He wanted to share what was real. John, and others like him, had experienced the ultimate reality of God. This was not just a theory to him. This was a certainty. He had encountered the eternal.
Many people live their entire lives without thinking very much about unseen realities.
A lot of people are more concerned with the material world than the spiritual world. And when they do begin to think about the spiritual realm they are often easily duped by the so-called psychics, who are in fact charlatans pretending to be psychics in order to take your money. We need to know what is really real. We need a personal encounter with the eternal and a personal experience of the life of God. Consider with me the realities that John puts forth in this opening section of his letter.