HCC Service 8/2/20

1st John chapter 3 4 through 10 a well

Last Sunday, you may remember that we saw the glory true that when Jesus appears. We shall be like him for we shall see him just as he is, right and that's a purifying hope today. We focus on the Glorious truth of our nature or redeem nature fact that we have been regenerated given new life and are born of God. So you can say at the manifestation of God's nature in us and that's what I've been titled this message today. The manifestation of God's nature last week. We saw the manifestation of God's children. How is they do righteousness it reveals and reflect our Lord Jesus Christ and how they are to be rebuilt. And here we see that how do they do righteousness? Just the very nature of God Express Ascend has no part of it. So we have very important routhier a fundamental truth, but unfortunately in this may be another another verse passage, you'll have to explain to a lot of people that have misunderstood this because they've tried to introduce a little bit of sense and to our our new nature and Elton John.

Speak in a definite absolute terms and in contrast here, and we're not talking about just spinning a little bit. We need to understand what he's really talkin about you the born-again person does not send.

So if we said we're going to find out it's coming from our flesh our sin nature not the born-again nature. Not the new nature that God has implanted within not the divine nature until we see how God Righteous nature is manifested in us when Believers walk according to it in the spirit. And we we live out that very character of Jesus Christ in her life as a Christian low price. So we're going to see seven principles are there six first year, but seventy little true that we're going to just go through and it's kind of a laundry list be kind of bullet points here John just put one little principle upon another gear and you'll see the big concept here. He's also talking again these ridiculous to get a price that would say whether it be a little bit of thin. It's alright to standing stay yourself with God and told people trouble with their work and their salvation and how do we deal with them? And how much pain is too much tannin? Okay, Chris Christie's I struggle with that was legalism is coming from there.

Turn everything in between. How do we deal with that packet children of God now and he's still sick call and talk about this Monroe Washington Fusion being put off the old man put on the new man of the new self-rating Christ Jesus right to spend a good work. And this is a similar group coming from the Apostle John now to these Believers here, but he is writing to until in Bruce for we see the first principle. About God's manifestation the manifestation of his character says everyone who practices in also lawlessness and sin is lawlessness the word practices. Alright me to distance the one doing sent one cylinder trucks to send also practices Apostle. John is trying to describe the nature send that it's not just okay is not as well. Take a little bit of this a little bit will bury won't hurt. You don't have it in us doing it. It's okay some some sins are Little White Sands and they're not too big of a deal. As making clear contrast. That's all stand weather seems to be a little little wrong attitude or whether it's great big, you know, Mass murdered out there. It's all set it all fall short of the glory of God.

Reflects it is the manifestation of God's nature and God's character. I'm in the new nature being revealed enough. So they are interchangeable jaundice and they are so not send emails to lawlessness. Now. We have seen a lot of lawlessness in our country have at least the word lawlessness Alma Mia literally means without law and a conventional idea that people that actually live as if there is no law. And there's an assumption there that everybody understands. There are laws of the universe God has designed a certain created order and we would go against that and we are not only rebelled against God but we're rebelling against the societal norms and standards that everybody needs and appreciate the be safe and protected and flourish, right? We've heard about defund the police and what is that about what we want to do what we want to do. We want our standard but we all know. Hey, we all have simple and we need Law and Order before we we need that restrict Society wants to cast off the restraints. There's restraints that God's given and family for the mom and dad primary the dad and discipline of raising children to respect non-reporting. What's the world done with the fam and male male leadership glass adapter Smithereens Authority is the mistake. We understand that no one mistake. He comes over and over Regis and doesn't make Sunset Plaza called righteousness bad and bad righteous. We see that there's a loss of confidence and that the state doesn't have its credibility the store and then we also see in the church and then the church as up and also a restraining influence and that being undermined as well in society. And God's word is truth in what was right and wrong is moral absolutes have been undermined and Jonna sing. The very character of sin is lawlessness sin is anything that falls short of the character glory of God. Right? Send impulses toward the glory of God Romans, 3:23. And God has a character out their nature does that is revealed at the last week got in just an arbitrarily can preach they walk. This is Ryan Dungey play the other one, right and wrong are manifestations of his very nature of what is good and right Insurance Group Awards and

