July 20th
2008 – Final remarks of John – 1 John 5:20-21
Intro: I am so
excited to final be finished this series.
It has been a year in a half in the making but timely in the fall I will
be taking from the books of Esther, Job, Psalms and Proverbs.
We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so
that we may know Him who is true, And we are in Him who is true, even His Son
Jesus Christ. He is that true God and
eternal life.
1. John is finishing
his final remarks. The first statement
he makes in Vs 20, is, “We
The Son of God has
come. John is saying that Jesus
was the Son of God and He has
Come. The promised Messiah of Israel had come. John was His witnesses. He was
There when Peter
said, “You are the Son of God.” To John,
Jesus was the incarnation
The enfleshment
of divine and the human. God with a
face. 100% and 100% man.
a. His books give us
the clearest and most intimate view of who Jesus is. John was
Making this
statement to refute the false teachers and Gnostics who distorted the true
View and teaching
of Jesus Christ. Satan’s most effective
tool to draw people away is
To distort the
person of Jesus Christ.
b. John states here
that he has seen the Son of God, talked with Him and saw Him die,
Buried and then
rise again from the dead.
2. John then says, “and
He has given us understanding.” When
a person comes to
Knows Jesus
Christ as their personal Lord and Saviour.
The Holy Spirit comes and
Lives inside. John tells in John 16:14, that the Holy
Spirit will glorify Christ and take
What is Christ’s
and show or tell it to us.
a. Jesus then
restates it again in Vs 15. The Holy
Spirit will also lead us into all truth.
James says that
if we need wisdom we can ask of God and He will give to us liberally.
We do need His
wisdom in this process of growth.
b. Peter remind in 1
Pet 3:18, that we are to grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord
Jesus
Christ. All praise and glory belong to
Him.
3. Next John says that
we know Him who is true. Jesus
states in John 14:6 that He was
The way the truth
and the life and that no one could come to the Father but by Him.
Jesus was God’s
idea. Jesus is the truth. As John said in John 1:14, a person full of
Grace and
truth.
a. John wants us to
know Him as not just as Saviour and Lord but also as a friend. The
Scripture says
that the Lord can be closer than a brother.
I love Matt 28:20 says that
The Lord will be
with us even to the end of the age.
b. This is a union
and abiding that comes in our relationship with God. John was a
Strong advocate
of the purity of Christ and His unfathomable love. This happens
Because of our
connection with Christ. John believed
that character showed nearness
To Christ and a
fuller revelation of Him.
c. This union also
brought an absolute trust in Christ for eternal life and abundant life for
Now.
4. John then states and
we are in Him that is true. In
Him means to be one looking the
same. You mirror or reflect Jesus. The Strength of this relationship is you
begin to
Look like your
master.
a. You may have a
different personality or approach but you replicate and imitate your
Master. You thoughts, attitudes, actions and words
reflect and honour Him.
b. To John, Jesus was the greatest example of fellowship and
self sacrificing love. He
Taught that the
greatest expression of Christian character was to love one another.
It showed that we
were his disciples.
c. The word in Him or
in Christ is a theme of the Book of Ephesians.
It is found 10
Times in this
book.
5. The last Statement
of Vs 20, John says that Jesus is the True God and Eternal Life.
This was John’s belief. He was along with all the other apostles
willing to die for
What they
believed. John saw Him in his glory on
the Mount of Transfiguration.
This was a direct
statement to the Gnostics and any others who distort or deny the
Deity or
humanity of Christ.
a. Jesus us eternal
life. He is the only way to eternal
life. Men may say there are many
Ways to God but
Jesus is God’s way. Man’s believes that
we can some how earn our
Way to heaven
through monetary, good or monumental works.
God says, you come
Through grace and
faith.
b. John makes a
doctrinal or foundational statement of faith.
This is John’s exclamation
Point. The Grand affirmation of Christ’s duty. Jesus came for one reason and one
Reason only to
save mankind from their sin. All other
things He did reflected this
Purpose. John presented Jesus as the Lamb of God that
took away the sins of the
world in Jn 1:29. John 3:16 is a reflection of John’s belief
that Jesus is God and
Eternal life.
c. Jesus is the true
God, the perfect union of God and man.
100& God and 10% man.
God with a
face. I know I am sounding like a broken
record but John believed it
And it coloured
everything he wrote. John as a mystic
believed that you knew Christ
Through your
heart and not your mind.
Dear Children, keep yourself from idols.
1. John lived in a
world dominated by idols. Now today our
idols may not be made of
Stone or wood but
they are just as powerful. Today people
go after the idols of
Materialism,
greed, lust money, knowledge, education, popularity, fame, fortune,
And glory to
name a few.
2. When sought with
all our hearts and minds they are idols.
Jobs, position in
Companies,
seeking bigger ad better things all put idols in our hearts and minds.
3. In John’s day the
whole society was ruled by idols and the moral laxness that went
With it. His final remark is reminding us the
priorities we need to show in our lives
Especially if we
have children or Grand children. As we close today. Let us reflect
on what John has
been saying and pray that we every day would reflect more and
more of Jesus.
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