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A Closer Look At 1 John 2:1-4, Do You Know Jesus? #1john
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Feb 19, 2025
So far here is what we’ve gathered from chapter 1 of the book of 1 John. We learned that John was writing primarily to counter false teachers and the perversion they brought into the church. We also learned that John has testified that Jesus is indeed the Christ, and for that reason His teaching and word is absolute. John has also established that no one who claims to be in Union With Christ can continue to live in Sin. He has given us clear ways to distinguish that which is light ( consistent with the word of God) from that which is darkness, opposed to the word of God. John understands that there are genuine believers who might read His words and question their own walk with Jesus. So he writes the next chapter to reassure them but also gives us more practical ways to authenticate what a real believer looks like. We’re going to be looking at v1-4
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hello good morning this is taiva
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types.com and today we are going to
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continue our study
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of the book of first john so we looked
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at first john
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chapter one and today we are going to
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look at first john
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chapter two verse one through four and
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the title of the study is do you know
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jesus this is important and that we
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learn how to know
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whether we actually know jesus so i'm
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gonna get into the introduction give you
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a quick background
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and then we're gonna dive into this so
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basically so far
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we've learned from chapter one that um
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john
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was probably primarily writing to
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counter false on teaching and we talked
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about
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narcissism and these teachers they
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perverted uh
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christian liberty and they pray pretty
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much um promoted like licentious living
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we talked about that in chapter one
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and we also learned that john testified
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that jesus
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whom he experienced is the true christ
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is indeed the christ and for that matter
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jesus word is absolute
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and his teaching is all that matters and
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we also establish that uh
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no one who claims to be in union with
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jesus can continue to live in sin
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and john gave us clear ways to
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distinguish
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that which is light which is consistent
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with the word of god
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from that which is darkness opposed to
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the word of god
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and john understand that they are like
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genuine believers who may question their
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own work of jesus so he writes
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chapter 2 portions of chapter 2 to
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address that
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so he's going to give us practical ways
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to authenticate
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what a true believer looks like so we
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are going to go and study
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verse 1 through 4 and that's what we're
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going to do today we're going to take it
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uh bits and pieces and small chunks at a
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time because it's better to like really
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focus on
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and then really capture what the passage
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is teaching rather than just skimming
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through it quick
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we're not going to do that so let's go
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through to verse one that's our first
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verse
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okay john says in verse 1 of chapter 2
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of
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first john my little children i'm
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writing these things to you
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so that you may not sin but if anyone
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does
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sin we have an advocate with the father
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jesus christ
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the righteous so what is that saying
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john is basically saying everything that
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i say to you in chapter one
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is meant to prevent you from sinning
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against god
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and you have to remember that gnostic
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teachers were perverting the gospel and
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leading believers into sin
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so john had to refute them in order to
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preserve the integrity of the church
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so john's words through the inspiration
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of the holy spirit are meant to teach us
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not to violate
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the commands of the lord and he's also
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saying that when we do sin
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because we are still living in the tent
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of this corrupted body
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jesus and the seeds for us before the
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father
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and i'm gonna show you an illustration
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of how that takes place and we're going
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to go to zechariah
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3 verse 1 to 10. this is an incredible
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passage so i want us to go through that
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to understand what this means so now we
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are now reading zechariah 3
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verse 1-10 scripture says then he showed
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me joshua the high priest
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standing before the angel of the lord
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and satan standing at his right hand to
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accuse him
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and the lord said to satan the lord
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rebuked you o satan
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the lord was chosen jerusalem rebuked
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you is not this a brand
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plucked from the fire now joshua was
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standing before the angel
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clothed with filthy garments and the
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angel said to
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those who were standing before him
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removed the filthy garment from him
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and to him he said behold i've taken
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your iniquity away from
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you and i'll clothe you with pure
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vestment and i said
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let them put a turban on his head so
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they put they put a clean turban on his
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head and clothed him with garment
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and the angel of the lord was standing
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by and the angel of the lord solomon
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assured
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joshua thus says the lord of hosts if
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you walk in my ways and keep my charge
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then you shall rule my house and have
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charge of my over my court
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and i'll give you the right of access
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among those who are standing here
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here now joshua the high priest you and
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your friends will sit before you
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for they are men who are assigned behold
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i will bring my servant
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branch for behold on the stone that i
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have set before joshua on a single stone
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with seven eyes
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i will engrave its inscription declares
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the lord of hosts and i will remove the
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iniquity of this land
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in a single day in that day declares the
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lord of hosts
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every one of you will invite his
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neighbor to come under his vine and
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under his fig tree
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this passage alone is worth our
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investigation this is
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dense and big and loaded with so much
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truth
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but the thing is this you see what
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happens this is how jesus intercedes for
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us before the father
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we come we come with filthy garments and
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listen to what jesus says
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there when satan accuses us before
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before god listen to what jesus says the
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lord rebuked you o satan the lord who
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has chosen jerusalem rebuke you
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is not this a brand plucked from the
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fire
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from the wrath of god we've been plucked
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from the wrath of god
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now joshua was standing before the angel
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clothed with filthy garments we are
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filthy before the lord
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and the angel said to those who are
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standing before him
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remove the filthy garment from him so
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basically god himself is the one that
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makes us clean
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and to him he said behold i have taken
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your iniquity
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away from you and i will clothe you with
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pure investment
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and i said let them put a clean turban
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on his head
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basically cleanse your mind as well okay
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your conscience is polluted
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so you see this is jesus interceding
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before us
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before the father look at what this is
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taking place
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this is incredible and this is what john
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is talking about here
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okay so let's go back again you can go
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back and read this
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chapter again and again this is so
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reassuring and so
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vast and so filled with just the love of
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god
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and the righteousness of god the justice
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of god the mercies of god
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all the attributes of god you can see in
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this zechariah 3 verse 1 through 10.
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i want you to go back and read it again
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so now let's go back to our presentation
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so basically we learned that jesus
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intercedes
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for us before the father because he's
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the righteous one okay now let's go to
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the next verse
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verse two now this is what the scripture
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says he is the propitiation for our sins
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not for ours only but also for the sins
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of the whole world
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okay we just looked at it a little while
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ago in zechariah 3 verse 1 through 10.
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now john redefines what jesus has done
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for those who came for
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so when we sin against god our sins
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unleash
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the wrath of god and we are polluted by
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sin and we have no
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fellowship with god because our
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fellowship is broken sin breaks our
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fellowship of god
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so two things have to take place to
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restore is this fellowship number one
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the wrath of god must be appeased and
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two
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our sins and guilt have to be removed
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from us just like you saw in zechariah
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3.
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so jesus not only is the propitiation
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for our sins because he he takes care of
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the wrath of god
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but he is also the expiation of our sins
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basically he removes our sins from us
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and he removes the guilt from us so he
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satisfies the wrath of god
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and also cleanses us from all
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unrighteousness as we saw in first john
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1
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chapter verse 7 but if you walk in the
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light
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as he is in the light we have fellowship
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with one another
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and the blood of jesus his son cleanses
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us
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from all unrighteousness from all sin
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and we saw the same in first john 1
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verse 9
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if you confess our sins he is faithful
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and just
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to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us
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from all unrighteousness
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so you see what's taking place here now
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let's go to uh um verse 2.
