Sermon Tone Analysis

! In Our Christian Walk – /Our Relationship with the Father/

!! 1:6-7 – “If we walk in the light /as He/…”

!!! 1.                  1:5 – “God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.”

!!!! a)                  You cannot have fellowship with God & walk in darkness.

!!!!! (1)                 What does it mean to /walk?/

The word "walk" refers to one's manner of life

!!!!! (2)                 Some think that God will bend the rules for them.

!!!!! (3)                 They think that God allows them to walk in darkness but they can still maintain their fellowship with God.

 

!!!! b)                  These people are being deceived (1 John 1:6).

!!!!! (1)                 Many take the /“kindness of God that leads to repentance” /(Rom.2:4)

as approval of their sin.

*Paul warned about this in Galatians when he said *“do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap” (Galatians 6:7).

*Again, Paul speaks about deception: *"Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God?  Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.”

(1 Corinthians 6:9-11)

*How about the people we choose to hang out with, Paul says *"Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals."

(1 Corinthians 15:33)

!!!!! (2)                 *TURN WITH ME TO (2 Corinthians 11:1-3):* Back in the Genesis account, with Adam, Eve broke her dedication to God by transgressing the command not to eat of the fruit of the tree of good and evil (Gen.

2:17; 3:11, 17; compare also I Tim.

2:14).

*Paul said that *"it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression."

(1 Timothy 2:14)

!!!!! (3)                 Similarly, the Corinthian church faced the danger of deserting Christ by listening to another gospel (v.

4).

Paul’s warning them of this deception.

Paul links the deception to (v.4-5, 12-14).

!!!!! (4)                 Do not be deceived about sin (James 1:13-16 /“sin brings forth death”/; Heb.3:13 /deceitful/), riches can even be deceitful that choke out the Word of God (Matt.13:22).

!!!!! (5)                 “What communion has light with darkness?”

(2 Cor.6:14): you are either in darkness or light; no mixture; Darkness is the absence of light John 3:16-21—MUST READ

 

!!! 2.                  John 1:4 – “In Him was life and His life was the light of men.”

!!!! a)                  John 8 – Jesus said, “I am the light of the world, he who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.

!!!!! (1)                 If you are following Jesus, you /will not walk in darkness!/

!!!!! (2)                 Therefore, if you say have fellowship but walk in darkness, you are deceived.

!!!! b)                  John 12:46 – Jesus said, “I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not */abide/* in darkness.”

!!!!! (1)                 God has delivered us from the power of darkness (Col.

1:13).

!!!!! (2)                 Satan has blinded the minds of people (2 Cor.

4:3-4).

!!!!! (3)                 Acts 26:18—God opens our eyes & tells us to turn from darkness.

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!!!! c)                  In a philosophical sense…

!!!!! (1)                 Darkness represents ignorance.

!!!!! (2)                 Light represents knowledge & understanding.

!!!! d)                  In a spiritual sense…

!!!!! (1)                 Darkness represents sin & evil—the kingdom of Satan

!!!!! (2)                 Light represents purity & righteousness—the Kingdom of God

!!!!! (3)                 So, the knowledge in which Jesus walked was the knowledge of God.

!!!!! (4)                 Paul cried, “That I may know Him.”

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!!! 3.                  The Application: Living in the Light.

!!!! a)                  Come to the Light (John 1:9-12).

!!!!! (1)                 There are those who receive the light (John 3:21)

!!!!! (2)                 Believe in the light that you may become a child of the light (John 12:36)

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!!!! b)                  Spend Time in the Light (Psalm 119:105) – /Lamp to my feet, light to my path/

!!!!! (1)                 Spending Time in His Word.

!!!!! (2)                 Spending Time in His Presence.

!!!! c)                  Reflect the Light (Ephesians 5:8-16)

!!!!! (1)                 Do not allow an eclipse to happen in your life.

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!!!! d)                  Proclaim the Light (Matthew 10:27)

!!!!! (1)                 Matthew 5:14-16

*Jesus said* "You are the light of the world.

A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

“Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven."

(Matthew 5:14-16, NASB95)

 

So if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have this */fellowship/* with the Father,

even as Jesus did.

!!! 4.                  */Fellowship – /*/koinonia, /oneness, communion, fellowship, a part of each other.

!!!! a)                  “I and My Father are one” (John 10:30)

!!!!! (1)                 Jesus prayed, “Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We /are/ (John 17:11).

!!!!! (2)                 Christ’s walk in purity and righteousness, & fellowship with the Father is our example.

!! 2:6 – “Ought himself also to walk just /as He/ walked.”

!!! 1.

The Secret of victory is found in text.

“He who says /he abides in Him/.”

!!!! a)                  If you are truly abiding in Christ, your life will be a reflection of the relationship that you have.

!!!!! (1)                 The Bible often gives us a principle and then a pattern of someone we can follow.

The apostle Paul told the Corinthians to follow him because he was following Christ (1 Cor.

11:1).

!!!!! (2)                 Whether John says /"abiding in him," "knowing him," "walking in the light," or "being in the fellowship,"/ he is referring to salvation.

!!!!! (3)                 If we say we are Christians, we ought to be patterning ourselves after Christ.

Verse 6 doesn't say we will be exactly like Him, but it does say we ought to be.

We owe that much to Him.

The word /"abide"/ is used repeatedly in John 15, where the apostle tells us that the true branch abides in the vine.

In other words, true Christians remain in vital, living relationship to Christ.

!!!!! (4)                 We ought to live like He lived.

As a Christian who shares Christ's eternal life, you can live like Christ because the same Holy Spirit that empowered Him lives in you.

*Jesus said,* “Apart from Me, you can do nothing”*…  Paul said *"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."  (Philippians 4:13).

*So we can do /nothing /or /all things…/ it’s our choice.*

!!! 2.                  Abiding in the vine (John 15).

!!!! a)                  Abiding in Jesus is a prerequisite for several things:

!!!!! (1)                 Abiding in the word (Jn.5:38-39) & being His disciple (John 8:31).

!!!!! (2)                 Bearing fruit (John 15:4) much fruit (John 15:5) & more fruit (John 15:8).

!!!!! (3)                 Answered prayer (John 15:7)

 

!!!! b)                  If we say that we are abiding in Christ, then, we should “/walk as He walked/”

 

!!!! c)                  Jesus gave us an example how we ought to walk, & to live (John 13:15-17).

!!!!! (1)                 In John 13, Jesus gave the example of serving one another-putting others first.

!!!!!! (a)                 *No task is beneath you!*  Be willing to give yourself to serve another persons need.

Don't put yourself on pedestals exalting yourself.

!!!!!! (b)                Ask yourselves the question, “Is there someone’s feet I am unwilling to wash”?

Remember, Jesus even washed Judas’ feet!

!!!!!! (c)                 We must not be a Diotraphes (3John9), /“who loves to be first among people”/, not serving anyone, but always wanting to be served.

\\ !!! 3.                  How did Jesus walk?

!!!! a)                  He walked in purity & holiness.

*He asked the Pharisees,* “Which of you convicts Me of sin?  (John 8:46)

*The writer of Hebrews says that* “it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens (Heb.7:26).

*1 Peter 2:21-22** tells us that He *“committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth"

!!!!! (1)                 Jesus was */sinless/* which in this life we will never be, however we can */sin less/*/./

!!!!! (2)                 Again, don’t say that’s impossible because God does not command anything, but if I am willing to obey, He will give me all that is necessary in order to obey: