Working out our Salvation: Fellowship with Jesus
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1 John 1:1-10
1 John 1:1-10
What was from the beginning,
what we have heard,
what we have seen with our eyes,
what we have observed
and have touched with our hands,
concerning the Word of life—
that life was revealed,
and we have seen it
and we testify and declare to you
the eternal life that was with the Father
and was revealed to us —
what we have seen and heard
we also declare to you,
so that you may have fellowship along with us;
and indeed our fellowship is with the Father
and with His Son Jesus Christ.
We are writing these things
so that our joy may be complete.
Now this is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in Him. If we say, “We have fellowship with Him,” yet we walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth. But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say, “We don’t have any sin,” we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
Knowing Jesus
Knowing Jesus
Hearing - Listening to words spoken, reading what has been written, acknowledging
Seeing - Physical, Flesh, Human Body, Realty
Observed - Studying, Researching, Comparing and Contrasting
Touching - hugging, kissing, embracing, putting fingers into hands and sides
Testifying and Revealing
Always Existed
Proves the Son of God became flesh
Recording/Writing the findings
Completeness
Experiencing Jesus
Experiencing Jesus
Fellowship/Relationship
Peace/Joy/Comfort/Strength
Source of Life
Fellowship with Jesus
Fellowship with Jesus
Light and Dark
Intelligent - Light is truth and darkness is ignorance or error
Morally - Light is pure and darkness is evil
Jesus is the standard for Holy Living
Cannot walk with God and walk in the darkness
Results of Jesus
Results of Jesus
Admitting the reality of sin
Confessing, seeking, turning away from sin
The faithfulness, righteousness, and justice of Jesus to cleanse our sin.
Challenge
Challenge
How does a person work out his or her Salvation? The Apostle John takes time to answer this very question, with his three letters. In the first chapter of this letter John reveals to us that the first step to salvation begins with our relationship (Identity) and religion (Position) with regard to the Son of God: Jesus. Do you and I really believe that Jesus is the Son of God, the forgiver of Sins, the source of all life, the resurrected Christ? Does our religion (position) reveal this belief to others around us? If not, why not? Today, we have a great opportunity to show the world our relationship with Jesus and our friendship with Christ.