It's so cute reject God in and the laws and what she has graded. This universe is to actually defied him and what is good for society and that's what's the nature of sin is like you need to understand Stan is not just a little unwell just a little mistake. No sin at his heart is rebelling against the law of God and the law of what is Galveston. I ordered universe so it's beyond just lawlessness lawlessness could be translated wickedness and reject God's law or his established for his Creation in this world. Another word a rejection of what is right? And what is good? What is true? So we shouldn't be surprised. Should we when we see God in our society consistently pushing and normalizing. Morally wrong behaviors. Should we we shouldn't be surprised by we don't supported and we don't get cool by and go along with it and up to it is lovingly speak the truth in that you know, and go and different things where we can take actions, but we shouldn't be surprised when Send because it's basic Anthony is a lawlessness of wickedness in a general way. We're going against God's law it is not inconsistent for I'm doing but lawlessness or send his inconsistent for and that's John's point if that is happening is not the character of God being revealed to come from God coming from the flesh right the devil the world going to principal to sit and stand in opposition to the purpose of Jesus that are official work on the cross is the Lamb of God. Who takes away the sin of the world? Why did he come to deal with Sam and to remove it and take it away you remember John the Baptist and John 1:29 besides here is God's final and the Lamb of God who takes away? Remove the gills off in the bourbon and Punishment takes away the guilt of our sin gets it was laid on him and he were spices. You know that Jesus appeared in order to take away. Send. And in him, there is no set. So sad it's not only inconsistent to what is lawful and good and true and right it's inconsistent with the Believers born in God's family, but it has no place in God's nature or his will thrust does it totally inconsistent for the Christian. So we need to see the nature and character said for what it truly is John point. So sitting is the opposite of living life. Christ that we say we want to live price like lives well stand isn't in direct opposition to that for the whole reason he came and what he did to redeem us from so Christians do have a Purpose Driven Life. We have a purposeful life. Ephesians 2:10 pelvis part of that purpose. Jesus came to take things away. And when we receive that gift that he offers it says in the Pikachu 10 that we are as Believers. We are Christ's workmanship his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for the purpose up for what? Good work. We have a purpose here. And Tustin is to run completely counterfeit God's purpose for your life. So the next time you are sent. It went right when you're tempted to say first of all, you need a pickup, right Lord. I don't excuse it. I have knowledge it to you. I'm sorry. That's the right place. I want to hear. I fell asleep with you and then remind yourself coach yourself to say. When I said I am going out erpham the very purpose of my life. Yatragenie for good works. God wants me to be a blessing and when I say just a little bit of sense, even when I disobey God them realize I'm running completely counter to God's purpose and design for my watch. You're not helpful to remember we get so used to stand because it's all around us and you know that we all been forced John has made that very clear he who says he has no sin him as a liar and the truth is an idiot. He said in person to on my little children or 2:12. I'm writing this because your sins have been forgiven and that you may not sit. So just because soon as reality doesn't mean that it's okay if it's usable and we should get comfortable with it. No, it should never be promoted or loud as it was indeed the supposed teaching it would be encountered by these Believers today. next principal Number three is not part of the abiding in spirit. If it John is giving truth upon truth here precept upon precept it to my settings. Explain how this all fits together. How God's nature is to be revealed in The Believer. The number one again. Stan is not a manifestation of God because it is evil God made during this number to send stand in opposition to God's word purpose of redemption and his plan for a live-in number 310 is not a part of the abiding experience for a Christian. What is the product of blindness is ignorance Borgata the waiting to see the stand for what it is. Let me say that again. Send is not part of your abiding in Christ. John can explain why there is first of all a reminder to buy refers to daily Fellowship. Not one for all justification. This is not Paul talking update. Our face in price will be the place in price and was declared license to drive to work or just buy what I'm talking about that position. If you just gave us by in the branches that daily Fellowship drawing upon Him discs truth in his word and his power and our lives to live out. What are his rights this route, right? So it does not refer to the one for all justification here. It's the daily fellowship and if we are abiding in him again not controlled by the guess. It's a continual day-by-day responsibility of Believers have to stay connected to him a biting in Christ as a lion to the branch. That is not an experience that will produce it. Like it's called the experience of abiding in the sinless person means that such an experience is totally free from sin. If you see the logic here, it is very easy. We just let him in full.

