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Introduction
Love is a powerful motivator.
Early church father Clement said, “Love unites us to God. ‘Love covers a multitude of sins.
Love bears all things, is long suffering in all things.
There is nothing base, nothing haughty in love; love does all things in one accords.
Without love, nothing is well pleasing to God.”
I have love on the brain this morning!
Answer this question: How does a Christian “love” God?
We often talk about how much God loves mankind, but shouldn’t this love be prompted by our response?
I am trying to teach my children to respond to people in gratitude and respect.
I believe that these traits are slowly being lost in our society.
It’s important that our young people learn to look people in the eye and say “yes sir”, “no sir”, and “thank you”.
If I’m being honest though, I have said thank you to others without truly being thankful .
I want to teach my children to match their words along with action.
The passages we just read are important motivators to learn how to return the love that God has for His children.
1. Get to know your lawyer.
(v.
1-2)
Verses 1 and 2 ought to provide lot of relief for ever Christian this morning!
John speaks of his readers as “little children”
He had an affectionate relationship with the people he was writing to.
He had been a huge part of their faith development and was writing to encourage and equip them in their own faith.
As a father to his children, he spoke, not to condone sin.
He was not giving them a license.
In fact, he hope that they would not sin at all.
In chapter 1, he encouraged his readers to “walk in the light” by confessing their sin and to be forgiven.
John taught the same message as the other writers in the New Testament.
We are to “hate” our sin.
John knew that sin was eventually going to happen then so he wrote clear directions on what a Christian was to do when they found themselves in sin.
When someone gave their heart to Jesus and began to follow Him, they were a part of the His family.
Families have special privilege.
Instead of living in fear, being a member of God’s family allowed people to go at once to God, the Judge and confess their sin.
John promises that we would be met by an “advocate”.
Another word for advocate can be “lawyer”.
John wanted his readers to know that they had a wonderful lawyer who would serve as their advocate.
Advocacy is God’s family blessing.
There are other types of blessings He grants to everyone, but salvation, peace, and advocacy are granted to His children alone.
Advocate - paraclete is applied to Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
We see the unity between the Second and Third persons of the Trinity.
Jesus is the lawyer for us above, and in His earthly absence, here below the Holy Ghost is the other lawyer for us on earth.
At this moment, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are working together to bring comfort and work in you.
Teaches truths which cannot be uttered in words.
Provides comfort and joy in the heart.
We are told that Jesus Christ, Himself is our “propitiation.”
The sin of man has caused an estrangement between man and God.
Jesus removed this estrangement by appeasing His father, the judge of all mans sin.
He appeased the wrath of God.
propitiation - to appease.
There is a need for God to be appeased because of the alienation that we have with Him through sin.
Jesus entered the history of man and removed the barrier between and man and God by dying on the cross.
He provided the bridge that we needed to be able to find ourselves in position with God.
He didn’t do this through bribery or a snaky way that you would think of in terms of the human mind.
He provided a way for people who are dead in their sins to be altered and changed into people who are alive.
Have you ever been to the Grand Canyon? It’s so wide!
(18 miles) If we decide to build a bridge that would allow us to walk across, we would need the builder to bring 18 miles worth of materials to get us across.
17 and a half would do us no good.
We would need it all.
This morning, you may be wondering if the propitiation that Jesus has offered to God for your sin is enough to be forgiven.
I can make you this promise.
The propitiation is as exactly as wide as your sin.
It fits perfectly.
Don’t add extra obstacles in your life.
unconfessed sin
Guilt from confessed sin
religion
negative people
We need to get to know the Savior that provided for us.
The more we get to know Him, the more we will realize the peace we have with Him.
2. The Test of Obedience (v.
3-4)
How do we know that we know God? John says that we “keep” His “commandments”.
“Keep” - lit. means “watch”, “guard”, and “keep safe” as a precious thing.
There is a conduct of a Christian that men and women are to keep.
A person who claims to know God but does not keep watch of how they follow Him is presumptuous.
“Commandments” - faith, love, and obedience.
John never uses the word “the law” to talk about Christian obedience.
Our obedience reveals our commitment to Christ.
John poses that the way to know ones stand with God is how they obey Him
Obedience reveals commitment to Christ.
A person’s words are tested by their works.
If a person disobeys God, their claim to have come to know God is a lie.
According to John, a person cannot have an authentic relationship with Jesus and also oppose His commandments with their actions.
As a Father, I will never lose the love I have for my children no matter how they act, but my relationship with them will grow whenever they learn to obey me.
Obedience provides peace in our home and opens the door for relationship.
The same is true for our relationship with God.
He loves you and I no matter what, but He desires obedience in our actions so that we can grow in relationship with Him.
He’s not to be taken lightly.
He is to be obeyed and followed.
Do you want to only be saved by Jesus or do you want to be His son? (You can only have both.)
The aim of God in establishing His kingdom was to produce holy men and women.
Test your life before Him.
Are you walking in obedience to His will for your life or do you have your own agenda?
Your decision in this matter will affect your relationship with Him.
3. Learn to be loyal and trust the process.
(v.
5-6)
Our works do not save us but they produce the proof our salvation.
They supply evidence of a love that will make us complete.
Being a Christian consists in essence of a personal relationship to God in Christ, knowing Him, loving Him, and living in Him.
Jesus behaved in His life to show people who His father is.
When a Christian obeys His commands, they began to behave like Him.
In the life of obedience, love is perfected and produces something special.
God is love.
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