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host for there is hope is Richard over the senior pastor of Seattle open door
church of your. Has gone to the Lord they
are Jesus I come to you I think you for the power of the word I thank you that we
can go deeper in Christ through the Word of God I thank you for also John writing
the first John book and all the truth there and there's
a small little book it's only five chapters but there's so much meat there's so
much to chew on there's so much to meditate on in those five chapters and so Lars
look at chapter one pray that you speak to us that you give us you help us to
understand your work better I pray that in Jesus name him in this first John
chapter one versus one and two the titles word of life Jesus says and you can
follow in your bio we have different translation this is new Americans enter Bible
follow whatever trans she have if it is
a translation as the Word of God is going to end up coming up the same conclusion
no matter what it is it's just saying in
a different way what was from the beginning what we have heard what we have seen
with their eyes what we have looked at in touch with their hands concerning the
Word of Life and the life was manifested and we have seen and testifying proclaim
to you the eternal life which was the father and was manifested to us. OK
this is concerning the word of life who is the Word of Life I put Jesus but before
we come up with that conclusion this break it down see what Paul our John is saying
here look at verse one what was from the beginning what we have heard
what we have seen with their eyes and what we looked at and touched with their
hands concerning the work of life this is Apostle John apostle John was when he was
with us he was one of the disciples of Jesus so this look what he says was from the
beginning he's saying what I'm going to write to you this is what happened the very
beginning the beginning of what is this time about the beginning of the earth no
this is talking about his time but the beginning when the Gospel was being started
when Jesus first appeared he says what was from the beginning what we have heard
what did he hear what the John here you heard who you just heard Jesus speak and
Jesus spoke what the were so this is what we have heard what we have seen with
their eyes how do I know that John was with Jesus because he says what we've seen
with their eyes so he's saying what we heard with their own personal ears what we
heard from her eyes so is what John's writing is it hearsay is it gossip
No it is all personal experience he's done but his own personal experience was from
beginning what we have heard or seen with their eyes will be looked at and touched
with our hands touch with their hands that means that there was physically
interaction with Jesus Christ is this what touch with their hands and he's done
about what we have experienced that makes sense if you heard it if you seen it if
you touched it when it be that you experienced it and what does he say he
experienced concerning the. Word of life
what do you think that word of life might possibly be just might possibly look at
verse two and
a lot was manifested. And we have seen him testify and
proclaim to you the eternal light which was with the father and was matted vested
to see who was with the Father Jesus with the father
he says and the life was
a fist that means that that this life this Word of Life was manifested it was
showing it was refilled and it says and what we have see
and testified was testified mean to bear witness what we have
seen and what we bear witness to what we've seen and what we proclaim what is
proclaim me to shout out what we proclaim to you the eternal life which was with
the father was manifested eternal life who is the eternal life
Jesus the Word of Life so they could but all the time when we talk about turn to
life how many times we think eternal life is Jesus we think eternal life as I go to
have been forever is that we think of where they could be eternal life is going to
get in Heaven forever but what does this say that turn to life is this is in effect
in what is the Eternal Light who is the turn
a life Jesus so is there eternal life without Jesus
it can't be why because it is eternal life so if he is the eternal
life there cannot be eternal life without Jesus so anybody that teaches you can
have eternal life any other way except through the Word of life Jesus Christ is
false asked to be Paul's because Jesus is the eternal life. Are you getting I don't
know if I can express that do you get what I'm saying is that when you see Jesus
you see eternal life or do you see Jesus as condemning you.
