The fellowship we have today with God and His people is precious. John doesn't want us to take it for granted. He invites us to partake deeply of this fellowship for five reasons. A. Our Fellowship is not New . We sit here at the dawn of a new millennium, in the midst of the information age.
Technology races forward.
Everything seems new. New religions and new belief systems pop up every day. When John first penned this letter, at the end of the 1 st century, Christianity seemed like a new thing. In other words, John does not give us something that is new or novel. He does not introduce a new innovation or a divine afterthought.