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1 John 1 Book Review Essay

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John the Apostle’s goal of 1 John is to share God’s perfect love that has allowed us to have a relationship with Him and act as He would. Therefore, the theme of this book is More Like Christ. 1 John is a book that talks about how God is Love and the light. In 1 John 1:5 is sharing how God is the light and there is no darkness in Him. This shows that because God has no darkness in Him, ultimately, He is perfect. John the Apostle writes how whoever loves his brother abides in the light. This is important because the goal as a Christian is to become more like Christ, so if we love others we abide in Christ. The more we love our brothers, the more we become like Christ. In 1 John 3, it talks about how we should act as children of God. Actions speak louder than words so if one is to call himself a ‘Child of God’ but does not love his brother, he is not a child of God …show more content…

As Christians, we are supposed to stand out from the unbelievers and have people be able to tell a difference because of our actions. We should constantly be trying to live more like Christ and walk in the light. To represent my theme, I would use 1 John 1:5; 2:15; 3:11; 4:8; and 5:11. The verses I chose to emphasize my theme for 1 John because they all strongly support how to become more like Christ. They state who God is, what we are to Him, and how we should live it out in our daily lives. We should love one another as Christ has loved us. I can apply this theme in by own life by using kind and encouraging words to others rather than being sassy and making them feel worse about themselves. I need to use my loud voice to say kind words of people so they feel happier when they leave me before they came to me and say kind things to lift them up. I am also an overbearing person which I know God was not, therefore, I need to work on being less bossy and controlling so that people enjoy my presence and I am able to make them feel happier and

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