Do you see Jesus as judging you do you see Jesus as the one that will see in you to
hell is that what you see or do you see Jesus new sieges do you see eternal life
you see what John is saying now listen you got to remember something what he says
what we've seen with their eyes what we've looked at with touch with their hands
you can understand he's talking about after Jesus was resurrected it wasn't just
before Jesus resurrected but after Jesus resurrected after Jesus beat dad out there
Jesus sells that he is the author eternal life as he shows he's destroyed dad he's
destroyed eternal punishment through him he's saying after I've seen all that I
want to tell you about it I want to testify I want to proclaim it the question is
do we know eternal life do we know eternal life do we know who
is eternal life I would argue if we are born again and we experience the Word of
Life in our life there should be
a place in us where we want to testify of what we've seen what we've heard and we
want to proclaim it so what if eyes that tell you you can be born again no Jesus
blot you could be
a person that doesn't testify or proclaim and the reason why is because you're not
experienced that turn
a life welling up within you and I could tell you that maybe just maybe were
a little different than job we weren't their whole you expect me to be like John I
wasn't there when Jesus was resurrected you don't expect me to be like John we're
going to find out guess what God expects us to be like John to testify to proclaim
to be excited about the eternal life the one who is eternal life and it says
which was the father was with the father and was manifested to us. Eternal life was
show went to them connect to every believer in Christ this isn't every believer in
crisis had eternal life shown to them and what was it to have eternal life was in
short to you would not have it would you if it wasn't shown to you the
reason have a cheer life be as Jesus was shown to you not by
a man but who the Spirit the Holy Spirit gave you Revelation of Jesus Christ as
eternal life do you understand that that you could not have eternal life and that
one Christ your life almost always gave us
a revelation Let's see manifested to you eternal life so what does that say about
people who don't have eternal life people don't accept Christ people who call
themselves is that Gnostics you know it tells you it has been manifested to all it
has been revealed to all and I tell you that Jesus go walk in the room in the still
not be manifested revealed to them as God. Because Is that true with us
we hear the Gospel how many years we go to church and we can watch it on T.V.
We can read the Bible and do all those things but until the Holy Spirit gives us
a revelation
a manifestation to us and we experience it ourselves is just words that comes out
of a mouth of
a preacher It takes the Holy Spirit to bring that revelation so how do we apply
that passage the way we apply the patches maybe we should be the ones testifying
and proclaiming them praying the Holy Spirit will give the revelation that was true
manifestation of. This keep going. Next one is first John wand
verse three fellowship among Christians and fellowship among God this is the first
John one three says assist what we have seen and what we proclaim to you also that
so that you too may have fellowship with us indeed our fellowship is with the
Father and with his son Jesus this look at us is what we have seen and heard and
proclaim what it what is it they've seen heard or proclaim that Jesus is eternal
life what we have seen and heard repro claim to also so that you too may have
fellowship with who with us how can you have fellowship with
Christian it's true fellowship to have true fellowship of Christians What do you
have to be
a Christian until you become born again you can have true fellowship with with
Christians you can have eternal life and I listen to me listen to me closely is
that if you say you say you're
a Christian and you say I love God but I don't love his people could that be
true according to this can't be true you can't love God and not
love his people because he says that if you seen and heard him proclaim and that
you may also have fellowship with us that's how you have fellowship with Christians
but what about with God in
a deep fellowship is with the Father and with the Son Jesus Christ if you're going
to have fellowship with the father if you have to build
a ship with the son you can have fellowship with believers so then ask yourself
what you have fellowship with do you spend time with who are your best friends
are the Christians or non-Christian does that mean we should have Christians as
friends and all those I mean get a best friend re
a non-Christian best bring could be
a non-Christian but what would it what was the what's the principle here. The
principle we're going to find out in
a moment when we look at the next passage we're going to find out the principle is
yes you can have fellowship with anybody but who is the number one people who step
fellowship dulls who have eternal why why why was that more important that have
fellowship with the rule just look at the next passage look at the passage says and
then we're going to go to the next one that talks about light and darkness first
John one for joy made complete these things we write so that our joy may be made
complete How many what Joy how many want complete joy or you want just
a little portion of joy how just
a little dab of joy you want you would want big piece all there is some I am
anyone you want the pie you what the big piece of the pie I want all the pot I want
to big piece of the pie want the whole pot if God says He goes to give me joy this
complete I want it all because of his complete it means I got all the joy neat how
do we have all the joy that we need to read what it says above. Is that amazing
about the Word of God It is this principle is these days we write so that joy may
