Immorality is inudating the Christian community and gradually eroding the foundations of Christian living.
The truth of God incarnate, the atonement and the bodily resurrection of Christ are under attack--even from within the church.
These are the concerns of Christians today, and they were the problems that faced the Christians of John's day.
In a society that scorned the gospel and sneered at godly living, John encouraged Christians with a message forged from two words-- truth and.