellowship.

• persecution rising and the last-hour urgency
• why pre-70 AD context and temple pressures matter
• law-based righteousness versus Christ’s fulfilled righteousness
• apostolic witness to Jesus’ real humanity
• light and darkness as belief and unbelief
• confession as agreement, not self-cleansing ritual
• cleansing from all unrighteousness and assurance of identity
• fellowship with God and with one another by the blood of Jesus
• preparing to continue the study into chapter two

Episode Page: https://wakinguptograce.com/out-of-the-dark-into-the-light-1-john-1/

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