Is there any Senate rice don't tell don't know if we are daily abiding in Christ. We are only drive from what he has is he going to give us any Central attitude or traits that are going to be displayed their lives. So if we see those things with the store Knock knock, it's not it's not from a biting against his nature nature. It's from a different store. That's where John is going with that. So that's very important. I'm tempted. I'm stuck until I got can't get over. Whatever you think. I'm not abiding by the filter kiss. You don't call block my salvation know I need to be back with the Lord. You can definitely wrong doings I have and I need to be making sure that I'm in this were biting in this word many states in baseball MLB. Daily obedience to God's will in my life revealed in his word and through his spirit. producing a fruit in my life call said the same truth in Galatians 5:16. He said when we walk in the spirit, we will not fulfill the sinful lust of the flesh but rather what would be producing? When we were walking in the spirit or I'll buy you one. We're going to be producing the fruit of the spirit when we're not walking in the spirit or abiding in Christ. We're going to be producing the fruit of the flesh. Simple nature so John just getting very basic truth. It's not it's not that hard. But he's he's building that the case you're just see how important it is for Christmas understand stand and their relationship to it and how the new nature works. so serious What we're saying, I'm doing this all of God's well, if that's the case, then they're not going to be you're not going to have this a little bit of him very much and she does not stand at the little very much there is no standing him at all. So if we are intelligent with them as a source of our actions. John's Pointe Macon start Contra, no one who sends has seen him or knows him again. Not that lease not justification salvation sanctification salvation. Your sin is the opposite of a biting and therefore sin reveals a blindness and an ignorant score. If you look over chapter 2 verse for 6, we seen this before how John use the word no in an experiential way and ongoing knowledge and ongoing intimacy with the Lord will see it as you love me and he will be loved by my father and we will make our home with him and he will experience the greater knowledge with John 2 verses 4 through 6 says the one who said I have come to know him cuz they were false teachers claiming that all I have a special relationship John says hi not necessarily. How do you know I have come to know him and does not keep his Commandments other words. He's not obeying God's work. What does John say about him? He's not telling the truth. He's lying about that. But whoever keeps his word and him and him the love of God has truly been perfect. See if you're not salvation, but God's will be done by this. We know that we are abiding in him the one who says that he abides in him self to what? Log in the same way that you are the same at a crosswalk. So if we if we're not doing that we are not really knowing Christ intimately when I get to the fellowship with him and then he also said there's a there's a blindness there. Go down 2 verse 11. We see that experiential knowledge and experience of blindness my physical but spiritual spiritual relationship. It says in verse 211 for chapter 2 verse 11. But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness and doesn't know where he is going because the darkness has what? When did his Ox still a Christian but a Christian who a lousy attitude or whatever to go on with life and he ends up becoming slime to his fans and blind to his own way. Haven't we seen that people's life I have. Christian's that I know their Christian But they've got fried fish in Terraria and they just become blind to it George signing about Bill excuse other things he justified. Lose your salvation, but they're not in fellowship with the Lord. You're not doing it will because if you're up biting in his will and Tim you're going to be doing what is right, you're if you're not going to be contradicting scripture. You're going to be right in sync with it. 1st John 49 illustrates the truth. Jesus said to still be said have I been so long with you and yet you have not come to know me Philip see who has seen me has seen knowing and seeing our experience old ways of talking about intimate elephant come to the body principal number for its first seven fourth principal only righteousness arising from the internet's you're the one who has the perfect in word righteous has given to him by God. He says a little children for 7, make sure no one deceives you there's this afternoon out there the one who practices righteousness is righteous just if he is, right. Jesus taught the truth by using agriculture. Remember he said that there is an Luke 6:43 for there is no good for you wouldn't produces bad fruit Noir on the other hand of death rate which produces good fruit tree is known by its fruit for men. Don't gather figs from Thorns. Do they know your do they take drinks? No time for me to decorate the good man out of the good Treasure of his heart Ring Sports room. What is good and the evil out of the evil Treasure of his heart brings forth. What is he has illustrates the fact that when there's only one or two sources were either following God's will or Ultimately say you think you'll get to that in a minute. Never 5 the devil is the ultimate source of this. We need to realize the character of it and they were where where is Saint originating from? Who is the influence Robin? Who's the lead? Are we following when we came in to send? We're not getting it from God. Because we're abiding in him and his word. We're getting it from another source John specifies birthday the one who practices in. Is out the devil for the devil has sinned from the beginning and at the beginning of the creation when you're just as adamant either. The Son of God appeared for this purpose to destroy the works of the devil. So again, this is the devil's work is origination genius game for gray purpose of nullify eradicated destroying what state needs it done and reclaim his kingdom and reclaiming lie in that race you test with commentary States while it's as if Believers are righteous and sin is not a manifestation of the Believers are righteous instead of not a manifestation of Rights this then the sin all believers commit is of the devil.

