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“These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.” 1 John 5:13 NKJV
If you were to die now, would You be saved ?
Yes62.5%
Not sure37.5%
Two extremes on securityOf the soul
Once SavedAlways saved
No securityFor a Christian
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” 2 Tim. 1:7
“cowardice & timidity” - faithless
Courage
AffectionDiscipline- self control
Judgment
“For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.” 2 Tim. 1:12 NKJV
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Not the evils without
More than conquerors
No power or force can make us quit loving God
11. And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
1 John 5:11-12 NKJV
13. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. 1 John 5:13 NKJV
“But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.” 1 John 1:7 NKJV
“1 My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
That you may not sin Keep us from participation
Advocate Jesus represents us
Propitiation Appease, render favorable
“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” 1 John 1:8 NKJV
NO !
“Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.”
1 John 3:9 NKJV1 John 3:9 NKJV
1.Born of God1.Born of God
Children of God
2.Does not sin2.Does not sin
Does not keep on sinning
3.How can he not sin?3.How can he not sin?
Seed is in him
1 John 3:9 NKJV1 John 3:9 NKJV
4. Does not mean we cannot sin4. Does not mean we cannot sin
We do sin
We cannot continue a life of sin
1 John 3:9 NKJV1 John 3:9 NKJV
Rom. 6:1-2Rom. 6:1-2
If you were to die now, would You be saved ?
Yes100%
Not sure0%
Sermon by Arthur Pigman
Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road
Evans, Ga. 30809
706-855-1249
[email protected]@bellsouth.net
www.evansgachurchofchrist.orgwww.evansgachurchofchrist.org
Sunday Morning Oct. 28, 2007