Are You Saved and Secure?

John Crit Jones II

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Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations 5241 Not Trying to Be

A visitor asked an old, bedridden woman who said she was trying to be a Christian: “Are you trying to be Mrs. Whyte?”

“No, I am Mrs. Whyte.”

“How long have you been Mrs. Whyte?”

“Ever since this ring was put on my finger.”

“That is how it is with me. I do not try to be a Christian. I have been one ever since I put out my empty hand and received Christ as my Saviour.”

My Little Children - Those who have be brought to Christ through his ministry; however, intended for all believers.

Personal address - I am writing compared with

1 John 1:4 NASB95

These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete.

You are defended by Jesus 1 John 2:1

1. advocate (legal)† — a person who acts as a spokesperson or representative of someone else’s policy, purpose, or cause; especially before a judge in a court of law.

A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd ed. παράκλητος

one who appears in another’s behalf, mediator, intercessor, helper

A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd ed. παράκλητος

title is implied for Christ by the ἄλλος παράκλητος

John 14:16 NASB95

“I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;

Romans 8:34 NASB95

who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.

1 Timothy 2:5 NASB95

For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

Hebrews 7:25 NASB95

Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

Hebrews 9:24 NASB95

For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;

1, 2, 3 John (2) Resist Sin (1:8–2:2)

If one could truly be sinless on one’s own, God would be lying in revealing Jesus as the only way to receive eternal life and to have fellowship with God (cf. John 14:6).

John 14:6 NASB95

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.

You are Covered by Jesus 1 John 2:2

1. propitiation† — the means of appeasing wrath and gaining the good will of an offended person; especially with respect to sacrifices for appeasing angered deities.

A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3rd ed. ἱλασμός

appeasement necessitated by sin

Satisfaction, Substitution, Covering

used in relation to the blood covering the Mercy Seat

1, 2, 3 John (2) Resist Sin (1:8–2:2)

John adds the thought about the abiding effects of dealing with sin in the proper way (i.e., through Jesus) for himself and his readers.

Romans 3:25 NASB95

whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;

Hebrews 2:17 NASB95

Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

750 Engaging Illustrations for Preachers, Teachers and Writers 28: Atonement

A Canadian Press photo shows how one man from Havana, Cuba, tried to appease God’s wrath. The man is lying on his back on a dirt road. Attached to his ankle is a chain several feet long. The other end of the chain is wrapped around a rock. The caption explains that the bearded man is inch by inch pulling the rock on a pilgrimage to a sanctuary dedicated to St. Lazarus.

This man’s devotion is misguided, for we can do nothing—absolutely nothing—to atone for our sins. God has provided instead the free gift of forgiveness through faith in Jesus Christ.

New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update Chapter 2

for those of the whole world.

John 4:42 NASB95

and they were saying to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this One is indeed the Savior of the world.”

John 11:51-53

John 11:51 NASB95

Now he did not say this on his own initiative, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,

John 11:52–53 NASB95

and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. So from that day on they planned together to kill Him.

John 3:16 NASB95

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

How can I know This is True for Me? 1 John 2:3-6

Do you keep His Commandments and act like Jesus?

John 14:15 NASB95

“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

John 15:10 NASB95

“If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

John 14:23 NASB95

Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.

John 13:34 NASB95

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

Act Like Jesus

John 13:15 NASB95

“For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you.

1 Peter 2:21 NASB95

For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps,

Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations 4276 Imitating Each Other or Christ

In the British Museum a Greek writing tablet, earlier than the Christian era, is shown. It is the classical equivalent of a child’s copybook. The headline has been written by the master. The scholar has traced the second with his eye upon the first; but afterwards each line is a reproduction, not of the first writing, but of the last. Consequently, each line shows a wider divergence from the pattern than the one before.

Is not this one cause of the broken character of our holiness—that we imitate one another, or reproduce our familiar inperfections, instead of portraying the fair likeness of Jesus Christ? “He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also to walk even as He walked” (1 John 2:6).

—Christian Victory

Do you ignore His Commandments and act like the world?

Titus 1:10 NASB95

For there are many rebellious men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,

1 Timothy 4:1–5 NASB95

But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth. For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude; for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer.

Hypocrisy of liars

Create their own reality

Ephesians 4:19 NASB95

and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.

Forbid Marriage

Do not acknowledge God ordained marriage.

Hebrews 13:4 NASB95

Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Abstain from Foods

Buddhist practice of veganism, vegetarianism, etc.

1 Corinthians 10:30–31 NASB95

If I partake with thankfulness, why am I slandered concerning that for which I give thanks? Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

2 Timothy 3:1–5 NASB95

But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these.