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How do we know that scripture is the word of God?
Man has a deep desire for certainty, and he will even dabble in the occult in his effort to find out something for sure.
The life that is real is built on the divine certainties that are found in Jesus Christ.
The world may accuse the Christian of being proud and dogmatic, but this does not keep him from saying, “I know!”
In these closing verses of John’s letter we find five Christian certainties on which we can build our lives with confidence.
5 Proofs (Witnesses) of Divine Certainty for Christians
The life that is real is built on the divine certainties that are found in Jesus Christ.
The world may accuse the Christian of being proud and dogmatic, but this does not keep him from saying, “I KNOW!”
In answering the question how can we know for certain that the Scripture is the word of God?
In these closing verses of John’s letter we find four Christian certainties on which we can build our lives with confidence on the truth of God’s revealed words.
BIG IDEA: The Testimony of God is always Greater
People who believe that the Bible is the word of God
Gallup Pole -
24% 1 in 4
26% (view the bible as a book of fables, legends, history and moral precepts recorded by man.
47% - say that the bible is inspired by God, but shouldn’t all be taken literally.
1. Jesus is God ()
- emphasizes that the person who trusts Christ is born of God and is able to overcome the world.
To believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God is basic to the Christian experience.
1st Question: how do we know that Jesus Christ is God?
Some of His contemporaries called Him a liar and a deceiver.
Others have suggested that He is a religious fanatic, a madman, or perhaps a Jewish patriot who was sincere but sadly mistaken.
3 infallible witnesses to prove that Jesus is God
First witness - the water.
the water refers to His baptism in the Jordan river, when the Father spoke from heaven and said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
At the same time the spirit descending like a dove and rested on Him.
This was the FAther’s attesting of His Son at the beginning of Jesus ministry.
Second witness - the blood.
The father gave further witness as the time for jesus death drew near.
He spoke audibly to Jesus from heaven, and said, “I have both glorified My name, and will glorify it again.”
When Jesus was on the cross the power of God displayed through, supernatural darkness, the earthquake, torn temple vail… The centurion cried out, “Truly this was the son of God.”
The blood was the life in any sacrifice, the blood was sacred to God and to God alone.
The Lords Supper or Communion was and is observed and in it the sacrifice of Christ is fully displayed.
John is saying that both the baptism and the cross of Jesus are essential parts of his Messiahship.
He goes on to say that it was not by water only that he came, but by water and by blood.
It is, then, clear that some were saying that Jesus came by water, but not by blood; in other words, that his baptism was an essential part of his Messiahship but his cross was not.
This is what gives us our clue to what lies behind this passage.
Third witness - the Spirit.
We can trust the spirits witness to Christ because the Spirit is truth.
We were not present at the baptism or the death of Christ, but the Holy Spirit was present.
The Holy Spirit is the only Person active on earth today who was present when Christ was ministering here.
The spirit, and the blood, and the water all combine to demonstrate the perfect Messiahship, the perfect Sonship, and the perfect Saviourhood of Jesus Christ who was God in flesh.
=> The witness of the Father is past history, but the witness of the Spirit is present experience.
2. Believers Have Eternal Life ()
The key word in 1 is witness, sometimes translated “record” or testify.”
Wisdom is one of the main themes in the opening chapters of 1 Corinthians.
God’s wisdom is secret and hidden wisdom.
The gospel is wisdom for the mature but it has nothing to do with the wisdom that world longs to hear.
We get frustrated when people don’t see what we see even with well planned good theological arguments for the revelation in scripture.
All truth may be God’s truth, but all saving truth is revealed truth.
You know that the bible is the truth of God’s word because it has been revealed to you by the spirit.
This is the same way that you know you have eternal life.
Remember when Jesus was asking the disciples “who do people say that I am?”
ONE WORD IS FLEETING AND PASSING AWAY / THE OTHER WORD IS SECURE AND ETERNAL.
The clear testimony in 1 Corinthians is the fact that only God can tell us about God.
The only being wise enough and knowledgeable enough to reveal God to you is God Himself.
Whoever has the Son, has the Life.
Salvation is not a game of Russian Roulette.
God has gone on record in His Word as offering eternal life to those who will believe on Jesus Christ.
Millions of Christians have proved that God’s record is true.
Not to believe is to make God out to be a liar, And if God is a liar, than nothing is certain.
God wants His children to know that they belong to Him.
John was inspired by the Spirit to write his Gospel to assure us that “Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God.
(before being delivered to patmos island tradition has that John was boiled alive in oil and lived.
The Romans did not know what to do with that).
When Sir James Simpson, the discoverer of chloroform, was on his deathbed, a friend asked him, “Sir, what are your speculations?”
Simpson replied: “Speculations!
I have no speculations!
‘For I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day.’ ”
3. God Answers Prayer (1 John 5:14-15)
It is one thing to know that Jesus is God and that we are God’s children; but what about the needs of our daily life.
How does knowing that the bible is God’s word give us confidence for everyday life?
Christians have confidence in prayer.
The word confidence means “freedom of speech.”
We can come to the Father freely and tell Him our needs.
What breathing is to the physical man, prayer is to the spiritual man.
CONDITIONS WE MUST MEET TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OUR PRAYERS
(1) we must have a heart that does not condemn us.
Un-confessed sin is a serious obstacle to answered prayer.
If there is anything between us and any other Christian, we must settle it.
And unless a believer is abiding in Christ, in love and obedience, his prayers will not be answered.
(2) We must pray in God’s will
“Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance.
It is laying hold of God’s willingness.”
There are times we can only pray, “Not my will but Thine be done,” because we simply do not know God’s will in a matter.
tells us that the spirit is discerning the circumstances around us.
Most of the time we can determine God’s will by reading the Word, and listening to the Spirit.
Christians pray the promises of scripture.
God not only ordains the end but he ordains the means to the end.
Illustration: Charles Spurgeon
Charles Spurgeon, the famous preacher, was working hard on a message but was unable to complete it.
It grew late and his wife said, “Why don’t you go to bed.
I’ll wake you up early and you can finish your sermon in the morning.”
Spurgeon dozed off and in his sleep began to preach the sermon that was giving him so much trouble!
His wife wrote down what he said and the next morning gave her preacher-husband the notes.
“Why, that’s exactly what I wanted to say!” exclaimed the surprised preacher.
The message had been in his heart; it had simply needed expression.
So with prayer: if we are abiding in Christ, the very desires of our heart are heard by God whether we voice them or not.
*WE ARE NOT BEGGARS; WE ARE CHILDREN COMING TO A WEALTHY FATHER WHO LOVES TO GIVE HIS CHILDREN GOOD THINGS.
*The most important thing about prayer is the will of God!
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