be complete so that if you have complete joy but things that he wrote what is the
things that he wrote If you go back go Pablo back up to the top would be right you
wrote that Jesus turn to life if you know who to eternal life is you have
relationship with General life will you have joy you absolutely have the joy if you
know will to eternal life is that you go the next passage verse three that if we
have fellowship with Christians and we have fellowship with the father of the Son
We will have joy we have complete joy so I got
a question for you how many of you get joy someplace else if you try to go get Joy
someplace else you will not have complete joy and what if I was to argue that maybe
you don't even have voice happiness I know what I'm going to do. Find me
a girlfriend and I'm going to get me
a girlfriend I have complete joy anybody tried out one. As it were
I I've sorry I'm sorry women I'm going to get me
a boyfriend that's worse. That's worse to get
a girlfriend sometimes OK you're not going to find I know the perfect job I
get the perfect job and we know what the perfect job is the one you get is the
perfect job because that's the one that God has for the moment but if I just get
the right job if I could only be whatever it would be I have complete joy how many
already been where you're going to be you have complete joy you go to beings
people places and things you never can have complete joy you have to get it through
you know point turn
a life going to eternal life it's OK this keep gholam Job lived through
eight how many no doubt verse by verse now they all tie in together verse John one
verses five through eight this is the message we have heard from him and announced
to you that God is light in him there is no darkness at all if we say that we have
fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness rely on do not practice the truth
but if you walk in the light as he himself is
a light we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus son Clint's from
all sin if we say we have no sin we are to see yourself that truth is not in us
just break it down verse by verse verse verse this is the message we have heard
from him and announce to you that God is light in him there is no darkness at all
this is the mess we've heard from who who is the Him God
Jesus eternal life this is the message we heard from Jesus who is eternal life and
I am now Stu you he says this is the message that we heard from the eternal life
one and this is the message now going to give to you that God is. Light and in
Him There is no darkness at all God is light and there is no darkness in God
whatsoever if this is there is no darkness how much darkness is in it how much evil
is any not that means if there is no darkness and even him that anything that God
tells me to do is there any darkness in it is there any evil in it
then why in
a role to be question what God tells us to do why why would we question he tells us
to do if there is no darkness in God There is no evil in God then why would we
question what God says if God says jump three steps to the left jump three steps to
the right go back three steps and jump forward steps what do we do
three steps three steps two steps back one step forward but why
because he says it I don't know why maybe it's because he knew I was going to have
a heart attack and I need to get
a little bit of blood flowing Could it be that simple it
could be that simple Could he says you know what you're going to have
a heart attack you've got to get some exercise yourself do it sometime so he says
well you're not going to but sometimes I was going to do this so this look at verse
six to see what verse six says if we say ALL ALL ALL
OVER want to read this it says if we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet
walk in darkness read law in do not practice the truth he says if we say that we
have fellowship with Him What do you think that means if we say we have fellowship
with him would you think that means a friend of God that we have
a relationship with him that we talk with him we have indication with them that we
may be with him we spent some time with him it's as if we say that we have built
a ship with them and yet walk in the ark miss what is darkness. Evil
sin we all agree on that that darkness is evil it's sin it's not
a God If we say we have fellowship Jesus the one that's eternal life and yet we
walk in darkness we lie and we do not practice truth Mrs we lie is not time we go
to sleep you do know that is saying that if we say we have fellowship
edges but we will fully on ongoing basis we choose to walk in darkness we lie and
we do not know the truth what's the truth that Jesus eternal life the truth is
Jesus does not walk in darkness the truth is Jesus light there is no darkness in
him so if the truth is just
a light there is no darkness in him if we are practicing darkness will walk in
darkness think Guess what we know the truth we know of maybe
about the truth but we don't know the truth is says if we walk in darkness
we lie and we don't practice truth it doesn't say how often we block in darkness it
doesn't say how much we're line it doesn't say how much the truth we have doesn't
say we are born again or not born again it doesn't say any of that does it so we
can't read into what it says if I was
a safe we see if those with him and yet walk in the darkness rely and do not
practice the truth that when it says walk in the darkness if we look at context and
we look at all the Bible is not talking about when we walk in darkness and I say
one sin and all the truth is left me is that what it says say that it
doesn't say if you speak one bit of darkness all the truth is left you so if
anybody teaches if you're walking in sand then you have no truth in you where the
teaching false doctrine because it doesn't say that OK does it say yet the
walking a bunch of darkness before it's
a lie. It doesn't say that either so we've got to stick with what the word is but
the principle is I would say is there's one thing to fall short because we all fall
