Full Obedience

Living a Full Life - Message 12 - Full Obedience - 1 John 5:1-5

Outline

I. Birth & Belief – vs. 1a
A. Whoever Believes is Born

1. Believes – present tense, present continuing action
2. Born – perfect tense, past action with continuing consequences
   B. Stott Quote – “Our present, continuing activity of believing is the result and therefore the evidence of our past experience of new birth by which we became God’s children.”
   C. Regeneration – John 3:17; Eph 2:1-2
3. It is God’s Choice to Beget a Child – James 1:18; John 1:12-13
4. The Implanted Word – 1 Peter 1:23; Rom 1:16; 10:17
   II. Father & Family – vs. 1b
   A. To Love God is to Love Jesus
   B. To Love God is to Love His Children
   III. Love & Obedience – vs. 2-3a
   A. Freedom – John 8:31-32
   B. Obedience – John 14:15, 21
   C. Love – John 15:10
   IV. Victory & Faith – vs. 3b-5
   A. Obedience = Victory (nikao)
   B. Overcomers – (24 x NT / 21 x John) conquering power, continuing faithfulness – John 16:33; Rom 8:37; 2 Cor 2:14
   C. Overbearing – Matt 23:4; 11:30; Acts 15:10-11
   V. Three Tests Combined
   A. Moral – Obedience
   B. Social – Love
   C. Doctrinal – Faith in Christ
   D. The genuine proof of love is obedience; the genuine proof of faith is love.