John responds to the Gnostics who were causing difficulties in the ministry.
Dualism: The Gnostics believed that the body and soul were so separate that one did not affect the other, therefore they could do anything they wanted to in the body and not have it affect their soul. John writes to refute dualism, and says that if you are sinning habitually you have a problem.
"The believer is in the righteous business, and if he sins it is the exception. The unbeliever is in the sinning business, and if he does righteousness, it is the exception." Dr. Harry Ironsides.
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Pastor Larry E. Clouse is the Senior Pastor at Merrimack Valley Baptist Church (MVBC) in Merrimack, NH, a ministry he was led to start in 1982 which God has blessed through the years. Before coming to New England, he served as a missionary and church planter in Hawaii and a...
