My sermon notes for Sunday morning, June 16th. Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. The church provides a live stream of the service each Sunday at 10:30 on Facebook. We also provide the services through YouTube by Sunday afternoon. You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.
INTRO
- 1 John 5:13 – So that you may KNOW
- 2 Corinthians 13:5 – Let us examine ourselves
- Assurance in our salvation = Confidence in our salvation
There are tests we should consider as we think through the assurance of our salvation. God lays them out perfectly for us in the book of 1 John.
The Test of Right Doctrine (Theological Test)
1 John 2:23; 3:23; 4:2; 5:5; 5:10; 5:13
The Test of Right Living (Ethical Test)
1 John 2:3-6; 3:4-9
The Test of Right Loving (Moral Test)
1 John 2:8-11; 3:10-12; 3:18; 4:7-11
Do I know I have a personal relationship with God and am I daily experiencing the joy of my salvation and the fellowship with the saints? – 1:3-4
- Fellowship – to share, to have in common.
- Joy – gladness
- Full – complete
Do I walk in the light and flee from darkness? – 1:5-10
- Light – Truth, Holiness
- Psalm 119:104
- John 8:12
- Darkness – Untruth, Unholy
- 1 Thessalonians 5:4-7
- Deceive – Cause to wander
- Confess – agree with God. Denounce it. Forsake it.
Do I love His Word and strive to live in obedience to it? – 2:3-6
- Know – To realize who He is and to grasp His greatness and glory.
- Keep – have our eyes fixed upon…guarding a prisoner.
- Practice righteousness– to perform and accomplish
- v. 29; 3:10a
Do I demonstrate my love of God by the way that I treat others? – 3:10b-15; 2:9-11
- The world hates… the world loves.
- If we cannot love within the body of Christ, then how can we love outside the body.