Sunday, December 25, 2016

1 John 5:1-12

1 John 5:1-12

A1 Christian proofs 1 John 5:1-4
  • Belief
    • Jesus is the Christ
    • The Messiah from all eternity
    • The Messiah of Jews and Gentiles
    • My Messiah
  • Love
    • For the Father
    • For fellow believers
  • Obey
    • God's commandments
    • Not Old Testament law but the New Testament rules given 
      • By Jesus directly
      • By Jesus through the Apostles
    • In thoughts, desires, words, and deeds
    • Not burdenshome (compare the difficulty of Old Testament law)
  • Overcome
    • World (the system with its
      • Beliefs
      • Standards
      • Actions
    • Condition to be able to overcome (born again)
  • Faith
    • Believes God
      • What He says (Scriptures)
      • What He does (for example, the miracles the Lord Jesus did)
    • Has the element of trust, too. We need both for salvation. We must met God's conditions.
    • The necessity to overcome
A2 Christian overcoming 1 John 5:5-12
  • Faith
    • Jesus is the Son of God
    • Jesus our example
      • He overcame the world
      • He came by water and blood
  • Identity
    • Witnesses
      • Heavenly
        • God the Father 
        • God the Son
        • God the Holy Spirit (1 John 5:7 is questionable authority, but see the writings of Dean John Burgon)
      • Earthly
        • Water
        • Blood
    • Accepting testimony/witness
      • Challenge do we accept the testimony of a man but not God's?
      • Faith is 
        • Reasonable
        • Personal
        • Deciding
  • True faith VS False faith
    • Believe God's testimony
      • Eternal life
      • The life of the Son
    • Not believe God's testimony
      • No eternal life
      • No life of the Son

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