short is one thing that at Justin says to Denise I like your shoes
and you can't stand them according to this he lied he's not walking in truth
OK Do you understand that's
a little different than going six out before they got married is there
a difference there's
a gigantic difference OK doesn't say that but I think it's something that we if you
look at all the work we see that we have it and I'll tell you why because it's
going to tell us later on how many know that it will probably tell us later on what
it means OK this is the first seven but if we walk in the light is he himself is in
the light we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus is Son
cleanses from all sin listen but if we walk in the light and himself is the light
if we are in the light we're with Jesus who is the light we have fellowship with
one another Hear me out you know why so many Christians can't get along are
not walking in the light they're not walking in the light and guess what they tell
understand the light and the like because this is really walking light himself as
a light we have fellowship with one another well for having conflict all the time
maybe we don't have enough of the light ha so maybe when there is not fellowship
among believers The problem is the believers who are not walking in the light all
while so guess what the next question is if I'm not going along both believers who
is not walking
a light near them did I misinterpret that in any way that I
apply that as a principle and a truthful manner. That is says that what is
a sig in that if we have fellowship with Him dog or seven but if we walk in lies
himself like we have fellowship with one another so for not having fellowship you
may not be walking
a light and active be there I'm not walking light or something else as
a walk light report that one like and the blood of Jesus and cleansed from all sin
why is that added in there my son he told that in there because what he's saying
this isn't just maybe listen but he's saying if you're not in ship with others you
may not be walking
a light and it may be because we have sin but here's the good news is
a clincher from your sin so in other words if you're having conflict with the
brother in the Lord
a sister in the Lord God is saying is maybe you need to know more about the light
of Jesus and maybe there's sin but here's the good news that Jesus can forgive you
of the sin so how do you fix broken relationships take care of your part of your
sin can you make it we're all be perfect and all but you can do your part in verse
eight. I have this love God because verse A says if we say we have no
sin we're too serious us the truth is not US In other words you have your don't
have fellowship with other believers and you're saying it's not me it's not me it's
not me you know Jesus says if you say you have no sin you're deceiving yourself now
this finish up this look at the last pass each year first John wanted to do you see
how this fits one to another to another it's almost like somebody wrote
a book it was like somebody wrote a story and has
a beginning and an ending and then the very thing in between amazing verse John
chapter one verse nine it in if we confess our sins because he said it this and he
said you're a liar if you say have no sin so what should you do if you're not
a liar confess your sin. Well it all pits first night if we confess our
sins He is faithful in righteous to forgive us our sins and that cleanse us from
all on righteousness if we say that we have not sin we make Him
a liar and His word is not in US This break it down if we confess our sins and we
should confess our sins because we are liars if we confess our sins he is what
they feel what is faithful mean loyal never changing
you depend upon it right he says I am faithful I you can depend
upon that I will do what I say I am going to do he is faithful and righteous
what is right just mean right standing right justice
fair he says if you can fast your sins he I God
I'm faithful and righteous I will do what I said I'm going to do and I have to
because I'm a righteous Scot I have to do what I say right God can't be
a liar so if God says it he has to do it because he's faith when it's righteous to
do what to forgive us of our sins Well God can't forgive me you just call God
a liar if you only knew was that I had you know that God can't forgive me you just
call God a liar because if you're
a follower of Jesus Christ if you know the truth Listen listen you cannot be
cleansed of your sins if you don't know the truth you have to know the truth and
you know one of the reasons why you know the truth you don't even know what real
sin is so is it because fester says speak give us the persons and to do what
Clint's what is cleanse me to purify is to make
new forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness that needs if you
confession or sins God cleans you and there is no on righteous in you at that
moment. It's all got so if you're living with guilt you're living with shame you're
living with woes you're living with them
a victim if I only knew what I did I'm not
a God I don't operate the big victim batch really big for some people. That lived
a whole life that way if you're living that way you're saying God can forgive me
and you're playing the tapes of the last ten years twenty years thirty years forty
years fifty years seventy year then you're calling God
a liar because he says he will forgive you anyhow clinch it is this pastor Ridge do
you need to know Jesus Christ your Lord and Savior Jesus said Behold I stand at the
door and not going to be one hears my voice and opens the door I will come in
robust in thirteen says river calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. John
one seven says you must be born again Acts sixteen thirty one says believe in the
Lord Jesus Christ and thou shall be saved and that the one to pieces repent you and
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