You have accepted Jesus as the Christ the anointed of God, so the apostle affirms that you are "born of God.". This is one of the great objects of all that is written by inspiration, that we may be kept from sin. Hard, cruel, unrelenting, iron-hearted professors will no more go to heaven than the hogs they fatten. Consolation Proportionate to Spiritual Sufferings, The Desire of the Soul in Spiritual Darkness, The Question of Fear and the Answer of Faith, Confession of SinA Sermon with Seven Texts, The Desolations of the Lord, the Consolation of His Saints, Christ Glorified as the Builder of His Church, The Wicked Man's Life, Funeral, and Epitaph, The Ceremony of Laying the First Stone of the New Tabernacle, A Blast of the Trumpet Against False Peace, The Beginning, Increase, and End of the Divine Life, The High Priest Standing Between the Dead and the Living. 1 John 2:10. It is you preaching in your shops, in your kitchens, in your nurseries, in your parlours, in the streets, which will tell on the masses. That which is of mans making is false, but the word of the Lord endureth for ever. They may not know the great mysteries that the fathers have fathomed, they may not well know some things that the young men know, but even babes in Christ know the Father, and rejoice in his love. Historical and Theological Themes - The overall theme of 2 John closely parallels 1 John's theme of a "recall to the fundamentals of the faith" or "back to the basics of Christianity" (vv. We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous, and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. Yea, thy law is within heart." He became a Baptist and began preaching in rural Cambridgeshire. What then? 1 John 2:15. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. And that is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. Why is the church losing its young people? These two things are such deadly opposites that they cannot live together where the love of the father is, there cannot be the love of the world. I can never think of his life as an unhappy one. Minor Prophets Johannine Writings - Darryl M. Erkel, Church Leaders and the Use of Honorific Titles, Feeding Sheep or Amusing Goats - Charles Spurgeon, House-Churches? They went out from us, but they were not of us: for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. From our Bethlehem to our Gethsemane may our walk run parallel with the pathway of the Well-beloved! He did not come to do his own will, but the will of him that sent him. Stand to it firmly that you will follow Christ. Prophets Commentary on 1 John 2:24-29. 1-3 John: 1 Corinthians: 1 Timothy: Jude: 2 Corinthians: 2 Timothy: Revelation: The infinite God is infinitely delightful to his people. Luke-Acts 1 John 2:25. O child of God, as thou wouldst fear to drink poison, as thou wouldst flee from a serpent, dread sin! D, The Duration And Nature Of Future Punishment - Henry Constable. Stand fast, therefore, ye soldiers of the Cross, stand like rocks amidst the onslaught of the waves, and the victory shall yet be yours. It is Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, one anointed by the Father for the whole office of mediation, the whole work of salvation, and consequently for that of the intercessor or advocate. Be ye imitators; of Christ as good soldiers, who cannot have a better model for their soldierly life than their Captain and Lord. - Oscar Cullmann, Immortality or Resurrection? You cannot give out sweet waters so long as the fountains are impure. in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. 1 John 2:18. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar and the truth is not in him. What a walk would that be! Some persons think very much of the doctrine of Christ, but very little of the Spirit of Christ. God grant that you may, and then I may include you also in the blessed instruction of the text. 1 John 2:4. Do not imagine that there is any love to your souls in the heart of the preacher who preaches smooth things, and who flatters you with his Peace, peace, when there is no peace. John 2:1-11. 1 John 2:1. Oh, brethren, let us find our pleasure, our treasure, our heaven, our all, in the Lord our God, even as our Lord Jesus did. As the Holy Ghost has taught us to trust Christ, so would he have us abide in him., And this is one great reason why we are to abide in him;-, JavaScript must be enabled for certain features to work, {"commentics_url":"\/\/www.truthaccordingtoscripture.com\/comments\/","page_id":1515469,"enabled_country":false,"country_id":0,"enabled_state":false,"state_id":0,"enabled_upload":false,"maximum_upload_amount":3,"maximum_upload_size":5,"maximum_upload_total":5,"captcha":true,"captcha_url":"https:\/\/www.truthaccordingtoscripture.com\/comments\/frontend\/index.php?route=main\/form\/captcha&page_id=1515469","cmtx_wait_for_comment":"cmtx_wait_for_comment","lang_error_file_num":"A maximum of %d files are allowed to be uploaded","lang_error_file_size":"Please upload files no bigger than %.1f MB in size","lang_error_file_total":"The total size of all files must be less than %.1f MB","lang_error_file_type":"Only image file types are allowed to be uploaded","lang_text_loading":"Loading ..","lang_placeholder_country":"Country","lang_placeholder_state":"State","lang_text_country_first":"Please select a country first","lang_button_submit":"Add Comment","lang_button_preview":"Preview","lang_button_remove":"Remove","lang_button_processing":"Please Wait.."}, {"commentics_url":"\/\/www.truthaccordingtoscripture.com\/comments\/","auto_detect":false}, Pop-up verses - "Scripture quotations taken from the New American Standard Bible, Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation Used by permission. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. Now he has broken through the obscurity, and he begins his public ministry by working a miracle. That is the drift of the plan of grace, the aim of the covenant. 1 John 2:19. The mercy is that you are not past hope. What does it mean to take the Lord's name in vain? NO. 1 John 2:6 . Purgatory: Purifying Fire or Fatal Fable? We have an Advocate: God's desire is that you may not sin. Structure. He cannot be a Christian unless this be true of him, and . There is no room in us for two loves. The Gospels Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross - James P. Shelly w/ audio, A Treatise of Earthly-Mindedness - Jeremiah Burroughs. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. Daily devotional with John Piper. "A person has written to me this morning to say that he has painted my portrait, but that he cannot finish it until he sees me. Christ ought to be glorified by us, and therefore we ought to be like him, for if we are not, we cannot glorify him, but must dishonor him. Prophets (Read 1 John 2:24-29) The truth of Christ, abiding in us, is a means to sever from sin, and unites us to the Son of God, John 15:3,4. But I stop a minute. Ought we not to be very grateful to Christ that he deigns to be our example? 1 John 3:1-2. What can we do to glorify Christ if we do not walk even as he walked? II. 1 Corinthians 2:1-5. The Case for Conditional Immortality - J. W. Wenham, The Bible, Slavery, and America's Founders, The Biological and Biblical Dangers of Problem-Centered Counseling, The Urgent Need For Reformation in Pastoral Ministry, Problems and Limitations And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. Unholy ministers are a derision, and a scoff, and a by-word. Are not actions far more forcible than words? My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. John 2:1. "He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked." 1 John 2:6 . and who, though he was rich, brought himself down to poverty for our sakes, that we might be rich unto God. In this thing let us walk even as he walked. We cannot be Christians unless we are in Christ; and we are not truly in Christ unless in him we live and move and have our being, and the life of Christ is lived over again by us according to our measure. Jesus ChristUnique Savior or Average Fraud? I do not care; you must forgive them that trespass against you, or you will go from your pews to perdition "Oh, but we have been baptized, and we come to the communion." Is not this the thing that weakens the preaching, of the gospel the want of living the gospel? The "Clergy/Laity" Distinction: A Hindrance to the Church? I do not care even about that; for unless you are made meek and lowly in heart you will not find rest unto your souls. - Herman Hanko, Problems and Limitations of the Traditional "Sermon" Concept, Quitting Church: Why the Faithful Are Fleeing - Ingrid Schlueter, Should One Man Be The Dominant, Focal-Point Of A Church Service. So walk as he did who made himself of no reputation, but took upon himself the form of a servant. (22-24) Commentary on 1 John 3:1-2 (Read 1 John 3:1-2) You cannot send your heart at the same time in two opposite ways, towards evil and towards good; you must make a choice between the two. The Gospels He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. 1 John 2:9. We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. There was the hiding of his power. (16-21) The advantage of faith, love, and obedience. Here both are conjoined: The Word of life, the vital Word. He had been subject unto his parents, and had lived in obscurity. many of the antichrists came out of the church; they sprang up from among the followers of Christ: They went out from us, . In every one of us the Father desires to see Christ, that so Christ may be glorified in every one of us. As the poet says, You cannot be right in the rest Unless you think rightly of him., 1 John 2:23-28. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (11-15) That love described by its actings. Is it a hopeless case then? [But] he that acknowledgeth the son hath the Father also. 1 John 2:18. You cannot be Christians if this spirit of love is foreign to you. 2905. Questions and answers with John Piper. 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