This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you: The Hebrew writer maintains that God "hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son" (Hebrews 1:2). In this highly enlightened Christian age, all truth emanates from Jesus. Even when Jesus promises the Spirit of Truth to the apostles, He says the Holy Spirit "shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you" (John 16:13-14). John confirms this fact by stating that he and other apostles had a message from Jesus that they had heard and are now declaring freely to all men. He is now "declaring" or reporting that message to his readers.