1. Who is God really? He is offensive, anarchic by the world’s standards, and far too gracious to people who don’t deserve his time or attention.
  2. You are a child of God. You’re blameless, holy, perfect, and righteous. Don’t feel that way? Too bad. God is greater than your heart.
  3. You’re not new because of what you do. You’re new and so you do new things, even in spite of yourself, because of your sinful nature.
  4. Our God is a living God and he listens to our cries for help.
  5. From the beginning to the end of his letter, John really wants one thing: for us to be in Jesus.
  6. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
  7. Both now and forever, the bruised and crucified Lord nailed to a cross is our assurance of deliverance.
  8. Every day is a Sabbath for Christians. Every day is the day the Lord has made. Every day is a day to find rest in Christ.
  9. Righteousness before God is possessed only by grace and that through the currency of faith.
  10. The love mentioned in 1 John 4:15-21 fourteen times (!) is a love that needs no apology but is determined at all times to sacrifice for the other.
  11. Logos theology is a theology of presence without division. It is a way of unification, of which the incarnation is the greatest visible example.