FIRST
JOHN CHAPTER 3
"NO
ONE [= JESUS CHRIST]
WHO
IS BORN OF GOD SINS"
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
I)
[1 Jn 2:28-29]:
A)
THE LAST TWO VERSES OF CHAPTER TWO BELONG WITH CHAPTER 3
1)
BELIEVERS ARE IN VIEW
a)
[1 Jn 2:1]:
b)
[1 Jn 2:12]:
c)
[Eph 1:13-14]:
2)
BELIEVERS ARE COMMANDED TO ABIDE IN CHRIST; I.E., OBEY HIS COMMANDS IN
ORDER TO STAY IN FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM. SALVATION IS NOT IN VIEW
HERE
a)
[ Jn 15:10-11]:
b)
[Cp 1 Jn 1:3-4]:
I) [1 Jn 2:28-29 cont.]:
3)
BELIEVERS AWAIT JUDGMENT OF THEIR LIVES FOR REWARDS AT OUR LORD'S
APPEARANCE (RAPTURE)
4)
THE NEXT THREE VERSES CONTINUE THE CONTEXT OF 1 JN 2:28-29 OF BELIEVERS
BEING EXHORTED TO ABIDE IN CHRIST BECAUSE OF WHO GOD IS AND WHO THEY ARE
AS CHILDREN OF GOD
a)
[1 Jn 3:1-3]:
I cont.) [1 Jn 2:28-29
cont.]:
B)
THOSE BELIEVERS WHO AT THE MOMENT KNOW JESUS CHRIST IS RIGHTEOUS KNOW
THAT THOSE WHO PRACTICE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS ARE BORN OF HIM
1)
[ Ro 8:7-8]:
C)
BELIEVERS ARE NOT ALWAYS FAITHFUL BUT WHEN THEY ARE THEIR LIVES PROVIDE
EVIDENCE OF THEIR BORN AGAIN STATUS
1)
[1 Jn 1:8, 10]:
2)
[Cp 1 Jn 2:1]:
3)
Eph 2:4-6]:
II)
[1 Jn 3:1]:
A)
[ Jn 15:10]:
III)
[1 Jn 3:2]:
A)
[ Ro 7:21-23]:
IV)
[1 Jn 3:3]:
A)
[ 1 Jn 1:5-10]:
1)
THE BELIEVER IS TO WALK IN THE LIGHT OF GOD'S PERFECT RIGHTEOUSNESS,
CONFESSING HIS SINS SO THAT THE LIGHT SHINES ON THEM MAKING THEM AN
ACKNOWLEDGMENT BEFORE GOD
a)
[1 Jn 1:7]:
2)
GOD IS JUSTIFIED IN PURIFYING THE BELIEVER FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS WHO
WALKS IN HIS LIGHT VIA CONFESSION
a)
[1 Jn 1:7 first half]:
b)
[1 Jn 1:7 second half]:
3)
NO BELIEVER CAN CLAIM TO BE WITHOUT SIN IN THIS LIFE
a)
[1 John 1:8]:
b)
[1 Jn 1:10]:
i)
[1 Jn 2:1-2]:
4)
CONSTANT ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ONES SINS AND THE STUDY & OBEDIENCE TO
GOD'S WORD ARE KEY TO BEING IN DAILY FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
a)
[1 Jn 1:9]:
i)
IF = MAYBE YOU WILL CONFESS AND MAYBE YOU WON'T
[Ps
32:5]:
[Pr
28:13]:
ii)
IF WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY CONFESSING, I.E. ACKNOWLEDGING OUR SINS
iii)
CONFESSION OF SINS IS NOT A DEED BUT AN ADMISSION,NOT ABOUT SALVATION
BUT ABOUT FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD
iv)
GOD BEING ABSOLUTELY FAITHFUL & JUST CAN AND WILL FORGIVE THE
BELIEVER OF ALL OF HIS SINS RELATIVE TO ETERNAL LIFE UPON A MOMENT OF
FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE AND RELATIVE TO FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM UPON A
MOMENT OF CONFESSION
v)
GOD NOT ONLY FORGIVES THOSE PARTICULAR SINS CONFESSED, BUT HE PURIFIES
THE BELIEVER WHO CONFESSES FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS IN HIS LIFE
vi)
REPENTANCE RE: ETERNAL LIFE AND FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD MEANS TO CHANGE ONES
MIND ABOUT NOT BELIEVING AND BELIEVE & ABOUT NOT CONFESSING AND
CONFESS RESPECTIVELY. IT IS NOT ABOUT ONES BEHAVIOR
b)
[1 Jn 1:10]:
i)
[Psalm 119:9-11]:
ii)
[Eph 5:25-26]:
iii)
[1 Jn 5:10-12]:
iv)
[Acts 16:30-31a]:
v)
[Jn 15:10]:
vi)
[Compare Eph 5:25b-26]:
V)
[1 Jn 3:4]:
VI)
[1 Jn 3:5]:
A)
JESUS CHRIST APPEARED IN ORDER TO TAKE AWAY SINS
1)
[Jn 1:29]:
2)
[1 Jn 2:2]:
B)
AND IN CHRIST THERE IS NO SIN, QUALIFYING HIM TO TAKE AWAY THE SINS OF
THE WHOLE WORLD
1)
[2 Cor 5:21]:
VII)
[1 Jn 3:6]:
A)
[1 Jn 1:7, 9]:
B)
[1 Jn 2:3]:
VIII)
[1 Jn 3:7]:
IX)
[1 Jn 3:8-9]:
A)
THE SON OF GOD'S PURPOSE IS TO DESTROY SIN, THEREFORE HE MUST BE WITHOUT
SIN HIMSELF
B)
"DOES NOT SIN" CANNOT BE TRANSLATED "DOES NOT PRACTICE
SIN" OR REFER TO THE BELIEVER AT ALL
1)
[Ro 6:6, 12-13]:
2)
[1 Jn 5:18-21:
X)
[1 Jn 3:10]:
XI)
[1 Jn 3:14]:
