What prompts John to unexpectedly declare, 'Nobody has seen God'?

Once upon a time, a bible study group looked at 1 John and discussed the very good reasons why we should love each other.

...in which we look at how John connects being born of God with knowing the Son of God - and how this relates to the revelation of His love.

In what way was the love of God revealed, and why was that done?

A discussion on the nature of truth, and how we can recognize the spirit of truth.

We've studied Spirits both evil and of God, but what does John say about us, about those who listen to us, and how we can know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error?

In this session we continue to focus on distinguishing between the Spirit of God and the spirit of error and what it means that some spirits are of/in/from/out of the world.

In this session we back up a bit to more thoroughly re-examine and better understand the state of being in God and overcoming spirits.

Even more thoughts and dicussion about spirits - and why we must test them.

What does it mean to test the spirits, be they of God or other source?