The Children of the Devil: Like Cain
Series Series on 1 John
Sermon Outline:
Introduction
• Hate Expressed at a Death Clinic, which gave evidence of being born of the Devil
• The distinction between the Children of God and the Children of the Devil (1 John 3:10)
I. The Message Heard from the Beginning (v. 11)
• Love One Another – fruit of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23)
• Commanded by Christ Himself (John 13:34-35)
• The Primary Standard of the True Believer (Colossians 1:4; 1 Thessalonians 1:3-4; 4:9; 1 Peter 1:22)
II. Loving the Brethren – A Key Factor in Determining the Child of God and the Child of the Devil in two Ways: (vs. 12-15)
A. In How it Affects the Relationship between the two Types of Children (vs. 12-13)
• Not as Cain (v. 12; Genesis 4:3-15; Hebrews 11:4)
• Cain – The Poster Child of the World’s hatred toward those born of God (v. 13; John 15:19; 7:7)
B. In How it Would Evidence the Extreme Difference in the Spiritual State of the Two Types of Children (vs. 14-15)
• The True Believer has Passed from Death to Life (v. 14a; Romans 11:6)
• Those That Do not Love His Brother “Abide in Death (v. 14b; 1 John 3:9 “remains”; John 3:18; Psalm 51:5; Ephesians 2:1-3)
• Those Who Hate his brother in Christ is a Murderer – Does not have Eternal Life Abiding in Him (v. 15; Matthew 5:21-22, 28; John 4:14)
Conclusion and Application
• Does Your Heart and the Conduct of Your Life Reflect that of being a Child of God or of the Devil, like Cain’s?
Sermon ID | 10114228339 |
Duration | 34:35 |
Date | Sep 28, 2014 |
Category | Sunday Service |
Bible Text | 1 John 3:11-15; Genesis 4:3-15 |