Sermon Tone Analysis

*The test of knowing Him, *

*Recent surveys have calculated that about 80 to 85% of Americans identify themselves as Christians *

*2 Corinthians 13:5 *

*Matt 7:21*

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*The key verse to the Gospel of John is John 20:31.

/ /*/"But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name."/*

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*John states his purpose and recording all the things that Jesus did.

So that you might believe, and believing you may have life in his name.*

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*Similarly John states His purpose in writing 1 John, It is so those who believe would have Joy (1 John 1:4), that they would walk in Holiness (1 John 2:1), and have real assurance of salvation (1 John 5:13).*

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*Much of what Paul wrote to the churches in his letters was to combat legalism (the Judiasers) they said faith in Christ plus the law i.e. circumcision, dietary etc. is what would save you.*

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* But Peter and Jude also warned of other false teachers who would later come in and their heresies that would lead to license or false liberty.

This started with the Gnostics (which comes from the Greek word for knowledge).

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*/Jude 4/*/ For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ.

\\ *2 Peter 2:18*/ For when they speak great swelling /words/ of emptiness, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, the ones who have actually escaped from those who live in error.

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*1.      **The first test of knowing Him, is doctrinal.

do you have the right Jesus and do you have the right view of sin.*/ is He the Jesus of the whole/ bible and the bible alone.

Paul expressed His concern for the church in 2 Corinthians 11:4, Gal 1:6 that they might put up with false teaching of Jesus and the Gospel. 1 John 4:2-3 proves that if you have a false Jesus you cant be saved, no matter how sincere you are.

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*The Gnostics basically believed that anything material or physical was evil and only the spiritual was good.

This false teaching led them to believe and teach that Jesus was only a spiritual being and was only physically manifested at His baptism but by His crucifixion he was only spiritual again, another form of this heresy said that Jesus only seemed to appear physical.

thus John writes to correct this error *

*/1 John 1:1-4/* */1/*/That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life— *2*//the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us//— *3*//that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.

*4*//And these things we write to you that your joy may be full./

\\ *You see the bible states Jesus is fully God and fully Man, and you can know He is the only man to come back from the dead to never die again!

We have a risen savior and the believer joy is full knowing this, His hope is in a real savior!*

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*/1 John 4:2-32/* By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, */3/*and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God.

And this is the /spirit/ of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.

*Do you Know the right Jesus*

*/John 17:3/*/ This is eternal life, that they might know You, the only true God and Jesus Christ the one whom you have sent./

a.       *Morman** Jesus*

b.      *JW Jesus*

c.       *Oprah Jesus, John 14:6*

d.      *The Jesus of the Modern Church*

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*A Jesus who is Savior but is not Lord*

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*My Jesus would never send someone to Hell.

2Thess 1:7-9*

*In Rev 19:15 it says, He himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.*

*Any Jesus that is not Jesus clearly taught in the scripture is an idol and cannot save you.*

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*The second part is your view of your sin  /1 John 1:5-10/* */ /*This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.

*/6/*If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

*/7/*But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

*/8/*If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

*/9/*If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us /our/ sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

*/10/*If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

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* The epicurean Gnostics gave full indulgence to the physical body because they believed it was evil anyways, but that the spirit was the spark of good.*

*This parallels false beliefs about the human condition today even among Christians “God knows my heart” as if that is a good thing for them.

The human heart is the most corrupt base part of the man.

Your sinful outward actions are a direct manifestation of your dead heart.*

*Jeremiah 17:9* the human heart is desperately wicked and deceitful above all things.

*/Mark 7:20-23/* Jesus said, “What comes out of a man, that defiles a man.

*/21/*For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, */22/*thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.

*/23/*All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”

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*If we say we have no sin v.8, It is not just acknowledging I am a sinner.*

*Do you have a biblical view of  your sin?

Do you have Gods view?

*/Rom 7:18 “ in my flesh dwell no good thing.

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*Is your sin exceedingly sinful to you? Rom 7:13*

*Do you hate it?

Rom 7:21 “Oh wretched man that I am”*

*Do you see yourself as the worst 1 Tim 1:15 “chief of sinners”*

*So we must see ourselves in true light but we must see Him as he is!*

*1:8-10 He is faithful, He will do it every time.

He is just meaning He paid the price God doesn’t just look away from sin, every sin must be paid for, every sin!

And he paid it!

He is Just.*

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2.      *The first test was doctrinal do you have the right view of Jesus an of sin?

The second is moral!

Do you keep his commandments?*

*/1 John 2:3-6/* */ /*Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.

*/4/*He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

*/5/*But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him.

By this we know that we are in Him.

*/6/*He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.

*And also back at* */1 John 1:5-7/* */5/*This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.

*/6/*If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

*/7/*But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

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John 3:18-21“He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”

A real walk with the Lord is a transparent walk, an exposed walk, it is not a compartmentalized walk, it cannot be.

The real Christian does not dwell in any part of the shadows because there is no shadow with the Father, every part of their life is an open book to God.

In fact, what used to be the darkest part of a fallen man, his heart,(the inner man) Has now become the  brightest place in a true Christians life, Not because there is any good that comes from it, But because it is completely illuminated by the Gospel and the new man is driven to fellowship with the Father out of desire, a desire that is propelled by the Holy Spirit.

The privacy of his heart is no longer a refuge place for filthy thoughts, hatred, jealousy and un-forgiveness, There is no tolerance for these things in a heart truly illuminated by the Light of the Gospel.

But with the one who does not know Him, he hates the Light, outwardly he~/she may seem righteous but inwardly darkness is tolerated, the heart it is the private place where sin can be held on to.

I think this is best illustrated in the sin of pornography and the sin of unforgiveness.

In pornography because it so clearly of the heart and is typically done in secret and darkness.

A man or a woman can have every other part of their life under control, A person can be self deceived into thinking this is just one area of my life I can’t get under control (a besetting sin) Heb 12:1 “lay it aside”.

An unforgiving heart is a dark heart, Un-forgiveness deceives us through pride and self righteousness, God hates pride and self-righteousness and he said the person who does not forgive is not forgiven.

Matt 18:21-35

 

John 8:12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world.

He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

For someone who truly knows Him, He finds joy in keeping His commandments.

*/1 John 5:1-51/*/Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him.// /*/2/*/By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.//

/*/3/*/For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments.

And His commandments are not burdensome.//

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*The third test do You Love His bride?*

*/1John 2:7-11 /*Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning.