Eternal life produces fellowship.

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约翰的著作不仅是补充，更是整本神圣启示的完成。这就是说，约翰的著作完成了圣经。他的福音书完成了所有的福音书，他的书信完成了一切的书信，他的启示录完成了整本圣经。我们若晓得约翰著作的重要，必会为着这些著作感谢主。我们为约翰的福音书、书信和启示录赞美主！

约壹一章二、三节说，“（这生命已经显现出来，我们也看见过，现在又作见证，将原与父同在，且显现与我们那永远的生命传与你们；）我们将所看见并听见的，也传与你们，使你们也可以与我们有交通；而且我们的交通，又是与父并与祂儿子耶稣基督所有的。”在这些经节里，约翰说使徒们将永远的生命传与我们，使我们可以与他们有交通。在约翰一书里，永远的生命传与我们，目的是为着交通。这就是说，永远的生命产生交通。这生命一经传出，结果就是神圣生命的交通。因此，在一章二、三节有神圣的生命及其神圣的交通。

John's writings are not only supplementary, but also complementary to the entire divine revelation. This means that the writings of John complete the Bible. His Gospel completes the Gospels, his Epistles complete the Epistles, and his Revelation completes the whole Bible. If we realize the importance of the writings of John, we shall surely thank the Lord for them. Praise the Lord for John's Gospel, Epistles, and Revelation! 

First John 1-2 and 3 say, "And the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and report to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us. That which we have seen and heard, we report also to you, that you also may have fellowship with us, and indeed the fellowship which is ours is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ." In these verses, John says that the apostles report eternal life to us so that we may have fellowship with them. In the Epistle of 1 John we have the reporting of eternal life for the purpose of fellowship. This means that eternal life produces fellowship. When this life is reported, the result is the fellowship of the divine life. Therefore, in 1:2 and 3 we have the divine life with its divine fellowship.