Call Tom Lee of the devil that source that is it is Source in him. Interpreters to take a statement like this as equivalent of saying that a protective Kristen is unsaved missed the point. Steven John acknowledges that Christians in 172 10 if he who sins is unsafe everyone is unsafe. right John states that the devil has been from the beginning that if he is the source of all sin and his sinful career dates from the beginning to be of the devil needs to be doing the devil's work. Does it mean that your child of the devil of of the sense that you're not born again? It means that we're what is this coming from from her? Is this a God or is this a say do you want to know who's this world is a big or just have got a dinner that they refers to the store dinner sourcing. Who is he who is lead? Are we following if we are going in this house? We need to send and Adam Sandler. Who are they listening to? God or Satan when we said we don't be taken up there, we don't see a snake in a tree with him do this. But we're following the same message on if we're abiding in Christ. It's going to be righteousness if we're not send ultimately comes from the old nature earth or nature who is Satan is the head of a system and we're we're following the old ways that we don't have to because we are redeemed and we had to redeem nature and new nature Jesus. We have an illustration week. We can say that the devil made me do this and because it will see what the devil made me do it. No, we still have choice. The devil doesn't make us do things but he does give us options and tempt us to do so sinh those things to influence our thinking that we are the ones that fills the top and if we do were following his play Death what's John means binding of Satan is not of God again. What's another illustration of this? Remember a born-again person? The latest name was Apostle Peter write made it very clear that he was a Believer and Jesus had just complimented heater for Saint Peter.

Flesh and Blood did not reveal this to you. But my Father in Heaven, what did Peter just said? You just said you love do you want to go like the others and she is taking who shall we go? You alone have the words of eternal life. We have believed that you were the crisis center jobs. Peter that's a God God would be walking down the road 5 minutes later. You just talked about the fact that you need to go to California and he was going to be throwing up on the cross strap on a cross. May I never be and Peter text you as a side? No, no no more. It's not going to happen. And what does Peter say?

Get behind me Satan. You're not putting the things of God first, but the things that match the Willimantic.

