God is light and the Meaning of Communion with God

1. To what unique experience in his life is the writer referring in verses 1-4? How does he describe it? Cf. Jn. 1:14. To what inestimable privilege did it lead him, and why does he want to make it known? Cf. 1 Thes. 3:8-9.
2. The nature of God determines the conditions of fellowship with Him. See verses 6-10
   How has He made fellowship with Himself possible for sinful man? What is His provision to enable fellowship to be maintained, and to meet failure it should occur? If men deny in one way or another their need of this provision, what may we conclude concerning them? See verses 6, 8, 10.
   

1. To what unique experience in his life is the writer referring in verses 1-4? How does he describe it? Cf. Jn. 1:14. To what inestimable privilege did it lead him, and why does he want to make it known? Cf. 1 Thes. 3:8-9.

Answer: It is generally accepted that the author of 1 John is the apostle John, "the disciple whom Jesus loved". He and Peter and James were the "inner circle of three" who were especially close to Jesus. John's own life was transformed by encountering with Jesus: from "sons of thunder" to "the apostle of love". He was among the first to be called by Jesus. He saw Jesus raised Jairus's daughter (Mark 5:37), was present at the transfiguration (Mark 9:2) and witnessed the agony of Jesus at Gethsemane (Mark 14:32-33). John was rebuked by Jesus when he and his brother wanted to call down fire from heaven to consume a Samaritan village that refused Jesus (Luke 9:54). He was at the Last Supper, at the site where Jesus was crucified and witnessed the resurrection of Jesus. Later at Island of Patmos He saw Jesus in Revelation.

John actually listened to him preaching, watching him perform miracles, and touched him with his own hands. Jesus was real as any man and He is God Incarnate. Jesus is 100 percent man and 100 percent God.

Because of this personal experience with Jesus, the eternal life, John came to believe Jesus for who He really is, became an apostle of Him, and had wonderful friendship with God himself.

John experienced the Joy of fellowship with God and want his readers to have the same joy and fellowship: both with God and with each other.

2. The nature of God determines the conditions of fellowship with Him. See verses 6-10 How has He made fellowship with Himself possible for sinful man? What is His provision to enable fellowship to be maintained, and to meet failure it should occur? If men deny in one way or another their need of this provision, what may we conclude concerning them? See verses 6, 8, 10.

Answer: God is light, He is wholly pure in moraliy, holy and righteous, and there is no evil in him at all. therfore, a sinful person can not approach God, let alone to fellowship with Him. "Man can not see God unless he is holy because God is holy". However, because of God's agape for us, through Jesus' redemption/atonement, God made fellowship with Himself possible to any sinful man who believes the name of Jesus and accepts Jesus as his savior and Lord. God knows that our corrupt nature still makes a Christian sin occasionally, therefore he promises that we can restore our fellowship with him if we confess our sins, and that He will forgive and cleanse us from our sins because of His just and mercy. He is just because "He will never concede sin as no sin", He is merciful because "He wills that everybody repents and no body perish".

If we say we have no sin or it does not matter to sin, we are liars and God's truh is not in us. We are not only deceive ourselves but actually accuse God a liar.