Tuesday, August 13, 2024

PT-1 "Intro to 1 John 1:5-6, 8, 10"

 

EVENING SD FOR 08/13/2024

 

My Worship Time                                                                     Focus:  Intro to 1 John 1:5-6, 8, 10

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                                              Reference: 1 John 1:5-6, 8, 10

 

            Message of the verses:  5 This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. 6  If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth;  8 If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.  10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.”

 

            John MacArthur entitles his second chapter in his commentary of 1 John “Tests of Salvation—Part 1: Belief in God and the Certainty of Sin” and as you can see we will be looking at verses from chapter one 5-6, 8, and 10, and I think that we probably will understand why he groups these verses together as we move through this chapter. 

 

            In a moment we will be looking at Acts 20:28-31, and the reason for looking at these verses is it will help us understand that in addition to leading and feeding their sheep that godly pastors, as their spiritual shepherds, must warn their flocks about false teachers, and believe me there are many of them in the world today who spread doctrinal errors, and that is why we will be looking at the warning that Paul gives the Ephesian elders as he is about to depart from them.

 

“28 “Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. 29 “I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; 30 and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.” 

There are some other verses that are suggested for us to look at as they go along with these and I will list them for you.  1 Timothy 6:20; 2 Timothy 1:13-14.  These are all verses that Paul wrote to his son in the faith Timothy and 2 Timothy is the last recorded letter he wrote that is found in the New Testament.

 

            I will now quote one paragraph from MacArthur’s commentary and then Lord willing I will finish this introduction in the next SD.  “Similarly, John wrote this letter to protect his flock of faithful believers in Asia Minor by reiterating God’s truth to them.  John’s zealous concern for the certainties of divine teaching also motivated him to write his second and third letters.  This, the apostle addressed his second epistle ‘to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not only I, but also all who know the truth, for the sake of the truth which abides in us and will be with us forever’ (vv. 1-2).  Three times in that opening salutation John refers to ‘the truth,’ underscoring its significance for him.  Then in verse 4 he adds, ‘I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received commandment to do from the Father’ (cf. 3 John 3-4).’”

 

8/13/2024 9:29 PM

 

 

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