Did Peter transforming to say no but he was he was saying he was of the devil. It was satanic Lincolnwood looked you didn't think you would call and say he was just looking at what he wanted a Jesus said, but if you're not doing what God wants your an opposition to God and you're actually following the lady that this Satanic influence in your phone deleted those in rebellion and disobedience. And that's John's going here, 6.0 redeem nature cannot send not just sent them to redeem a shirt printing press used to spend a little bit of eight. That's not what some people try to overuse this idea of the gold going on sinning willfully. That's not there in a text and other interpretations trying to say, how do we get out of this must be continually going on sending real for real for real? That's not what it means. It means we are redeemed nature cannot send because it is born off who

When we said it's not our new nature it is our flesh is bending the oldest in nature, which has been defeated. We don't have to do it.

No one who is born of God literally Dustin? Now we know what Johnson said we all said. We need to understand. What is the cost of you talking about God's nature and manifested turn up the born-again aspect the internet because his why do we not send because we go to church every day. We read a Bible in print. No, that's not why you said the Christie doesn't say I guess you don't say Christian. He said that the one who is born of God the born-again nature text because his seed abide in God see abides in US What did Peter say we have all become partakers of the Divine gate? We are not divided. We are not. But what is audit class right now and give us new life. We are a new creation in Christ and we have a new nation new capacity to please God because we are his children and partake of his.

so no one who is born of God practices send or sent because his seed abide in him and he cannot send because he is born of God again. So he is not the renew dinner man who performs it but the sin nature dwelling in UPS of Romans 7 verse 20 and following call said, but if I am doing the very things I don't want I am no longer the one doing it but send that in 12 in me because in my inner Man by Lori in the law of God, but I see another principle working in my by my flesh which is contrary to the law of God in my life and their Four Paws Sake. It's no longer I but the sin is not responsible for a talking about the store. It's not God in my new regime nature It Is by old major to play energized by Satan call center similar thing when he said it's no longer I Live but Christ who lives in me, that's the idea. They're talking about our our new nature that does not shed because that's in Christ. There is no. And when we're following along is getting our fathers wheel and inviting a Jim will reflect our fathers. We saw last week will be a chip off the old block you were walking in his way. My labor seventh principle number 7 the children of God manifest themselves by doing righteousness. It says by this that's the summary statement by this the children of God and the children of the devil reveal another words God's children showed themselves that said by the doing of righteousness does doing send reveal themselves to be following Satan. so we need to realize when you and I send it's not just a little Clips were following somebody we're following stayed late not cause bleeding or what and God's purpose for our lives is righteousness are as his children. He wants us to reflect the family character, which is righteousness in him is no scent and so then is not a part of our body. If we send it's a result of our What are old man that did that solid nature, but that's been dealt with at the cross. Christ came to destroy the works of the devil so that we might experience his life album. Peace. When you obey God you just play the Fruit of the Spirit you display God's character and that's what the world needs. Isn't it? The world needs you at our church. What could be more important than becoming more christ-like not in our own strength, but realizing get all from the resources. God has given us his nature Power by his word and his spirit. So what could be more important daily obedience to God for Kristen think about it? What could be more important to your testimony? The daily living in righteousness to God, what could be more important to our spiritual growth in daily living in submission to God obedience to God, what could be more important for your intimacy your spiritual Fellowship? I don't feel close to God. How's your life going? How's your walk with the Lord. How's your obedience to what he did really revealing? It's worth you. Who who are you depending? If you walking in your own strength and flasher. You said Lord not my will but yours be done. What could be more important to God in his children reflecting his nature as they abide in him and produce much for my schedule. I have a father. We thank you for your word. Simple principles and yatish Downing to us that we should be called your children and ask your children or more than just forget it where they said right and we're giving an we're giving a new righteous nature a new life. And the ability to draw from draw wife from you and in you there is no similar to have. So help us realize your purpose for us isn't just to get us to heaven. You're also. Working in our lives now to Conformity more and more to be like Jesus may we see that christlikeness in ourselves and in each other as we encourage one another by and say your words no bake rice. We prayed in Jesus.

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