James and 1, 2, 3 John

James and 1 John are written as epistles to Christians in general (i.e., not as letters to a particular church in, for example, Rome or Ephesus).  2 John and 3 John were penned to particular individuals.  Each of these four books was written by an apostle we encounter often in the pages of the New Testament; men who played large roles in the life and growth of the early Church.  Each of these four epistles is unique within the New Testament canon, and each raises issues of interest and importance for our Christian faith and practice: The faultless roadmap for practical Christian living provided by the great spiritual principles taught by our Lord and Savior. The imperative need to receive the witness of God as given in Scripture through Jesus and His apostles. The fact that we have not followed myths when we embrace the doctrine of the powerful coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, God’s Son, into the world to save sinners. The nature of true Christian fellowship – its exclusivity Godward