Walking in the Light: Assurance Through Obedience
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1. "You know, this is a very similar situation to where we find ourselves in today, surrounded by an ungodly culture, an anti-God, anti-Christ, anti-truth culture. And even from within the church, there are those who water down the gospel and soften the message and weaken the word to make it more palatable to this anti-God culture around us. And so I think that this letter from John to believers in Jesus is both timely and relevant for us even today." [03:57] (37 seconds)
2. "We are secure, not by our grip on Christ, but by His grip on us. Once we are in Christ, our security is never in question. Assurance has to do with our knowledge of and belief in our security. John is writing to his readers, and he's writing to us, that, excuse me, that we would be assured, that we would know and believe that our status as children of God is secure in Christ." [09:20] (49 seconds)
3. "We are not held secure by keeping His commands. We are held secure in the hands of Jesus because of His finished work of atonement by God's grace and His Spirit in us. We are held secure by Christ. How can we know and how can we be assured and believe, in fact, that we are? If we keep His commands." [11:30] (32 seconds)
4. "There were some in those days who were claiming that a profession of faith is all that you need to be saved. That a profession of faith was all that you need to be saved. And there are some still today who would say that a profession of faith is all that you need to be saved. But I will tell you, confidently, that that is not true." [14:48] (23 seconds)
5. "We are saved by grace through faith, through belief. And through that belief, we are held firmly and securely by Christ. How can we know that we are secure? How can we rest in the faith? How can we rest in that? Through belief. And how do we know that we truly believe? How do we know that, in fact, we do trust in Christ? How do we know that we have expressed faith, genuine faith, dependence, reliance on Jesus and His work on the cross? John says, obedience." [16:51] (56 seconds)
6. "Being a Christian and hating someone is incompatible. Being a Christian and harboring bitterness cannot coexist. Being a Christian and holding a grudge is an untenable position. Matthew 5, 21, Jesus equates hating your brother with murder, and it is not a good thing. It's not an option for a follower of Christ." [25:54] (26 seconds)
7. "If the love of God has been made complete in you, then it should be impossible for you to hate someone. It should be impossible for you to hold a grudge or harbor bitterness. Impossible. Because God's love so fills up a person that there is no room for hatred or bitterness, at least for very long." [25:54] (60 seconds)
8. "If you have trusted in Christ and His saving work on the cross for you, and if you have a love in your heart for fellow believers in your family, in your church, in your community, and around the world, then you can rest and rejoice in the full assurance, in the full assurance that you are secure in Christ." [32:14] (24 seconds)
9. "If you claim to trust in Christ, but you are harboring bitterness against someone in the family of God, whether that's in your family, or whether that's in your church, or in your community, or around the world, well, then you have some investigation to do. You have some introspection that is required. You need some evaluation of your heart." [32:14] (27 seconds)
10. "If that's the case, turn to Christ today. Turn to Christ today in humble faith and let Him fill up your heart with His love. Be forgiven, be cleansed, allow the light of God to purify your heart and grow what He wants to grow there. I love the book of 1 John because it is so deep and also so precious." [34:09] (29 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2. "We are secure, not by our grip on Christ, but by His grip on us. Once we are in Christ, our security is never in question. Assurance has to do with our knowledge of and belief in our security. John is writing to his readers, and he's writing to us, that, excuse me, that we would be assured, that we would know and believe that our status as children of God is secure in Christ." [09:20] (49 seconds)
3. "We are not held secure by keeping His commands. We are held secure in the hands of Jesus because of His finished work of atonement by God's grace and His Spirit in us. We are held secure by Christ. How can we know and how can we be assured and believe, in fact, that we are? If we keep His commands." [11:30] (32 seconds)
4. "There were some in those days who were claiming that a profession of faith is all that you need to be saved. That a profession of faith was all that you need to be saved. And there are some still today who would say that a profession of faith is all that you need to be saved. But I will tell you, confidently, that that is not true." [14:48] (23 seconds)
5. "We are saved by grace through faith, through belief. And through that belief, we are held firmly and securely by Christ. How can we know that we are secure? How can we rest in the faith? How can we rest in that? Through belief. And how do we know that we truly believe? How do we know that, in fact, we do trust in Christ? How do we know that we have expressed faith, genuine faith, dependence, reliance on Jesus and His work on the cross? John says, obedience." [16:51] (56 seconds)
6. "Being a Christian and hating someone is incompatible. Being a Christian and harboring bitterness cannot coexist. Being a Christian and holding a grudge is an untenable position. Matthew 5, 21, Jesus equates hating your brother with murder, and it is not a good thing. It's not an option for a follower of Christ." [25:54] (26 seconds)
7. "If the love of God has been made complete in you, then it should be impossible for you to hate someone. It should be impossible for you to hold a grudge or harbor bitterness. Impossible. Because God's love so fills up a person that there is no room for hatred or bitterness, at least for very long." [25:54] (60 seconds)
8. "If you have trusted in Christ and His saving work on the cross for you, and if you have a love in your heart for fellow believers in your family, in your church, in your community, and around the world, then you can rest and rejoice in the full assurance, in the full assurance that you are secure in Christ." [32:14] (24 seconds)
9. "If you claim to trust in Christ, but you are harboring bitterness against someone in the family of God, whether that's in your family, or whether that's in your church, or in your community, or around the world, well, then you have some investigation to do. You have some introspection that is required. You need some evaluation of your heart." [32:14] (27 seconds)
10. "If that's the case, turn to Christ today. Turn to Christ today in humble faith and let Him fill up your heart with His love. Be forgiven, be cleansed, allow the light of God to purify your heart and grow what He wants to grow there. I love the book of 1 John because it is so deep and also so precious." [34:09] (29 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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