1 John

"If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth."
"If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us."
"If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives."

As I read 1 John 1 and 2 this week, his logic arguments are very simple, and yet if taken at their word, very broad reaching.

In 1 John 2:22 he says, "Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist-he denies the Father and the Son." This is a very black and white approach to explaining the antichrist. John has an approach that is sort of just an if-then, black-white approach to writing. Seems like the world we live in has become more gray. A believer can have a small faith, developing faith. The "come and see", then the "follow me", "be with me", "remain in me". So do we have degrees of faith? If its a process of maturity, does this book work with that approach to faith? Or is it simply, believe, you are saved, don't believe and your the antichrist?