“Crucial Certainties”
1 John 5:13-21
September 16, 2007
Pastor-Teacher
Certainty of eternal life.
13 I write
these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may
know that you have eternal life.
Certainty God answers
prayer.
14 This is the
confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his
will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we
ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.
Certainty God gives life.
16 If anyone
sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray and
God will give him life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death.
There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that he should pray about
that. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead
to death.
Certainty of victory over
sin and evil.
18 We know that
anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps
him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him.
Certainty of real and deep
relationship with God – in His Son.
19 We know that
we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the
evil one. 20 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given
us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is
true—even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Certainty of an undivided
devotion.
21 Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.
Because of Jesus, we have the great privilege of glorifying God
– by living daily as His believing, obeying, and loving children.
Going
deeper with the Word…
1. What are the primary things God has taught
you in our study of 1 John?
2. How is your life different because of the
truth of this letter?
3. What do you think was the main thing in John’s mind in his final exhortation?