Our Saviour had lived on the earth for thirty years, and had worked no miracle. Major Prophets Note how love and life and light are most blessedly linked to one another. This exposition consisted of readings from Psalms 130:1-8; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-2. He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Children and the Rod of Correction - Dave Miller, Ph.D. Christian Practice - Evidence of Grace - Edwards, Meditating On The Future Life - John Calvin w/ audio, Others May, You Cannot - by G. D. Watson w/audio, The Bible Doctrine of the Separated Life - by Johannes G. Vos, The Christian and Entertainment - Rev. The infinite God is infinitely delightful to his people. He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Christian love is by no means so plentiful as it might be, nor holy living, either. He has left his footprints that we may set our feet in them.Will we not joyfully fix our feet upon this royal road? 1 John 2:15-17.To you all, whether fathers, young men, or little children, I say, Love not the world Pursue your victory by overcoming the world, and all the temptations which may assault you from it, whether from prosperity or adversity, from riches or poverty, honour or reproach, pleasure or pain, life or death; from the persons of the world, or from the things that are in the world . Pentateuch Immortality of the Soul or Resurrection? The worst of men go out from among the best of men, the antichrists go out from the church of Christ. How it should humble us before the mercy-seat! Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year. As the branch receives all its sap from the stem, so all the sap of spiritual life flows from Christ into us. 2. Grace looks towards holiness, that there should be a people called forth to whom Christ should be the elder brother, the firstborn among many brethren. Hear me!" This is to be the last charge of our great adversary and all his hosts. Faith's Checkbook. And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. When did the Saviour thus behave himself? January 1, 1970. God help you to do so. conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy We shall not only savingly know him, but we shall know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.. 1 John 2:7. John 2:1. 1 John 2:24. In a word, Christ lived above this world; let us walk as he walked. The Blue Letter Bible ministry and the BLB Institute hold to the historical, (3-10) Love to the brethren is the character of real Christians. You cannot be Christians if this spirit of love is foreign to you. Do you not feel this to be an imperative necessity to be laid upon you? Take care that you do not in all things copy any but Christ; for if I set my watch by the watch of one of my friends, and be sets his watch by that of another friend, we may all be wrong together. Point me to a single mortification of a needless kind. 1 John 2:22-23. Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ. Hard, cruel, unrelenting, iron-hearted professors will no more go to heaven than the hogs they fatten. He hath given his own Son to die for us, that we may die to sin; he has given him to live that we may live like him. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.. Yet the Church, for the most part, has allowed it to go unnoticed. 1 John 2:3. Counterfeit Cross updated- Sanctification and Growing in Righteousness, Errors of the Invitation System or Alter Call, Counterfeit Cross - The Lordship of Christ in Salvation - Part II, A Historical Overview of The Lord's Supper, Set Your Mind on Things Above - Matthew Henry, Prophecies of the Destruction of Jerusalem which have remarkably been fulfilled - Thomas Newton. Theologian Paul on Life, Death, and Immortality - Froom, Gravity of Ascribing False Teachings to Christ - (refernce to Dives and Lazarus), The Old Testament Use of the Word Sheol (Hell), The Rich Man and Lazarus: An Intermediate State? (1b-2) Help for the sinner and the restoration of fellowship. A Sermon Delivered on Thursday Evening, May 17th, 1883, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Newington. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. It is our union with the Christ that makes us Christians: by union with him as our life we truly live, live in the favour of God. He that saith he abideth in him: " that is exactly what every Christian does say. When I wrote my first line I copied the writing-master's model, but when I wrote the next line I copied my copy of the top line; so that when I reached the bottom of the page I produced a copy of my copy of my copy of my copy of the top line. 1 John 2:19. of Scripture. Of course, in this work of self-denial we are not called to imitate Christ in offering up ourselves as a propitiatory sacrifice. 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His dying words ought to ring in the ear of all who find it hard to pass by affronts, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. The beginning of John 1:1 is profound: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Major Prophets ", You must enable JavaScript to view all available content on this page, Counterfeit Cross updated - We Walk by Faith Pt II - Taking Up Our Cross. If I, then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet." A Protest - Joseph Agar Beet D.D. Let such remember that it is written, If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. If we do not know what it is to love, then we do not in the Scriptural sense know what it is to live, we are dead. 1 John 2. Pride goeth not before salvation, but before destruction; and a haughty spirit is no prophecy of elevation, but the herald of a fall. They that are saved from the death of sin need to be guided in the life of holiness, and it is infinitely condescending on the part of Christ that he becomes an example to such poor creatures as we are. Luke-Acts He was born in Kelvedon, Essex in 1834, to a family of clerics. Presented here is a verse by verse exposition of the New . 