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Confidence for today and for all eternity
Intro
By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us.
God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.
By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.
For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.
For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
We love because he first loved us.
By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.
For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
We love because he first loved us.
If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
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If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
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I. Believers can be confident that God is with and in them today.
A. All three persons of the trinity are involved in giving us this confidence.
1. Starts with the regenerating and awakening work of the Spirit
Starts with the regenerating and awakening work of the Spirit
a. through Biblical preaching or sharing of the Gospel
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4. If we look at verses 13-16, we see that it is all 3 of the Godhead at work
a. · We know God as our Father (personal relationship – Abba)
· We know and confess to others that Jesus as God’s Son
by faith we come to taste and see that the Lord is good by the Holy Spirit opening our spiritual eyes and making us brand new on the inside.
· We know Jesus as our Savior (relief from sin and guilt and shame and self-righteousness)
· We have experienced the Holy Spirit as God’s abiding presence in us
b. by faith we come to taste and see that the Lord is good by the Holy Spirit opening our spiritual eyes and making us brand new on the inside.
B. But the Spirit’s continuing work is to
1. give us a spirit of adoption of sons
2. That we cry out ‘Abba, Father!”
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This is in contrast with a spirit of fear from .
We have been given a Spirit of Adoption as Sons not slaves!
3. help us understand Scripture and see Jesus in it
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All this is from God the Father and brings Him much glory
C. Derek Thomas, Welsh pastor and professor at RTS says it this way:
a. “To have the Spirit in our hearts is to have Him who has been intimately involved in every facet of Jesus’ work-incarnation, obedience, sacrifice, and resurrection.
And the Spirit has been in fellowship with the Son for eternity.
It is the Spirit who us into fellowship with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.”
2. It is this confession that is both brought about by the Spirit and gives evidence we are truly born again.
2. It is this confession that is both brought about by the Spirit and gives evidence we are truly born again.
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This confession of trust in the person and work of Christ is also the confirmation that God is at work.
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For the non believer they won’t call on God as Father.
They might say Lord, or Oh God but they don’t see Him as Father.
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This is because only the Spirit of God can cause someone to make this confession.
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So if you see God as your Father and Jesus as His one and only Son who died in your place, this is the first step for the believer in a growing confidence and God’s presence and love in their life.
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For the non believer, this may be a wake up call
4. Derek Thomas, Welsh pastor and professor at RTS says it this way:
a. “To have the Spirit in our hearts is to have Him who has been intimately involved in every facet of Jesus’ work-incarnation, obedience, sacrifice, and resurrection.
And the Spirit has been in fellowship with the Son for eternity.
It is the Spirit who us into fellowship with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.”
C. Through ongoing Biblical preaching and reading we are reminded of God’s care and presence in our lives.
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D. Through ongoing Biblical preaching and reading and in biblical community we are reminded of God’s care and presence in our lives.
C. Through ongoing Biblical preaching and reading we are reminded of God’s care and presence in our lives.
E. Verse 16 says something profound that is the result of the Spirit’s work in a believer:
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2. The Holy Spirit helps us do both:
a. Know-understand the Gospel-who Jesus is and what he has done
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Believe-we are given faith as a gift to trust and hope in these truths that have been revealed
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This guards us from just mental assent and from easy believeism.
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But the content of this statement is astounding: God really does love His children!
Not distantly or capriciously but certainly and intimately.
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He loves us enough to give us Himself!
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This experience is foreign to the non believer.
They don’t know that they are fully known and deeply loved by God.
They may desire it and that may be God at work in their life.
But
1. Don’t we often wonder if God really loves us?
Is He really in me?
2. Is God at work in me/you in the same way spiritually as he was in John or the believers back then?
James Boice
“In answer to this question he therefore now argues that if God is at work, the evidences for it will be seen in a combination of love and sound doctrine.”
3. Maybe we have come to understand the Gospel, but we still approach God as though he is angry or impatient with us.
If that is our perception of God now, how can we long for Him to come back and judge the world?
Scripture says we can and by God’s grace we will.
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Believers can be confident on judgment day.
A. Many of us have come to know and enjoy God and His goodness.
Many of you have come to find comfort and success in this life.
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But what is challenging for almost all us, if we are honest, is the idea and actuality of a day of judgment.
2. None of us want to think about ourselves or our lost friends, neighbors, and family members suffering by God’s hand for eternity separate from Him and all joy.
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