Sunday Livestream | 1 John 1:1-4 - The Word Became Flesh

So if you are one of those people who struggle with doubts wondering, am I truly saved? First John is the letter for you. It will help you know for certain whether or not you're saved. But I will warn you, this letter will expose those who are not saved. Those who think they are but really aren't and it will also expose the false teachers in our world that say they are saved but they are not. [00:57:23] (28 seconds)  #AssuranceOfSalvation

You see only God could bear the full penalty for all the sins of all who would believe in him. Only God could save men from their sins. Only God could be the mediator between God and man. One theologian said, if Jesus is not fully God, we have no salvation. There's no Christianity. He said, it's no accident that throughout history those groups that have given up belief in the deity of Christ have not remained long within Christian faith, but they have soon drifted toward the kind of religion represented by Unitarianism in The United States. [01:14:26] (33 seconds)  #DeityMatters

So hold firm to the right doctrine of Christ, herald the right doctrine of Christ, and for those who struggle without have complete joy in Christ, you have eternal life through Jesus. Verse four, these things we write so that our joy may be made complete. By the word our here, John didn't just mean his own, he meant our joy. Again, I can tell you from experience as one who struggled with doubt for many years, there is complete joy in knowing that I have eternal life through Jesus Christ. [01:29:46] (36 seconds)  #CompleteJoyInChrist

He administers the litmus test of right doctrine, righteous living, and radical loving. And if you know anything about a litmus test, they work to reveal whether something is or something is not. There's not any gray area. I actually like John because he doesn't really leave any room for gray area. He's a black and white kind of guy and he he administers a litmus test that'll help us know whether or not the teachers and teachings that we hear and are holding to are true or not and a litmus test to let us know and help us know whether or not we're truly saved or not. [00:58:18] (43 seconds)  #BiblicalLitmusTest

Well, here's the simple answer. John wrote to help his audience know whether the teachers and the teachings that they were hearing or holding to were teachings from the savior, and he wrote to help his audience know whether or not they and those teachers were saved. One pastor put it really well when he said this, he said, through John's letter, John will expose those who profess to know Christ but are not saved and he will assure those who know Christ but have doubts about their salvation. [00:56:51] (31 seconds)  #ExposeFalseTeachers

If Jesus was not fully human, he could not have been our mediator. If Jesus was not fully human, he could not have died in our place and paid the penalty for our sin. Praise God for the truth. Right? Not only was he fully God, he was fully man, which means he's able to be our mediator. He was able to die in our place and pay the price you and I owe. Christians, I pray that this right doctrine of Christ gives you certainty. [01:23:04] (27 seconds)  #FullyGodFullyMan

I pray today if he's exposed to you that you are not a Christian, that today will be the day that you'll repent of your sins, turn in faith to believing in the God man Jesus Christ who died on the cross for our sins and rose from the grave three days later. I pray today is the day you'll call on him and be saved and rejoice with us Christians that you have eternal life. Christianity rises or falls on the person of Jesus Christ. [01:31:17] (44 seconds)  #CallToRepentance

Right doctrine matters, specifically right doctrine of Christ because Christianity rises or falls on this divine and human nature of Jesus. The good news is the right doctrine is he's God the son who came in the flesh so that we could have eternal life. This doctrine protects us against deception. It brings assurance of salvation. And verse four, it brings us complete joy. [01:27:52] (28 seconds)  #RightDoctrineSaves