Focus
On Attitudes:
Look
At Another Attitude:
Another
Choice For A Person To Make:
ATTITUDE
ABOUT ABIDING IN CHRIST: BE DELIVERED FROM THE PRACTICE OF SIN.
How
To Define These Ancient Terms?
INIQUITY:
Plot Against Others: (Greek: PONERIA)
TRANSGRESSION:
Breaking Trust With Others: (Greek: PARABASIS)
SIN:
Moral Failure: (Greek: HAMARTIA)
THE
GREEK WORD USED MOST IN THESE SCRIPTURES WAS THE ONE FOR
MORAL
FAILURE:
SO
IT WILL BE OUR UNDERSTANDING FOR THIS STUDY !!
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JOHN 3:4-10 EXPLAINED:
Everyone
Who Sins Is Breaking God’s Law,
All
MORAL FAILURE Is Contrary To The Law Of God,
Jesus
Came To Take Away Our Sins,
There
Is No Sin In Him,
Anyone
Who Abides In Him Will Not Practice MORAL FAILURE,
Anyone
Who Keeps On Sinning Does Not Know Him.
Anyone
Who Keeps On Sinning Does Not Understand Who He Is.
Do
Not Be Deceived About This,
When
People Do What Is Right: Shows That
They Possess His Righteousness.
But
When People Keep
On Failing Morally: Shows That They Belong To Satan.
NOTE:
The Son Of God Came To Destroy The Works Of Satan.
Those
Who Have Been Born Into God’s Family,
Do
Not Make A Practice Of MORAL FAILURE,
Because
God’s Life Is In Them,
So
They Can not Keep On Practicing Sin,
Because
They Are Children Of God.
The
Command To Love:
We
Can Tell Who Are Children Of God,
We
Can Tell Who Are Children Of Satan,
Anyone
Who Does Not Live Righteously,
Anyone
Who Does Not Love Other Believers,
Anyone
Who Does Not Belong To God.
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JOHN 3: 4-10 OUTLINED:
THE
BELIEVER AND MORAL FAILURE:
THEME:
Because
MORAL FAILURE Is Serious,
Because
Sin Is Opposed To The Reasons Why Christ Came,
Because
Christians Cannot Live In MORAL FAILURE,
Because
Sin Is Serious Rebellion Against God,
Because
Sin Is Totally Opposed To Christ,
Because
True Christians Do Not Live In MORAL FAILURE.
FOCUS:
The
Conflict BetweenThe Children Of God And Children Of Satan.
1.
He Came To Deliver Us From MORAL
FAILURE.
2.
He Came To Destroy The Works Of Satan.
3.
He Came To IDENTIFY THE MARKS Of The Children Of God.
-
Of Our Obligation To Purity Due To This Hope Of Heaven,
-
Of Communion With Christ In Glory At The Day Of His Appearance,
-
Of Resisting Sin And All Communion With The Fruit Of Darkness.
Sin
Is Corruption Of Divine Law.
Divine
Law Contains:
-
God's Will For The Government Of The World,
-
God's Will To The Rational Nature Of Mankind,
-
God's Will Enacted For The Good Of The World,
-
God's Will Which Shows Mankind The Way Of Joy And Peace.
Sin
Is The Rejection Of The Divine Law,
Sin
Is The Rejection Of The Divine Authority,
Sin
Is The Rejection Of The Divine One Himself.
It
Is An Opposition To The Divine Law:
Whosoever
Commits Sin Transgresses The Law Because Sin Is Lawlessness.
BUT
A Righteous Life Is A Distinguishing Mark One Has Been Born Of God.
1.
HE CAME TO DELIVER US FROM MORAL FAILURE.
A.
CHRIST APPEARED AND DEALT WITH THIS FAILURE.
B.
CHRISTIANS ABIDE IN CHRIST AND DO NOT LIVE IN FAILURE.
THE
OBLIGATION OF PURITY:
Anyone
who rests this hope on Him purifies himself as He is pure.
Anyone
who commits sin commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.
And
you know that He appeared that He might take away our sin.
Anyone
who abides in Him does not sin.
Anyone
who sins has not seen Him and does not know Him.
The
Christian is on the way to seeing God and being like Him.
There
is nothing like a great aim for helping a man to resist temptation.
Sin
Is Serious Rebellion Against God:
Lawlessness:
-
Not Just Breaking Of God’s Law
-
One Who Practices Sin Is In Revolt Against God
-
Sin Is Nothing But Rebellion Against God.
