This Is The Message

11321 W St. Martins Road Franklin, WI 53132 414-431-0532 Pastor Ken Prodzinski 5-15-2022 That You May Know: (Part Two) This is the Message: (1 John 1:5-2:2) The Sermon Idea: Without directly confronting the false teachers, John announces his overall message, That God is Light and in Him there is no darkness at all. And then contrasts the practice of walking in the truth, with the pattern of walking in the darkness. God is Light: In Scripture the contrast between light and darkness applies to three main spheres: 1. Intellectually: Light is Truth: Darkness is Lies. 2. Morally: Light is Purity or Holiness: Darkness is Evil or Unrighteousness. 3. Regeneratively: Light is Life and Sight: Darkness is Death and Blindness. John Stott: “We are to think of God as a personal being, infinite in all His perfections, transcendent, the high and lofty One, He who lives forever, whose name is holy, yet He desires to be known and has revealed Himself.” I. The Defining Message of the Epistle: (vs. 5) “God is Light” Two Main Fallacies of the False Teachers: Page 1 of 2 https://milwaukeebiblechurch-my.sharepoint.com/personal/dharrold_cornerstonefranklin_org/documents/sermons/1st john series/congregational outline for 5-15-2022.docx 11321 W St. Martins Road Franklin, WI 53132 414-431-0532 I. That You Can Have Fellowship with God, While Living in Unbroken Patterns of Sin: (vs. 6-9) “If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.” II. That Man is More Righteous Than He is; and That God is Less Holy Than He is: (vs. 10-2:2) “If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.” Eight Indicators That You Practice the Truth: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Page 2 of 2 https://milwaukeebiblechurch-my.sharepoint.com/personal/dharrold_cornerstonefranklin_org/documents/sermons/1st john series/congregational outline for 5-15-2022.docx