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ME: New Years - John summary (John 20:31)
Happy New Year!
Last week, for the last Sunday of 2019, we finished up our Down to Earth series in the Gospel of John
and the purpose of John’s Gospel was stated in , which reads;
See, John wrote His Gospel to move His reader to believing in Jesus
so that, the reader might receive eternal life
But scholars strongly believe that John not only wrote this Gospel
but also wrote the three letters 1, 2, and 3 John
the first letter of John was written to assure believers of their salvation
This first Sunday of 2020 is focused on the theme of New Year, New Me
We are going to be in three primary passages
First will be John’s first letter, chapter 5, verses 13-15
But then as we look at this theme of New Year, New Me
we will turn our attention to
and lastly, we will look at
Now that we have an idea of what to expect this morning
I’d like to give us an idea of where we will be going this year
Next week, we have one of the missionaries we support, Timothy Faulkner, here
Then beginning the following week will be Fear Less: Faith That Endures
a 12 week study in the book of Daniel
The focus of this study will be to exhort God’s people to endure in faith and reject compromise
while keeping our eyes fixed on “Jesus, the Founder and Perfecter of our faith.”
After that we will be doing True Story: God’s Vision For His Church
A study in the Book of Revelation in three parts
The focus of this study is to revitalize God’s people toward holiness by working through the True Story that points to the future God has secured for His people
Part One will be a 3-week series in
In between part One and Part Two we will do a 14-week series in the book of Ephesians
entitled Family Letter: Addressing the Church that Lost its First Love
The focus of this series will be promoting unity in the church by reigniting our love for Jesus
Then we will return to part Two of our study in Revelation with the goal of studying before the Christmas rotation is upon us again in Decdmber
But whatever we don’t finish in Revelation will be completed in the following year
Now keep in mind, this is a flexible schedule for this upcoming year
but hopefully, it gives us an idea of where we are headed nonetheless
Before we return our attention back to the three passages before us this morning
let’s pause for a word of prayer
WE: (He Hears)
What just happened?
We just prayed together
We went before the Lord of the universe in His throne room
When we pray, we are speaking to the Living God
When we pray for others, we are speaking to the Living God on behalf of that person
and you know what?
He listens
He hears us!
It is that simple, talking to Him
Talking to God
and we trust that He hears
Look at with me, as we see that God hears;
This section is the start of the closing of John’s letter
He communicates his purpose in writing his letter in vs. 13
so that those who believe might also know
You see, his letter concerns truths about both God and Christ, but also the truth of our own standing as Christians
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And because John wants believers to know they have eternal life
He equally desires for unbelievers to understand they have not received it
If you recall, John’s Gospel was written so that unbelievers might receive eternal life
His first letter was written so that those who believed and received eternal life would know they have eternal life
John Stott presents a four-stage purpose of the Apostle’s goal in these two writings
The Apostle John wants his readers to hear, that by hearing they may believe, believing they may live, and living they may know.
Here we see a theme that has been repeated throughout this letter
the theme of assurance
In a two-fold measure, John wants to destroy false assurances while confirming genuine assurance
and assurance is an important theme of God’s Word
Some may try to claim that their is no way of having assurance this side of heaven
as if claiming this is some sort of false sense of humility
certainty in your salvation does not stand in opposition to humility
if you believe, than you know, God has given us that assurance
But specifically here, John is communicating assurance in relation to our prayers
Later in this passage, John is communicating this assurance
we see John is communicating this assurance
Regarding those believers who have fallen into to sin
The enemy wants us to feel like we are too much of a mess to talk with God and have Him hear us
But that in fact, is what makes us fitting candidates for prayer
Elsewhere in the Bible, both Peter and James remind us that God opposes the proud
why?
because the proud are the ones who don’t think they need any help
Peter and James go on to say, but God gives grace to the humble
Those are the kind of people that Jesus surrounded Himself with
humble people, who acknowledged their neediness
it didn’t matter if they were young or old, rich or poor, healthy or sick, educated or not
Jesus welcomed those who humbly acknowledged their need for Him
So don’t let the devil, or anything or anyone else keep you from talking to God
Remember, John is writing this letter so that believers would know
which implies believers lacked in understanding
This leads to us underutilizing the most powerful tool God has given us
That is talking to God
Now, when we talk with God, there is still a lot we don’t know
we don’t know when He will answer
we don’t know how He will answer
But what we do know is of greater importance
We know nothing is impossible for God
As John Stott comments on our passage;
“There is a true Christian assurance, which is neither arrogant nor presumptuous, but is on the contrary, as these letters show, the plainly revealed will of God for his people.
So John urges his readers to examine themselves.”
And this examination is outlined in the prior chapters of John’s letter
but this assurance comes in the form of what we know
Those who believe in Jesus know that we have eternal life
Those who believe in Jesus know that we have eternal life
we know He hears us
and we know that we have the requests we ask of Him
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