SF207 - THE CURE FOR A CONDEMNING HEART (1 John 3 11-24)
@PAGE NUMBER = SF207
@TITLE = THE CURE FOR A CONDEMNING HEART
@LEVEL ONE = 1 John 3:11‑24 Key vv. 19‑20
@LEVEL ONE = INTRODUCTION
@LEVEL TWO = Condemn
@LEVEL THREE = "TO NOTE," " TO SEE SOMETHING IN SOMEONE," "TO KNOW TO BE GUILTY," "TO JUDGE," "TO TAKE A LOW VIEW OF."
@LEVEL THREE = HERE MEANS CONDEMNATORY SELF‑KNOWLEDGE
@LEVEL TWO = Some Cause Of Condemnation
@LEVEL THREE = Your Words
@SCRIPTURE = JOB 15:6<R>Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you.
@SCRIPTURE = MAT 12:37<R>For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."
@LEVEL THREE = Unbelief
@SCRIPTURE = MAT 23:33<R>"You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?
@SCRIPTURE = MAR 16:16<R>Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
@SCRIPTURE = JOH 3:18<R>Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.
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@LEVEL THREE = Judgmental Spirit
@SCRIPTURE = LUK 6:37<R>"Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
@SCRIPTURE = ROM 2:1<R>You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.
@LEVEL THREE = Reject Christ
@SCRIPTURE = JOH 12:48<R>There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day.
@LEVEL THREE = Being Divisive
@SCRIPTURE = TIT 3:10‑11<R>Warn a divisive person once, and then warn him a second time. After that, have nothing to do with him. You may be sure that such a man is warped and sinful; he is self‑condemned.
@LEVEL THREE = Dishonesty
@SCRIPTURE = JAM 5:12 <R>bove all, my brothers, do not swear‑‑not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Let your "Yes" be yes, and your "No," no, or you will be condemned.
@LEVEL THREE = Ungodly Lifestyle
@SCRIPTURE = 2PE 2:6 <R>If he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
@SCRIPTURE = JUD 1:4 <R>For certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men, who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.
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@LEVEL ONE = CURE FOR CONDEMNATION
@LEVEL ONE = 1A. REJECT THE WORLD (vv.11‑13)
@LEVEL TWO = 1B. The Ways of the World
@LEVEL THREE = Beware Of The "Cain" Complex (v. 12)
@LEVEL FOUR = Cain's Sin was the sin of Jealousy and rebellion
@SCRIPTURE = PRO 14:12 <R>here is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
@LEVEL TWO = 2B. The Will of the World (v.13)
@SCRIPTURE = JAM 4:4 <R>ou adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
@LEVEL ONE = 2A. RECEIVE THE SAVIOR (vv. 14‑18)
@LEVEL TWO = 1B. He Portrays Love And Life (vv. 14‑16)
@SCRIPTURE = JOH 15:13 <R>Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
@SCRIPTURE = 1TH 2:8 We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well, because you had become so dear to us.
@LEVEL TWO = 2B. He Produces Love And Life (v.17‑18)
@SCRIPTURE = 2CO 5:14<R>For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.
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@LEVEL ONE = 3A. RELY ON THE SPIRIT (vv. 21‑24)
@LEVEL TWO = 1B. For A Clear Conscience (v.21)
@SCRIPTURE = HEB 10:22<R>let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.
@LEVEL TWO = 2B. For A Confident Standing (vv. 22‑23)
@SCRIPTURE = EPH 3:12<R>In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.
@LEVEL TWO = 3B. For A Close Communion (v. 24)
@SCRIPTURE = PRO 18:24<R>A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
@SCRIPTURE = JOH 16:7<R>But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
@LEVEL ONE = CONCLUSION
@LEVEL TWO = Is Your Heart Condemning You?
@LEVEL TWO = You Can Have Release:
@ILL TITLE = REUBEN JOHNSON'S PARDON
@ILL TEXT = At a special chapel service in an Ohio penitentiary, the governor was to grant freedom to several convicts. The suspense mounted as it came time for the governor to announce the names of those selected. "Reuben Johnson, come forward and receive your pardon!" No one responded. The chaplain directed his attention toward Johnson and said, "Reuben, it's you, come on!" But the man looked behind him, supposing there must be someone else by that name. Then, pointing directly at him, the chaplain exclaimed, "That's right, you're the man!" After a long pause, he slowly approached the governor to receive his pardon. Later when the other prisoners marched to their cells, Johnson fell in line and began to walk with them. The warden called, "Reuben, you don't belong there anymore. You're a free man!"