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. Luke-Acts Final Judgment, Identifying True Israel: Following God's Faithful Down the Ages, The Significance of A.D. 70 in the Prophecies of Christ, Biblical Hermeneutics - Qualifications Of An Interpreter - M. S. Terry, Biblical Hermeneutics - Special Hermeneutics - M. S. Terry, Of Justification by Faith and Works - William Law, Sanctification - Its Nature - by J.C. Ryle, Sanctification - The Growth of the New Man, Scriptural Evidence for the Deity of Christ, The Carnal Christian - by Ernest C. Reisinger, The Christian's Relationship To The Mosaic Law w/audio, The Lordship Controversy and Repentance - Ernest Reisinger, The Word-Faith Movement - Christian Research Institute, A Treatise of Earthly-Mindedness - Burroughs, Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross - James P. Shelly. But we are in him vitally, and therefore we dare ask the question, "Who shall separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord?" Let me add to all this, that he who says that Christ is in him ought also to live as Christ lived in secret. Spurgeon's Bible Commentary 1 John 2. Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. Joel 2. Lord, I desire to live as one Who bears a blood-bought name. But, oh, the pleasure, the joy, the bliss of delighting in God! At times he was incapable of activity by reason of the weakness which he had incurred through fasting, and colds and exposure, There is no need to inflict useless torture upon the body. May God purify his professing church since even in her own loins she breeds adversaries of the faith. The New Testament 2 TIMOTHY 2:15. The Christian & Politics: Has the Contemporary Church Become Obsessed With Political Solutions? 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. Preaching! What does the phrase "gnashing of teeth" mean? Many a sweet night he spent in those prayer-times of his in fellowship with the Father. "He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked." The glory of Jesus is found in His compassion, and this was a miracle full of compassion. And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. This is one of the great objects of all that is written by inspiration, that we may be kept from sin. Is it a hopeless case then? and another said, "We heard of these people that they love their Christ, and love other men so that they would even die for love of their brethren; but many of them do not love as well as the heathen whom they despise." It matters not how readily we can speak about God, nor how much we suppose that we love him, the great test is, do we keep his commandments? Take care, take care, you that say that you are in Christ; you ought also to walk in all the lowliness and in all the tenderness of Christ, or else at the end you will be discovered to be none of his. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. John 2:1. Both his audiences and his written works were voluminous: he often preached (out of doors without amplification) to crowds bettering 10,000, and the sheer number of his written sermons is staggering. The following is an excerpt from The MacArthur New Testament Commentary on 1 John 2. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. << Previous | Index | Next >>. Jul 20, 1980. II. Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. And if any man sin, . For John, the basics of Christianity are summarized by adherence to the truth (v. 4), love (v. 5), and obedience (v.6). 9. This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. Our Saviour had lived on the earth for thirty years, and had worked no miracle. O child of God, as thou wouldst fear to drink poison, as thou wouldst flee from a serpent, dread sin! Champions of Conditional Immortality in History, Conditional Immortality - Its Relation to Final Retribution, Conditional Immortality - Samuel M. Ohmart, Fallacies In The Annihilationism Debate: A Critique Of Robert Peterson, Important Forgotten History - Roots of Opposition to Conditionalism, Life in Christ - A Summary of Conditional Immortality, Summing Up the Case for Biblical Conditionalism - Froom, The Hypothesis of Conditional Immortality - William R. Huntington - 1878, Why I Believe In Conditional Immortality - by Sidney A. Hatch, Death and the Afterlife by Robert A. Morey - A Review by Edward Fudge, Martin Luther & William Tyndale On the State of the Dead, Near Death Experiences - Samuele Bacchiocchi. Oh, no, far from it; it is a sad case, but there is a remedy for it: and if any man sin,-. 1 John 2:10-15. Hebrews 6:4-8 on Apostasy - Thereby the promise of eternal life is made sure. Sin promised freedom, and brought us bondage; grace now binds us, and ensures us liberty. 1 John 2:4-6. Luke 2. There is no room in us for two loves. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. 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. