SF217 - REAL LIVING (1 John 1 5-2 6)

@TITLE = REAL LIVING

@LEVEL ONE = I John 1:5 ‑ 2:6

@LEVEL ONE = INTRODUCTION

@LEVEL TWO = What is real living?

@LEVEL TWO = How do I know I have the "Real Thing?"

@LEVEL THREE = Not a feeling ‑‑ a fact

@LEVEL THREE = Real Living involves walking your talk. Lives must back up what our lips say.

@LEVEL THREE = The enemy to real living is sin.

@LEVEL TWO = Note contrast ‑‑ light, dark saying, doing

@LEVEL THREE = We must deal with sin of we are to enjoy a life that is real.

@LEVEL TWO = Three responses to Sin

@LEVEL ONE = 1A. WE CAN TRY TO COVER OUR SINS

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. The Cause For The Cover‑up (vs. 5)

@LEVEL THREE = God is light ‑‑ Purity (vs. 5)

@LEVEL THREE = When we are saved, we are called into light (I Pet. 2:9)

@LEVEL TWO = 2B. The Cause Of The Cover‑Up<R> Lie ‑ Active contesting of the truth

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Lie to others about fellowship (vs. 6)

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Lie to ourselves about our nature (vs. 8)

@LEVEL FOUR = Deceive ‑‑ to ignore the evidence and willfully go astray.

@LEVEL THREE = ILLUSTRATION: David and Bathsheba

@LEVEL THREE = 3C. Lie to God about our actions (vs. 10)

@LEVEL FOUR = Make God out a liar

@LEVEL FOUR = Contradict His Word

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@LEVEL TWO = 3B. The Cost Of The Cover‑Up

@LEVEL THREE = Honesty is the issue.

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Cost him the word

@LEVEL FOUR = stops doing the truth (vs. 6)

@LEVEL FOUR = The truth is no longer in Him (vs. 8)

@LEVEL FOUR = Turns truth to lies (vs. 10)

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Cost him his fellowship (vs. 6‑7)

@LEVEL FOUR = with God (vs. 6)

@LEVEL FOUR = with God's people (vs. 7)

@SCRIPTURE = II CORINTHIANS 6:14<R> "Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?"

@LEVEL THREE = ILLUSTRATION: A backslidden husband can never enjoy full fellowship with his Christian wife ‑‑ companionship, no spiritual fellowship.

@LEVEL THREE = 3C. Cost him his character (2:4)

@LEVEL FOUR = Goes from telling lies to being a liar.

@LEVEL FOUR = He is no longer a liar because he tells lies, he now lies because he is a confirmed liar.

@LEVEL FOUR = When you lose your character, you will also lose your credibility.

@LEVEL THREE = ILLUSTRATION: The boy who cried "wolf."

@LEVEL ONE = 2A. WE CAN CONFESS OUR SINS

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. Call For Confession

@SCRIPTURE = ISAIAH 1:18 <R>"Come now, let us reason together," says the Lord. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool..."

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@LEVEL TWO = 2B. Conditions of Confession

@LEVEL THREE = Confess is to "say the same thing."

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Naming our sins

@LEVEL FOUR = Notice "sins" is plural!

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Admitting our sins

@LEVEL THREE = 3C. Judging our sin

@LEVEL TWO = 3B. Christ's Role In Confession

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Atoning sacrifice for all (2:2)

@LEVEL FOUR = "atoning sacrifice" ‑ propitiation: the satisfying of God's holy law, to cover, to wash away.

@LEVEL THREE = ILLUSTRATION: OT sacrifice

@LEVEL FOUR = God justly punished sin on the cross.

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Advocate for the saints (2:1)

@LEVEL FOUR = advocate ‑ "to call along side" (as a lawyer)

@LEVEL THREE = ILLUSTRATION: Courtroom God=Father ‑‑ Satan=prosecutor Christ=Defense attorney

@LEVEL ONE = 3A. WE CAN CONQUER OUR SINS

@LEVEL THREE = Key to "walk in the light"

@LEVEL TWO = 1B. Be Open, Honest, and Sincere

@LEVEL THREE = Stop trying to deceive others, ourselves, and God

@LEVEL THREE = ILLUSTRATION: The word "sincere" comes from two latin words, "sine" & "cera" = without wax. Sculptors cover mistakes with wax‑‑did not show until they were exposed to the sun. The more dependable sculptors made certain that their customers knew that their statues were "sine cera" ‑‑ without wax.

@LEVEL TWO =

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@LEVEL TWO = 2B. Be Obedient To God's Word (2:3‑4)

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Because we have to

@LEVEL FOUR = Like a slave, baby

@LEVEL FOUR = To avoid punishment

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Because we need to

@LEVEL FOUR = Like an employee, child

@LEVEL FOUR = To receive a reward

@LEVEL THREE = 3C. Because we want to

@LEVEL FOUR = Like a Christian, adult

@LEVEL FOUR = Because we love the Lord

@LEVEL TWO = 3B. Be Abiding In Him (vs. 6)

@LEVEL THREE = "live in Him"

@SCRIPTURE = John 15:5 <R>"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing."

@LEVEL THREE = 1C. Connected to the vine

@LEVEL THREE = 2C. Committed to the vine

@LEVEL THREE = 3C. Compliment the vine

@LEVEL ONE = CONCLUSION:

@LEVEL TWO = Real living requires that we deal with sin by confessing it and seeking it.

@LEVEL TWO = Anything less is artificial, unreal.

@LEVEL TWO = Jesus offers all real life. We must:

@LEVEL THREE = 1) confess our sins

@LEVEL THREE = 2) call on the Savior

@LEVEL THREE = 3) claim His promise