-
To Practice Sin Is To Be In Open Rebellion Against God Himself.
A
Right Knowledge Of Sin Lies At The Root Of Biblical Christianity.
Satan's
Strategy:
Satan
Tells A Rebellious Person To Think More Highly Of Self Than They
Ought:
-
I May Not Be Perfect, But I’m Not A Wretched Sinner!
Satan
Pulls God Down From His Absolute Holiness:
-
Surely, A Loving God Understands That I’m Only Human.
-
He Wouldn’t Send Someone As Good As Me To Hell!
-
He Wouldn’t Demand Perfect Righteousness, Would He?
Gnostic
false teaching:
Teaches
that moral failure doesn't matter.
Teaches
that the body is evil,
Teaches
that no harm in satisfying its lusts because what happens to it was
of no importance.
They
said that the truly spiritual man was so armored with the Spirit
that he could sin to his heart's content.
Teaches
that they Have Special Revelation Or Knowledge Of Christ.
The
Apostle teaching:
A
Sinful Live Betrays Oneself To Continue Living In Sin.
Anyone
That Knows Jesus Christ As The Holy, Sinless Savior, Does Not Live In
Sin.
Do
Not Be Deceived: True Christians Practice Righteousness As Jesus
Is Righteous.
MORAL
FAILURE Is Totally Opposed To Jesus Christ (3:5).
Jesus
Christ Did Not Come To This Earth Primarily To Give Us Moral
Teaching
His Main
Reason For Coming Was To Take Away Our Failures
His
Main Reason Was To Bear The Penalty In His Own Body On The Cross.
The
Only Way That He Could Do This Was To Be Completely Sinless Himself.
Thus
John Adds, “and In Him There Is
No Sin.”
-
Jesus Virgin Birth Through The Holy Spirit Preserved Him From
Original Sin.
-
Jesus Lived In Complete Obedience To God, So That Even His Enemies
Could Not Convict Him Of Sin.
-
Jesus Offered Himself As A Lamb Unblemished And Spotless. The Final
And Complete Sacrifice For Our Sins.
If
You Know These Truths, Then John’s Conclusion Is Inescapable:
2.
HE CAME TO DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL.
A.
THE DEVIL IS A DECEIVER, SO PURSUE RIGHTEOUSNESS.
B.
THE DEVIL IS A TOTAL FAILURE WHO HAS BEEN DEFEATED.
Abides:
Every Christian Abides In Christ.
The Word
Abides In 3:6 Is
Parallel To Is Born
Of God In 3:9.
John
Adds (3:6), “No One Who Sins Has Seen Him Or Knows Him.”
Because
Of The Devilish Origin Of Sin And The Purpose Of Christ’s
Appearing, True Christians Cannot Live In Moral Failure.
Sin
Is Serious Because It Originates With The Devil
The
One Who Practices A Lifestyle Of MORAL FAILURE Is Of Satan.
All
People Into Two Camps: Those Who Practice Righteousness (3:7)
And Those Who Practice Sin (3:8).
There
Is No Third Camp For Those Who DO NOT Believe In Jesus, But Are
Decent, Good People Who Never Hurt Anyone.
God
Created Lucifer And All The Angels As Good,
Lucifer
(Satan) Sinned Against God And Led A Rebellion.
Satan
Says: I WILL,
Sin
Says: I WILL,
God
Says: MY WILL.
Sin
Is Totally Opposed To The Purpose Of Christ’s Coming To Destroy The
Works Of The Devil.
Christ
Appeared To Take Away Our Failures.
Christ
Came To Destroy Satan’s Works.
He
Came To Pay The Penalty For Our Failures.
He
Came To Break The Power Of Our Failures.
3.
HE CAME TO MARK OUT THE CHILDREN OF GOD.
A.
GOD'S CHILDREN HAVE EXPERIENCED A NEW BIRTH.
B.
GOD'S CHILDREN DO NOT PRACTICE SIN.
C.
GOD'S CHILDREN LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
A
True Christian Does Not And Cannot Live In Sin (3:9-10).
Committing
Individual Acts Of Sin OR As A Way Of Life?
It
Is Impossible For A Child Of God To Persist In A Lifestyle Marked By
Sin.
Not
Talking About Sinless Perfection, But Rather About The Direction Of
The Life Of A Believer.
If
God Has Imparted New Life To You, So That You Have Become His Child,
You Cannot Go On Living In Sin.
HE
CHILDREN OF GOD AND THE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL ARE DISTINGUISHED BY
THE PRACTICE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND LOVE: