A 5-Week Crash Course on Following Jesus in College

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September 3, 2025 - Woodburn Hall 121

**Week 1: What does it mean to really follow Jesus?

1 John 1**

Ice Breakers:

• Who do you follow?
• What does it mean to follow?
• Share some examples of times when you had to follow someone or something
• What do you or others believe that it means to follow Jesus?

Opening Prayer

1 John Overview

• Author, Audience, Time Period, Context, Purpose For Writing
• John 20:31, Revelation 1:19, 1 John 1:3-4, 5:13

Read 1 John 1 all the way through

Study Questions

READ: 1 John 1:1-4, Genesis 1:1, John 1:1-18

1. What is the significance of John referencing “the beginning”?
2. John lists 4 physical things that he has experienced with this “Word of Life”, what are they? What is significant about each one?
3. Who or what is the “Word of Life”? What does this name tell us about Christ?
4. How are the person and work of Jesus central to Christianity?