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Alêtheia Christian Fellowship (Sermon 61, 03-13-05)
\\ a Announcements, Celebration night.
1 John is a *microcosim* of the entire Bible and as such it explains everything foundational to Christianity.
Details and background information are found elsewhere.
In this letter, John says, walk like Christ, and so we need the Gospels to know how Christ walked.
We need the Old Covenant Books to know why Jesus came and what it means.
We need the other New Covenant Books to understand the details and structure of our Theology, but right here in this tiny book you have all the requirements for a *right relationship* with your Creator.
If, if, if, you *do* this book, you cannot fail!
1 John 1:10 - 2:2 ~~ If we should say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and the His Word is not in us.
My dear children, I write these things to you all so that you will not sin.
Even so, if anyone does sin we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous One.
He is the perfect sacrifice for our sins; and not only ours but also for the sins of the entire world.
*1 John 1:10 \\ If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
\\ \\ If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.
\\ \\ If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts.
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\\ eja<n ei]pwmen o[ti oujc hJmarth>kamen,
If we should say that we have */not/* sinned,
yeu>sthn poiou~~men aujto<n kai< oJ
a liar we make Him and the
lo>gov aujtou~~ oujk e]stin ejn hJmin.
Word of Him is */not/* in us.
hJmarth>kamen, Is the perfect tense of the verb, “to sin.”
The abiding results of a past activity, so we sinned and that has forever barred the door to God unless we accept the new door, which is Jesus.
*To deny sin is to deny the need for Jesus*.
yeu>sthn, a person~/being who lies, i.e. the Devil, Jesus says when Satan lies he is speaking his native tongue.
When we go the selfish way of Satan then our native tongue is also lies.
poiou~~men, present active, to make someone do something.
lo>gov,
There is a *continuous flow of forgiveness for future events, paid for in the past**, *if we continue in the Light, which is the same as relating to God in Spirit and in Truth.
Genuine, Biblical Christianity is in fact eternal security if we continue to actively remain in Him.
*Perfectionism* and also high experiential *spirituality* on the other hand both lead to *diminishing the cross*, as do modern psychologies of *self-actualization and “success.”*
These churches had *two major internal attacks* that caused great confussion and distress resulting in splits.
the first was under the supervision of Paul and it was one of *perfectionism with Jewish roots*.
We see the same thing today.
people trying to please God by legalistic adherence to rules.
It diminishes Jesus’ sacrifice and elevates the person.
The second split is addressed here as *super-spiritual* people will believe they no longer need Jesus because they are now full of God and have their own power where sin can no longer affect them.
Again, we have people like that today who are so filled with the Holy Spirit they become elite Christians, better than everyone else.
This is similar to our societal philosophy today of *high exultation of the individual*.
An Army of one?
1 John 2:1 \\ KJV:My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not.
And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: \\ NASB:My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.
And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; \\ NLT:My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin.
But if you do sin, there is someone to plead for you before the Father.
He is Jesus Christ, the one who pleases God completely.
Tekni>a mou, tau~~ta gra>fw uJmi~~n
My kids, these things I write to y’all
i[na mh< aJma>rthte.
kai> eja>n tiv
in order that y’all might not sin.
And if anyone
aJma>rth|, para>klhton e]comen pro<v
sins, an advocate we have with
to<n pate>ra jIhsou~~n Cristo<n di>kaion?
the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;
Tekni>a is the diminutive for little children and is a term of both great *affection* and also stresses the *authority* of John over them.
gra>fw is to write and is now *“I.”*
aJma>rthte is a *special construction *that means the purpose of this letter is to clear the path so the people will not engage in sinful behavior.
Let’s be clear, He’s not talking about a state of sin, i.e. the sin nature, he’s talking about *sinful commissions and omissions*.
He is saying that beyond leaving the desire to sin there is the possibility of not sinning as missteps in life.
It is the *ideal*, just because it will not be fully achieved in this life doesn’t mean we shouldn’t shoot for it!
Instead of *winking at sin* it takes a hard view of it saying this is not good.
In *Romans 5&6*, Paul talks about the same concepts.
It is difficult not to let mistakes drag you down without going too far and thinking sins don’t matter.
Paul asks rhetorically, “*shall we sin so* grace may increase?”.
*John 8* 11She said, “No one, Lord.”
And Jesus said, “I do not condemn you, either.
Go.
From now on sin no more.”
*Read Romans 8:26-39*[aorist subjunctive active 2nd plural together with i[na and mh a negative of purpose so it is not sin nature, but individual sins and it is possible at least in theory not to do it.]
eja>n our friend if, if.
para>klhton paraclete, we often call the Holy Spirit the paraclete, but He’s actually the other paraclete, Jesus is the first.
This is your defense attorney, He *instructs, comforts, encourages, exhorts and he defends* you against the prosecution, which is your accuser, the Devil.
Dia>bolov - slanderer, Satana~~v - adversary before the Judge.
di>kaion He is Jesus Christ the *One who is Right before God*.
No one else is, so guess what, you have the only attorney that can win, because the prosecution has a case!
1 John 2:2 \\ KJV:And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
\\ NASB:and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.
\\ NLT:He is the sacrifice for our sins.
He takes away not only our sins but the sins of all the world.
kai< aujto<v iJlasmo>v ejstin peri< tw~~n
and He propitiation is concerning the
aJmartiw~~n hJmw~~n, ouj peri< tw~~n
sins of us, but not concerning
hJmete>rwn de< mo>non ajlla< kai< peri<
ours only but also concerning
o[lou tou~~ kosmou.
all of the world.
iJlasmo>v in the Greek understanding one makes a God propitious toward them by satisfying their anger, wrath or even disinterest.
In Homer’s Illiad, men do various things to get the gods on their team.
Because of this we often think that Jesus is our offering to get God on our side and of course most people think that is only part of the deal because they think they must do things to keep God on their side.
There is nothing you can do to save yourself in the first place and it is a blasphemy and heresy to think you must maintain your salvation once you have it.
We contribute nothing, God needs nothing and God has done it all for us, there is nothing for us to do except spit on His efforts by thinking we will please Him.
We accept the gift freely given and we continue to accept, that is all.
This genuine acceptance allows relationship and relationship produces a natural effect.
The effect is only Love.
Love for God, which is measured by our love for each other.
All activity in a Christians life is either flesh or the natural result of the Love inside.
Propitiation in this case means the opposite of what humans like Homer conclude.
It isn’t an angry or uncaring God that we have to appease so he will act on our behalf or at least not act against us.
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