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Hell Under Fire - CIANZ Annual Conference Address, Jesus' Teaching on Hell - Samuel G. Dawson, The Nature of Hell - Evangelical Alliance, The Origin of Hell-Fire in Christian Teaching, The Bible Verses the Traditional View of Hell - Babu G. Ranganathan, Applying the Resurrection By his person and personal names. It is child's work, certainly; but assuredly it is not child's play. Old Testament Prophecy Fulfilled in Christ. Veja mais. How wonderful was Christ's delight in his God! I have a sea before me with as much sailing, room as Noah in the ark. 1 John 2:2. Still the Christians object is sinless perfection, and though he will never have it till he gets to heaven, that is all the better because he will always then be pressing forward, and never reckoning that he has attained. Then, if you are not in Christ, you are out of Christ; and out of Christ your position is dangerous, terrible, ruinous. I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. John vi. January 30, 1887. He also knew well the terrible joy that comes only through suffering as he lived quite afflicted (both by illness and slander). 1 John 2:13. Yea, thy law is within heart." Now he has broken through the obscurity, and he begins his public ministry by working a miracle. "Mine own God is he." ", We have entered into Christ as into the shadow of a great rock in a weary land, as guest; into a banquet-hall, as returning travellers into their home. And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. That would be a vain intrusion into things which are his peculiar domain. Jehovah Tsidkenu: The Lord Our Righteousness, Election No Discouragement to Seeking Souls, Alas For Us, If Thou Wert All, and Nought Beyond, O Earth, Children Brought to Christ, and Not to the Font. The love of the world is essentially idolatry, and God will not be worshipped side by side with idols. We must be in Christ, and abidingly in Christ, or else We are not saved in the Lord. In the gospel these two are disjoined, and he is called first the Word, Jn. 2905. Interactive Bible study with John Piper. 1 John 2:1,2. 55. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point 1 John 2:1-2. God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him Learn more about Desiring God You are thus tested when you are put in positions where you might get gain by an unrighteous act, or win fame by withholding a truth, or earn love and honour by pandering to the passions of those about you. Pentateuch It is so much dung and sweepings of the street to them, and so it ought to be. He became a Baptist and began preaching in rural Cambridgeshire. John:6:55. There is a will-worship which is practised in the Church of Rome of self-denials which are absurd, and must, I think, be hateful in the sight of God rather than pleasing to him. By his qualification for the office. But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. He is altogether without spot or trace of sin, and so shall we be when the Spirit's work is done. There is no room in us for two loves. There is no walking with Jesus in newness of life unless we have a new heart and a right spirit. When we read the word "ought," if we are honest men, we begin to look about us and to make enquiries as to the reason and the measure of this obligation. Minor Prophets And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. I know that there are some here who cannot say that they are in Christ. 1 John 2:6 . Early Religious Impressions. 1 John 2:10. O child of God, as thou wouldst fear to drink poison, as thou wouldst flee from a serpent, dread sin! And you and I also must delight in God. Your affections are meant for something better than these transient and defiled things; so let not your hearts love flow out to things so soiled and base. What can we do to glorify Christ if we do not walk even as he walked? Study to show thyself approved . You have overcome that wicked one who would easily have overcome you if you had been left to fight him by yourselves. 75 Bible Commentaries - Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Pulpit Commentary, etc. Verses 1-11. Should Pastors Be Salaried? If, then, the Spirit of God dwell in you (and if it do not, you are not in Christ), it must work in you conformity to Christ that you should walk even as he walked. He was called "The Prince of Preachers" because of his sermons. "He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked." 1 John 2:6 . 1 John 1. So walk as he did who made himself of no reputation, but took upon himself the form of a servant. Wisdom Literature Luke-Acts 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. - Charles Spurgeon was the most extraordinary preacher of his day. Thus Saith The Lord: Or, The Book of Common Prayer Weighed in the Balances of the Sanctuary, Confession of Sin Illustrated by the Cases of Dr. Pritchard and Constance Kent, The Axe at the RootA Testimony Against Puseyite Idolatry, A Sermon to Open Neglecters and Nominal Followers of Religion, Justification by FaithIllustrated by Abram's Righteousness, Consecration to GodIllustrated by Abraham's Circumcision, The Power of Christ Illustrated by the Resurrection, The Master's ProfessionThe Disciple's Pursuit, Number One Thousand; Or, Bread Enough and To Spare, The Joy of the Lord, the Strength of His People, The Glorious Master and the Swooning Disciple, The Real Presence, the Great Want of the Church, Messrs. Moody and Sankey Defended; Or, a Vindication of the Doctrine of Justification by Faith, Abraham's Prompt