WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.960 your exams. If you're finishing college, are you confident that you're going to get a job? 00:00:09.779 --> 00:00:19.800 Are you sure? What about if you're single? How confident are you of finding the right 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:30.260 person to get married to? How confident are you of staying healthy and living a long life? 00:00:31.840 --> 00:00:43.780 Are you sure you will be okay? What about this question? How confident are you of eternal 00:00:43.780 --> 00:00:53.780 life? Are you sure you have eternal life? You see, this is something wonderful because 00:00:53.780 --> 00:00:59.439 God has promised us this life. Have a look at verse 11. It's just a couple of verses before 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:11.240 the reading. This is what it says, and this is the testimony. God has given us eternal life. 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:26.359 And look where that life is to be found. Eternal life, this life is in his Son. We don't find life 00:01:26.359 --> 00:01:33.039 in ourselves or in other things or in other people. We find life in the person of Jesus. 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:40.360 That doesn't mean to say that we kind of get a little model or a little life, a little model 00:01:40.360 --> 00:01:47.240 or a statue of Jesus and put him in our pocket and go, oh, I have Jesus. No, it means to trust 00:01:47.240 --> 00:01:55.280 him with your life, to place all your confidence in him. So look at verse 12. He who has the Son 00:01:55.280 --> 00:02:07.519 has life. He who does not have the Son of God does not have life. So he has promised us life 00:02:07.519 --> 00:02:19.300 and that life is in his Son Jesus. But here's another question. What happens when we sin and turn away 00:02:19.300 --> 00:02:29.540 from Jesus? When I sin, do I still have eternal life? When I mess up and fail, will God still accept me? 00:02:32.020 --> 00:02:41.680 Now, I know that I've chosen to sin this week. In fact, there are some things that I have said 00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:46.840 and done that I am far too embarrassed and ashamed to tell anybody here in this room. 00:02:48.760 --> 00:02:55.879 I have done things that are very wrong this week. And I'm sure I'm not alone in that. 00:02:57.159 --> 00:03:04.200 So can we still be confident of eternal life, even when we mess up and fail and go off the rails? 00:03:04.199 --> 00:03:12.599 Well, look what the writer tells us in verse 13. He says this, 00:03:12.879 --> 00:03:20.959 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know, 00:03:22.539 --> 00:03:33.280 so that you have confidence that you have eternal life. Isn't that wonderful? We can have absolute 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:41.979 confidence and total assurance that we have eternal life. Now, look who that confidence is for. Look at 00:03:41.979 --> 00:03:51.520 verse 13 again. He writes these things to who? To you who believe in the name of the Son of God. 00:03:52.379 --> 00:04:00.479 The confidence we have is not based on who I am or how good I am or my ability or my performance. 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:10.060 My confidence is based on who Jesus is. You see, if our confidence is in Jesus, 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:18.199 then that means whatever my sin, whatever my failures, whatever my struggles in life, 00:04:18.399 --> 00:04:24.959 I can be confident, 100% assured that I have eternal life. 00:04:24.959 --> 00:04:36.339 Now, I think that's incredible. Absolutely sure. No doubts that I have confidence of eternal life. 00:04:37.839 --> 00:04:47.699 So let's look at the confidence that we have if our trust is in Jesus. Four things we're going to notice. 00:04:47.699 --> 00:04:57.120 If our trust is in Jesus, we have four confidences. Don't know if that's a word, is it? We'll make it up. It is now. That's right. 00:04:57.800 --> 00:05:02.360 So, four confidences that we have if we trust in Jesus. 00:05:03.860 --> 00:05:09.439 First, we have confidence that God hears us. Look at verse 14. 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:17.759 This is the confidence we have in approaching God, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:21.860 What an amazing privilege that we can approach God. 00:05:22.120 --> 00:05:26.259 We actually have access to God. 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:29.939 We've been accepted by him. 00:05:31.079 --> 00:05:36.920 The access to God is not because of us, but because of his love for us. 00:05:36.920 --> 00:05:40.340 Let's have a flick back to chapter 3, verse 1. 00:05:40.460 --> 00:05:43.680 Just turn the page, perhaps, to chapter 3, verse 1. 