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Testimony!
Testimony In law and in religion, testimony is a solemn attestation as to the truth of a matter (Wikipedia).
Today we are going to look at the testimony of God that life is in the Son, but first lets look back at some witnesses as a reminder.
Witnesses that John has previously used (1Jn5:6-10)
Water and blood (1Jn5:6)
The Spirit (1Jn5:6)
The Father (1Jn5:7)
The Word (1Jn5:7)
Witness of God (1Jn1:9)
The witness of the believers (1Jn1:10)
(Transition) so we have gone from witnesses (by the way word used 8 times in those verses to now a variation of the word, testimony.
In our passage we see the testimony given about the Son, that gives credence to the evidence of the witnesses given in the previous verses.
Our passage goes from the evidence to the content of the testimony that the evidence supports.
So some things to consider as we go through the passage
Things to consider as we go tonight.
What is the content of God’s testimony concerning the Son?
What has God declared?
And, what does John have to say about these things to the church?
So, here is what we will attempt to cover tonight.
Our passage and gleaning from it (1Jn5:11-13)
God has given us eternal life
Eternal life is in the Son
Assurance of eternal life given
Gleaning from the passage
May we be some good students of the word so we can learn and apply from the word.
So, open up and let’s look up our passage and pull some things from it.
Anything stick out to you in this passage?
What do you see as the theme?
What is the testimony (v.11)?
What is the promise and warning (v.12)?
What is the assurance for the believers (v.13)?
God has given us eternal life
As noted in (v.9) if we receive the testimony, accept the witness of men, the witness of God is greater which means the testimony of God is greater.
So what does God testify about the Son here, let’s find out.
Eternal life a present possession and a future hope (1Jn5:11-13)
Notice the tense in (v.11).
God has given us eternal life.
Present tense!
OK, so track with me more
Notice the tense in (v.12)?
He who has Son has live, does not have the Son does not have life.
Now read on to (v.13)
Notice the tense (v.13) that you have eternal life.
God has given us a future hope too (Rom2:6-7, 6:22; Tit1:2)
Notice the tense (v.6) will render. . .
.in doing good. . .
for glory, honor, immortality and eternal life.
Now look at the next passage
Notice the tenses used (v.22) having been freed . . .
You derive your benefit. . .
and the outcome eternal life.
So you have present tense and future hope, eternal life.
One more for us to look at
So, we have present tense possession, a reality and a future hope.
God’s gift, eternal life both a present possession and a future hope
Paul’s usage was similar to Jesus usage of the term, mostly for after time of judgment ; a future look(Mt25:46; Jn12:25)
And now look at
John in our passage and in the gospel as present possession (1Jn5:12, 20; Jn17:1-3)
We have looked at (v.12) several times, let’s look at (v.20)
Notice the “we know,” “given us,” and “we are in Him”
John recording Jesus words
Present possession, “this is” and that is fellowship with the true God and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
(transition) Context, context, context, we need to allow the usage in the context to define itself.
Contextual meaning in the Epistle (1Jn1:2, 5:20; 3:14-15; Jn17:3)
John states Jesus is eternal life (1Jn1:2, 5:13)
and life in His name look at our ending verse from our passage
And that knowing Him who is true is eternal life (1Jn5:20)
Now that really is good news isn’t it?
This life starts with our conversion
Eternal life when we passed from death to life proven by our love for the brethren..
Because the fellowship, union we have with the one True God and His Son Jesus Christ we have eternal life for they are eternal life
I have not forgotten that tonight the message is entitled God’s testimony.
The testimony is true, it is revealed, it is that eternal life has been given, a present possession (reality) and a future hope.
But wait, we are not done, there is more that was all just one point.
Eternal life is the Son
A stark truth laid on in (vv.11-12) and may we lay it out for us to look at it together.
Back in Jn17:3 it was defined as knowing God and Himself is eternal life.
Jesus came to give us a full, abundant life (Jn10:10)
Jesus words were of eternal life (Jn6:68)
In Peters own words
And in Him we have every spiritual blessing (Eph1:3)
Then there is the words, of Paul
and if we have every spiritual blessing would that no include Eternal life in the Son?
So to have eternal life you need to be in fellowship with the Father and the Son and that happens only when you are in Jesus, so may we now turn to the other side of the coin?
He who does not have the Son does not have eternal life (1Jn5:12; Jn14:6; Act4:12)
Jesus said it like this
and then there was Luke
Using the words of Peter.
that life, eternal life, salvation is only found in Jesus.
There is no present possession or future hope outside of Christ!
God’s desire is that all men would come to repent and have salvation (2Pt3:9; 1tim2:3-4) - - - no question mark people, either you have Him, or you do not!
(Transition) John wants us to know we have eternal life and now let’s look at that verse, I know we use that verse often, and there is a reason for it.
We may know we have eternal life
In the Gospel it is so you may have eternal life (Jn20:31) and now here in the epistle so we may know we have it, present possession and reality with a future hope.
The purpose of the epistle is seen in this verse.
So we may know (present tense) we are saved vs. just hoping, maybe we could be saved.
By this we know we know Him (1Jn2:3) and are in Him (1Jn2:5)
By this we can know we have passed from death to life (1Jn3:14)
By this we can know we are of the truth (1Jn3:19)
By this we can know He abides in us (1Jn3:24)
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