Obedience to the Call of God, Hearken and Look; Or, Encouragement for Believers, A Monument for the Dead, and a Voice to the Living, The Doctrines of Grace Do Not Lead to Sin, Return, Return, O Shulamite; Return, Return!, A Summary of Experience and a Body of Divinity, The Ascension and the Second Advent Practically Considered, The Song of a City, and the Pearl of Peace, A Sweet Silver Bell Ringing in Each Believer's Heart, The True Tabernacle, and Its Glory of Grace and Peace, Our Lord's Prayer for His People's Sanctification, The Abiding of the Spirit the Glory of the Church, Shoes of Iron, and Strength Sufficient: A New Years Promise, The Mustard Seed: A Sermon for the Sabbath-School Teacher, Noahs Faith, Fear, Obedience, and Salvation, Jehovah-Shammah: A Glorious Name for the New Year, Christs Resurrection and Our Newness of Life, Israels Hope; Or, the Centre of the Target, Redemption Through Blood, the Gracious Forgiveness of Sins, The Statute of David for the Sharing of the Spoil, The Agreement of Salvation by Grace with Walking in Good Works, Many Kisses for Returning Sinners, Or Prodigal Love for the Prodigal Son, The Simplicity and Sublimity of Salvation, Witnessing Better than Knowing the Future, The Incomparable Bridegroom and His Bride, Spiritual Revival, the Want of the Church, The Songs of Degrees as a Whole Psalm 120-134, Faith's Checkbook Devotional (Scripture Index), David Guzik :: Hechos 2 El Espritu Santo Es Derramado Sobre la Iglesia, Four Views on the Millennium - Study Resources, Matthew Henry :: Commentary on Lamentations 4, Harmony of the Gospels - Study Resources - Study Resources, David Guzik :: Gnesis 2 La CreacinTerminada; Adn en el Jardn del Edn, Jonathan Edwards :: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, David Guzik :: Apocalipsis 20 Satans, el Pecado y la Muerte son Finalmente Eliminados, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus and the Holy Trinity (Walter Martin), 1 Samuel 17-25 (1979-82 Audio) (Chuck Smith), Lamentations 1-5 (1979-82 Audio) (Chuck Smith). Miscellaneous or unknown texts: . 2 Jesus is the way our sins are taken away. By which is meant, not only that Jesus Christ died for Gentiles as well as Jews, and for some of all nations, but that there is that in the atonement of Christ which might be sufficient for every creature under heaven if God had so chosen every creature, the limitation lying, not in the value of the atonement itself, but in the design and intention of the Eternal God. My little children, these things I write unto you, that ye sin not. It cannot be supposed that the Spirit of God in any case produces unholiness: the thought were blasphemy. If we were separated from him, we should be as branches cut off from the vine, only fit to be gathered up for the fire, and to be burned. The "Clergy/Laity" Distinction: A Hindrance to the Church? Amen. Twice, you see, John says the same thing about the fathers, and he says nothing more concerning them; but truly to have known him that is from the beginning is practically to know all that even the fathers need to know or can know, for this knowledge includes all other that is worth knowing. I seek not myself, but Christ. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.. We know that Christ redeemed us from among men, so that the redemption is particularly and specially for the elect; yet at the same time the price offered was so precious the blood was so infinite in value, that if every man that ever lived had to be redeemed Christ could have done it. As one by whom thy walk below Should never be forgot. 1:1, and afterwards Life, intimating, withal, that he is intellectual life. 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Little children, it is the last time: , You may read the passage, It is the last hour, as if John wanted to show how late it was, and how soon Christ would come: It is the last hour: . Jesus truly said, I and my Father are one, so that he that denieth the Son denieth the Father also. If I came and preached to you, and if I had the tongues of men and of angels, yet if I did not seek to do as my Master did, what avails all that I can say? This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. For this we ought to watch and strive, that we sin not. range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed It is the Lord's will that in his house his word should be the supreme law, for so only can our fallen natures be restored to their original glory. That which is new in the gospel, in one sense, is not new in another; for, though John was about to write what he called a new commandment, yet, at the same time, he was writing something which was not novel, something which was not grafted upon the gospel, but which grows naturally out of it, namely, the law of love. But I stop a minute. He always did what was right, so he is able to defend us before God the Father. You know what we did when we went to school. 1 John 2:4. Rich men glory in wealth, famous men in valour, great men in honour, and I in "mine own God." - Hal Licino, Why Modern Liberalism is Contrary to Christianity, Matthew 24 The End of the Holy City - Morrison Lee, Scripture Charts As Relates to the Second Coming, The Beast of Revelation Revealed - Dr. Kenneth L. Gentry, The Destruction of Jerusalem - Proof of Christianity, The Last Days According to Jesus - R. C. Sproul, All the N.T. We are nothing apart from him. John Piper Feb 7, 1988. 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