This is stated outright in 1 John 2:21 "I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth."
John starts the letter with assurances that he is an eye witness to the life of Jesus Christ, which made clear that He was God's Word, made flesh (1 John 1:1 "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;").
John also gives the bad news of sin, and the good news of salvation (1 John 1:8-10, 1 John 2:1-2).
Now, we must careful not to confuse holding to the Ten Commandments with our salvation as Christians. When John talks of "keep[ing] the commandments" (1 John 2:3), he is not talking about the Law of Moses. This is spelled out in 1 John 3:23 "And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment."
I'll close with 1 John 5:13:
"These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God."
3 comments:
"John starts the letter with assurances that he is an eye witness to the life of Jesus Christ..."
You do realize that he wasn't an eye witness, right? John the disciple didn't even write it according to Biblical scholars.
1 John 1:1-2 "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen [it], and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)"
The author is claiming to have seen and touched Jesus, the eternal God made man.
Where these "scholars" there? How are they so sure? I want evidence.
Were they there? Are you serious? Are you seriously going to contend that the only way to know something for sure is to physically be there? Nevermind the fact that forensic evidence is much more reliable than eye witness testimony, right? You've got to be kidding me.
The dates don't match up, nor do the stories contained therein. Other stories are written from the standpoint of the main character as well, does that mean that the main character of those novels is actually a real person and the author? You can argue that all the experts are wrong, but to use the Bible in a self-referential way is foolhardy.
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