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before i do that i want to read
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something else that i have in the bottom
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of my screen here
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again the reason why jesus attorney
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sacrifice
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is is perfect is because he has infinite
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value
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okay because he's the perfect son of god
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he's the righteous one so
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his atoning sacrifice has infinite value
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now verse 3 verse 3 says
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and by this we know that we have come to
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know him if we keep
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his now this is vast
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now the question is this do you know
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jesus
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okay and the word no
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has a lot more ramifications than we
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think like if you ask me if i know
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lebron james
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i'd say yes and no yes in the sense that
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i know who lebron james is
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he currently plays for the lakers holds
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four nba titles he's six
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eight and about 260 or 250 pounds
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i know that much about lebron james but
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i don't really know lebron because i
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have not spent
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not a single second with him okay
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so i know of him but i don't know lebron
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james
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now john is saying that the way we
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determine that we have come
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to be intimate with jesus shows in the
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way we obey his word
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okay let me repeat that again john is
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saying that the way we determine
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that we've come to be intimate with
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jesus to know jesus because if you look
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at scriptures
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some scripture says adam knew his wife
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eve
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it doesn't mean that he knew her in
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ancestor oh i know she's my wife no he
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was
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intimate with her he had sexual
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relations with her now we don't have
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sexual relations with jesus but we are
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intimate in the sense that we are one in
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mind and purpose
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with jesus this is an intimacy that has
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to do with
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our oneness with the lord okay so john
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is saying that
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the way we determine that we have come
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to be intimate with jesus
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shows in the way we obey his word in
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other words
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to know jesus is to obey jesus
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jesus often said about his father the
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father loves me
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because i always do what pleases him
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okay in other words he always obeyed his
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father
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jesus said in john 14 verse 10 through
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11
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do you not believe that i am in the
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father and the father is in me
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the words that i said to you i do not
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speak on my own authority
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but the father who dwells in me who
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dwells in me
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you see that dwells in me does his works
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believe me that i am
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in the father and the father is in me or
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else believe on the account of the works
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themselves
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and he also says somewhere that my food
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is to do the will of him who sent me
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that's the obedience that demonstrated
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that jesus
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knew his father okay likewise our
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obedience
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to christ shows that we have come to
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know him intimately we
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know him now we are one with him in mind
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and purpose
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that's what this means we are one with
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jesus like what jesus does is what we
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are doing basically
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so the person that obeys christ shows
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that he knows christ
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that he belongs to jesus who and then he
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follows that with
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verse four we're going to look at that
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in a second but i want us to really
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pause for a second
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how do you know that you've come to
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really know jesus
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do you obey jesus that's what the
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scripture is saying
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let's not bend it it's clear if we keep
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his commandment
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we know that we've come to know him and
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now we are going to go to
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uh verse six uh tomorrow or maybe the
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day after the next because we are going
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to unpack that
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but for now we're just looking at what
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the scripture is saying and explaining
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that
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now let's go through to verse 4 verse 4
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whoever says i know him but does not
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keep his commandment is a liar and the
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truth is not in him
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i mean this is like pretty much clear no
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one who claims to know that he knows
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christ
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intimately will resist the word of
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christ if you find yourself disobeying
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the commands of god
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there are strong chances that you do not
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know christ
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intimately or you don't know him at all
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it's important to understand that
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obedience
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is the by product of the word of god
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obedience comes from faith and faith
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comes from the word of god
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according to romans 10 17 so the kind of
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obedience john is talking about doesn't
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come from the flesh
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because the sinful nature by nature
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hates the word of god
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okay that nature resists the word of god
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so the obedience john is talking about
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is the result of the command of god
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himself
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this is key to understanding this
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scripture because
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whoever says are known but does not keep
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his commandments alive because the flesh
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cannot obey god
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this is why you disobey and this is why
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i disobeyed
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so isaiah 55 11 says so shall my word
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be that goes out from my mouth it shall
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not return to me empty
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but it shall accomplish that which are
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purpose and shall succeed in the thing
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for which are sent it
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when god sends his word his words
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accomplish the purpose for which god
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send it so when god says
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this man will obey me this woman will
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obey me it will happen because god has
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spoken so obedience comes from the word
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of god
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and god is the one who works in us both
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to will
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and to act according to his purpose so
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when you say that you know
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you know god and you don't keep his
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commandment you're lying basically your
