Fellowship with God: ANointed for Victory

Jason Klebes

1 John: Fellowship • Sermon • Submitted a year ago • Presented a year ago

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Live by The Spirit of Truth

End-time believers are anointed by the Holy Spirit-

Acts 1:8 CSB

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

It is anointing that comes with Power-

Power to ministry

Power to live

Power to do the works of Jesus himself

Acts 10:38 (CSB)

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how he went about doing good and healing all who were under the tyranny of the devil, because God was with him.

Jesus concurred the devil and brings freedom

2 Corinthians 1:21–22 (CSB)

Now it is God who strengthens us together with you in Christ, and who has anointed us. He has also put his seal on us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment.

We have been anointed in Christ-

1 John 4:1–6 (CSB)

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

This is how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming; even now it is already in the world.

You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. They are from the world. Therefore what they say is from the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God. Anyone who knows God listens to us; anyone who is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

Believers are called not to be guidable and believe everything that we hear-

We are to interpret the world through the Truth of God’s word-

1 John 4:2–3 CSB

Every Spirit that confesses that Jesus is Christ

Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words Confess, Confession

homologeo (ὁμολογέω, 3670), lit., “to speak the same thing” (homos, “same,” lego, “to speak”), “to assent, accord, agree with,” denotes, (a) “to confess, declare, admit,”

It is to come into agreement -

John already told us that

1 John 1:9 CSB

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Id we come into agreement with God’s word we confess it to be true-

Meaning it brings a life change

Romans 10:9–10 CSB

If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation.