1 John Sermon SeriesYou know that You Truly know

(1 John 2:1-11)

1 JOHN 2:19They went out from us…

FALSE TEACHING

GNOSTICISM• Sin is immaterial• Knowing God through special knowledge

DOCETISM• Jesus is not flesh but spirit

ASSURANCE OF REDEMPTION

1 John 2:1aMy little children, I am writing these things to you…

As Christians we don’t work for our identity

we work from our identity

ASSURANCE OF REDEMPTION

1 John 2:1aMy little children, I am writing these things to you sothat you may not sin. But if anyone does sin…

ASSURANCE OF REDEMPTION

1 John 2:1b-2we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ therighteous. 2He is the propitiation for our sins, and notfor ours only but also for the sins of the whole world

“All my life I’ve known what God was like by what my father substituted his plate for mine that night.”

No sin is too small that goes unpunished No sin is too great that can’t be forgiven

1 John 2:3-6And by this we know that we have come to know him, ifwe keep his commandments. Whoever says “I know him”but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and thetruth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in himtruly the love of God is perfected. By this we may knowthat we are in him: whoever says he abides in him oughtto walk in the same way in which he walked.

EVIDENCE OF A REDEEMED LIFE1 John 2v3-4 – Keep His commandments v5 – Keep His wordv6 – Walking as Jesus walks

1st EvidenceA desire to keep his commandments

1 John 2:7-8Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but anold commandment that you had from the beginning. Theold commandment is the word that you have heard. Atthe same time, it is a new commandment that I amwriting to you…

John 14:15, 21, 23If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he itis who loves me

Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keepmy word, and my Father will love him, and we will cometo him and make our home with him

John 13:34-35A new commandment I give to you, that you love oneanother: just as I have loved you, you also are to loveone another. By this all people will know that you are mydisciples, if you have love for one another.”

1 John 2:9-11Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother isstill in darkness. Whoever loves his brother abides in thelight, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. Butwhoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walksin the darkness, and does not know where he is going,because the darkness has blinded his eyes

1 John 3:23And this is his commandment, that we believe in thename of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, justas he has commanded us

2nd EvidenceLove for brothers and sisters in the Body

TAKE HOME MESSAGEThe reason for your redemption is

Christ’s love for you. The result of your redemption is

your love for His Body