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truth the truth is not in you
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now how does our obedience come about
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this is it does it come
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like instantly i wouldn't say it's
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instant maybe it can be instant at times
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but at other times it can take time for
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for you to get there maybe you're
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resisting
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but after you hear the word of god your
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heart is being softened
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your heart gets stuffed and in the
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process okay and you begin to
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look at the word of god and love it and
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that's what the word of god does because
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he's working in you both will and act
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according to his purpose but clear
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disobedience
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shows that we don't love and we don't we
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don't know god
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i see clear disobedience but sometimes
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we may delay in obeying but eventually
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the word of god will accomplish its
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purpose
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i want us to really get that okay
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because john has that in mind here
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and if you look at luke 17
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5-10 i want us to go to that passage and
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we're going to read it to practice a
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little more
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so let's do that now so the apostles in
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verse 5
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they say to jesus increase our faith and
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the lord said if you had
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faith like a grain of mustard seed you
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could say to this tree
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be uprooted and plant it in the seed and
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i will pay you
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and then he explained why what this
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means he goes will any one of yous
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who has a servant plowing or keeping
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sheep say to him when he has come in
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from the field
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come at once and recline a table will he
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not rather say to him prepare supper for
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me and dress
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properly and serve me while i eat and
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drink and afterwards you will eat and
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drink
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does he thank the servant because he did
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what was commanded
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so you also when you've done all that
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you were commanded say
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we are unworthy servant we've only done
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that what was our duty basically
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when you obey the word of god that's
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your duty in the sense that
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god himself has caused that to happen so
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you take no
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credit for this i say so when we obey
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god
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is because god himself has enabled us to
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obey him
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so this is just a great relief for us
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because when you're called by god he
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ensures that you obey him
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i mean this is incredible okay let's go
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back to our presentation
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so what do we learn from this we learned
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that no one who knows jesus
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will live in continual disobedience
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we may resist the command of god for a
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time but if we are his
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the commands will overcome our
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resistance and will be softened
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and then yield to the word of god i want
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to repeat that again
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so what we learned is that no one who
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knows jesus will live in continual
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disobedience
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okay we may resist the commands of god
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for
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for a time but if we are truly god's
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children the commands will overcome our
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resistance
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and we will be softened and then yield
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to the word of god
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so this is why john says whoever says
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are knowing but does not keep his
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commandment is a liar
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the truth is not in him because if you
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truly know
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jesus you will obey his command
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in the sense that god himself ensures
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that you obey his command because
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god creates what he
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commands in you so when you say that you
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know him and you don't obey you are
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lying because god
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is true and when god commands something
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in you
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it will bear fruit because this is god
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and he creates
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what he commands so
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what we ought to do examine yourself
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okay you have to examine yourself to see
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if
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you've come to know jesus do you obey
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his word or do you find yourself
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constantly resisting the word of god now
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if you hear his voice today as i'm
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speaking
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do not harden your heart because again
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the main thing in life is to
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repent and believe the gospel repent and
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believe the gospel because what good is
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it to gain the whole world and lose your
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soul
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so my question is do you know
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jesus have you come to know him do you
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know him intimately
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are you one with jesus in mind and
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purpose do you
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love and long after the word of god
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does that produce faith in you does he
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produce
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obedience in you or do you resist it
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now if you resist resisting it ask the
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lord to soften your heart but if you
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continuously
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resist the word of god you hate the word
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of god you can't bear to hear the word
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of god that you are not a child of god
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make no mistakes about it we need to
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stop playing game with people
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and telling them well yeah you're good
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as long as you say that you you believe
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in jesus
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but is he lord of your life do you find
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yourself obeying
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the word of god or do you resist it
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if you resist it go back to
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to the word of god and read what he says
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if we say that we've come to know him
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and we don't obey his word
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we are lying and the truth is not in us
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so i'll say examine yourself
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examine myself we have to do that
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constantly
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to know if we are in the faith or not
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are we self-deceived
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because there's a lot of deception going
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on and we
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have to make sure our election is sure
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is scriptural we are asking we are told
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in scripture to do that
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now we're going to look at verse five
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and six some other times because i think
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i wanted to pause and then really look
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at those verses those two verses
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only those two verses because they're
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important okay so have a good day and
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i'll see you
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next time thank you