1 John~John The Elder Speaks

1 John In the first letter, the elder encourages the Christians in his community to stay together. See, there are some naysayers who've been spreading lies about Jesus, and the elder really wants to set things straight. First, Christians need to believe that Jesus was a for real a human being, not just some divine deity walking around on water everywhere. Second, Christians have to love each other. God is totally into love—it's his favorite things and he really wants all believers to just love their little hearts out. Love. Love. Love. (Got it?) This whole love thing doesn't apply to the naysayers, though (or any non-Christians, for that matter). No one is required to love those baddies or even pray for them. Probably because God isn't listening. The elder calls his opponents "antichrists" who are making God look bad.That can't be good. Harsh.