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- 11. And this is the testimony:
that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
- 12. He who has the Son has life;
he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
- 13. These things I have written to you
who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life…
1 John 5:11-13 1 John 5:11-13
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- 1. If someone asked you to define, “What is a Christian?”
What would you say?
Assurance Quiz – Seniors in SDA High School Assurance Quiz – Seniors in SDA High School
- 2. If someone asks you, “What do I have to do in order to go
to heaven?” What would you answer?
- 3. Would you like children of your own one day to have a
spiritual experience similar to your present one? Yes or No – Explain your answer.
- 4. If you were killed in a car accident later today, would you be
resurrected with the righteous? Yes or No – Explain your answer.
- 5. Do you have any sort of daily time alone with God for the
purpose of becoming better acquainted with Him? Yes or No 90+% - Behavior - Be good & not bad 90+% - Do good at #1 90+% - No Miserable - Failure at #1 90+% - Be lost – Not doing good enough at #1 90+% - No - Didn’t know it was about relationship
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- 11. And this is the testimony:
that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
- 12. He who has the Son has life;
he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
- 13. These things I have written to you
who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life…
1 John 5:11-13 1 John 5:11-13
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Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.
1 John 3:4 1 John 3:4
Literally: Every one while-doing sin (a-martia) also is-doing lawlessness (a-nomia), and sin (a-martia) is lawlessness (a-nomia). a-martia = un + meeting expectations Romans 3:23 – All have sinned and fall short… a-nomia = un + law
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- 35. Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question,
testing Him, and saying,
- 36. “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the
law?”
- 37. Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the LORD your
God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
- 38. This is the first and great commandment.
- 39. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your
neighbor as yourself.’
- 40. On these two commandments hang all the Law and
the Prophets.”
Matthew 22:35-40 Matthew 22:35-40
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- 8. Owe no one anything except to love one another,
for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
- 9. For the commandments, “You shall not commit
adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
- 10. Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is
the fulfillment of the law.
Romans 13:8-10 Romans 13:8-10
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- 7. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God;
and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
- 8. He who does not love does not know God,
for God is love.
1 John 4:7-8 1 John 4:7-8
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► Sin is lawlessness – 1 John 3:4 ► Love is fulfilment of law – Matthew 22:37; Romans 13:8 ► God is love – 1 John 4:8
Summary Summary
Transitive Property of Equality: If A = B, and B = C, then A = C So… Lawlessness = Godlessness Living life apart from God = Core issues of Sin And… Lawfulness = Godfulness Let A = God B = Love C = Law If A God = B Love And if B Love = C Law Then A God = C Law
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Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.
1 John 3:4 1 John 3:4
Literally: (phrase by phrase)
a - Every one while-doing sin (a-martia) = falling short b - also is-doing lawlessness (a-nomia) = living apart from God c - and sin (falling short) is lawlessness (living apart from God) b - One who is living apart from God – doing lawlessness a - Is simultaneously falling short of expectations - doing sin c - Therefore, the essence of falling short – doing sin is, at its core, simply living apart from God – doing lawlessness
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Lawlessness = Living life APART from God
= Broken RELATIONSHIP = The inner ROOT PROBLEM
New Definitions = The Relational Key New Definitions = The Relational Key
Sinning = BYPRODUCT of living life apart from God
= Broken BEHAVIOR = The outer SYMPTOMS
To remedy the problem – should we attack… the Symptom or the Root Problem? Restored RELATIONSHIP = the only path to Restored BEHAVIOR which is the byproduct of Restored RELATIONSHIP
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The wages of sin is death…
Romans 6:23 Romans 6:23
Behavioral definition of sin – IMPOSED punishment If I misbehave – God will punish me If I sin – God will kill me Relational definition of sin – INTRINSIC consequences Jeremiah 2:19 Your own wickedness will correct you, Your backslidings will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing to abandon the Lord your God…
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The wages of sin is death…
Romans 6:23 Romans 6:23
Behavioral definition of sin – IMPOSED punishment If I misbehave – God will punish me If I sin – God will kill me Relational definition of sin – INTRINSIC consequences Jeremiah 2:19 – NLT Your wickedness will bring its own punishment Your turning from me will shame you. You will see what an evil, bitter thing it is to abandon the Lord your God.
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The wages of sin is death…
Romans 6:23 Romans 6:23
Behavioral definition of sin – IMPOSED punishment If I misbehave – God will punish me If I sin – God will kill me Relational definition of sin – INTRINSIC consequences ► God does not KILL sinners – Sin is KILLING us ► God does not say, “Serve me or DIE!” He says, “You are DYING. Serve me and LIVE!” ► Jesus did not come to save us from what GOD is going to do to us because we SINNED Jesus is GOD, come to save us from what SIN is doing to us
SLIDE 14 …whatever is not from faith is sin.
Romans 14:23 Romans 14:23
Even good behavior – is sin If I am living outside of a trust relationship with God
John 6:28-29
- 28. Then they said to Him (Jesus), “What might we do, in order
that we might work the works of God?”
- 29. Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God,
in order that you might trust in that one whom He sent.”
Jesus tells us what God wants us to WORK on = Trust
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…whatever is not from faith is sin.
Romans 14:23 Romans 14:23
Even good behavior – is sin If I am living outside of a trust relationship with God
“You cannot trust someone you do not know”
Morris Venden
If you get to know someone who is trustworthy the more you know them the more you will trust them If you get to know someone who is not trustworthy the more you know them the less you will trust them
John 17:3 – Eternal life = Knowing Jesus
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Jesus identifies sin as a HEART issue Jesus identifies sin as a HEART issue
Matthew 5 – Sermon on the Mount Blessed are the pure in HEART Murder and Adultery – must be cured at the HEART level Ultimately it comes down to LOVE – Love your enemy Matthew 12:34 – Out of the abundance of the HEART the mouth speaks Matthew 15:8 – These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips, but their HEART is far from me. Matthew 15:18-20 – The things that proceed from the mouth come out of the HEART
that results in misbehavior
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1 John 3:6 1 John 3:6
Every one while abiding in Him is not sinning…
ABIDING = Living in an daily intimate friendship with Jesus ABIDING = The cure for sinning - misbehavior If you are staying out of trouble but have no relationship with Jesus You are living in sin even if you have an impeccable moral track record
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- 11. And this is the testimony:
that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
- 12. The one while having the Son is having the life;
the one while not having the Son of God is not having the life.
- 13. These things I wrote to you in order that you
might know that you are having eternal life, to the ones while trusting in the name
1 John 5:11-13 1 John 5:11-13
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- 15. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again
to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”
- 16. The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that
we are children of God,
- 17. and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint
heirs with Christ…
Romans 8:15-17 Romans 8:15-17
SLIDE 20 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name.
John 1:12 John 1:12
All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the
- ne who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.
John 6:37 John 6:37
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Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him for we shall see Him as He is.
1 John 3:2 1 John 3:2
SLIDE 22 …being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ
Philippians 1:6 Philippians 1:6
- 7. Now you have every spiritual gift you need as you eagerly
wait for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 8. He will keep you strong to the end so that you will be free
from all blame on the day when our Lord Jesus Christ returns.
- 9. God will do this, for he is faithful to do what he says, and he
has invited you into partnership with his Son, Jesus Christ
1 Corinthians 1:7-9 - NLT 1 Corinthians 1:7-9 - NLT
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Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
John 5:24 John 5:24
Literally:
The one while hearing my word and while trusting in the one having sent me, is having life eternal and into judgment (krisis) he is not coming but he has already gone over out of the death into the life
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