00:05:44.939 --> 00:05:48.420 Here it reminds us why we have access to God. 00:05:49.720 --> 00:05:51.060 Some great verses. 00:05:52.600 --> 00:05:53.980 Chapter 3, verse 1. 00:05:53.980 --> 00:05:59.800 How great is the love the Father, that is, the Father God, 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:07.020 has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God. 00:06:08.079 --> 00:06:10.360 And that is what we are. 00:06:11.360 --> 00:06:14.660 We have become children of God because of God's love, 00:06:15.100 --> 00:06:17.800 and therefore we have access to God. 00:06:17.900 --> 00:06:19.699 We are accepted by God. 00:06:20.840 --> 00:06:24.900 Now, baby Emma, who we had introduced to us just a moment ago, 00:06:24.899 --> 00:06:28.419 has a unique relationship with Connor and Sarah. 00:06:29.259 --> 00:06:33.719 Because she is their child, she can call out to her parents, 00:06:34.079 --> 00:06:36.879 knowing that they will listen and they will answer, 00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:39.099 whatever the time of day or night. 00:06:40.539 --> 00:06:42.879 Another child may be crying in the corner, 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:45.560 but they don't necessarily respond. 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:48.899 Emma has that unique privilege, 00:06:48.899 --> 00:06:53.319 and she can continue to call out to her parents 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:55.199 because she is their child. 00:06:56.359 --> 00:06:58.259 Now, because of God's love to us, 00:06:58.539 --> 00:07:01.819 because God has removed the barrier of sin, 00:07:02.779 --> 00:07:04.839 he has made us children of God 00:07:04.839 --> 00:07:08.019 so that we too have a unique relationship with him. 00:07:08.259 --> 00:07:10.799 And we can talk to our Father in heaven 00:07:10.799 --> 00:07:14.939 anytime, anywhere, about anything. 00:07:14.939 --> 00:07:21.219 We have been accepted by him through our faith. 00:07:22.420 --> 00:07:24.120 Have a look at verse 15. 00:07:25.480 --> 00:07:28.100 And if we know that he hears us, 00:07:29.279 --> 00:07:31.360 whatever we ask, 00:07:31.980 --> 00:07:35.240 we know we have what we asked of him. 00:07:36.459 --> 00:07:37.980 Do you see what it says there? 00:07:38.220 --> 00:07:41.000 We can ask God for anything, 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:46.399 and we have confidence that he will give it to us. 00:07:48.399 --> 00:07:50.000 Ask him for anything, 00:07:50.839 --> 00:07:54.000 and we have confidence that he will give it to us. 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:58.639 If, underline, 00:07:59.180 --> 00:08:02.920 if it's according to his will. 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:05.240 Look at the end of verse 14 again. 00:08:05.339 --> 00:08:06.500 We need to read it carefully. 00:08:06.500 --> 00:08:08.600 That it says, 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:15.079 if we ask anything according to his will, 00:08:15.660 --> 00:08:17.060 he hears us. 00:08:18.259 --> 00:08:20.839 Our children ask us for all kinds of things. 00:08:21.899 --> 00:08:23.779 New phones, new clothes. 00:08:24.699 --> 00:08:25.839 Can I stay up late? 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:30.360 They even have the cheek of asking us for lunch and dinner. 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:34.080 Now, we don't give them everything they ask for. 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:35.480 We do feed them, by the way, 00:08:35.580 --> 00:08:37.899 just in case you're not sure. 00:08:39.139 --> 00:08:42.320 But we only give to them what we think is best and right. 00:08:42.800 --> 00:08:44.820 What's going to benefit their life. 00:08:45.560 --> 00:08:46.680 The same as Emma. 00:08:46.820 --> 00:08:48.019 She asks her mum and dad, 00:08:48.300 --> 00:08:50.360 they will only give to her 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:52.620 what is going to be good for her life. 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:54.139 In the same way, 00:08:54.200 --> 00:08:56.639 God doesn't give us everything we ask for, 00:08:57.320 --> 00:08:59.659 but only what is according to his will. 00:08:59.659 --> 00:09:00.539 In other words, 00:09:00.620 --> 00:09:03.679 what is best and right for the children of God. 00:09:03.939 --> 00:09:05.100 He is a generous father 00:09:05.100 --> 00:09:07.219 who gives good gifts to his children 00:09:07.219 --> 00:09:11.679 so that we can live in a good relationship 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:14.339 and right relationship with him. 00:09:15.219 --> 00:09:17.419 So first, if our trust is in Jesus, 00:09:18.059 --> 00:09:21.719 we have confidence that God hears us. 00:09:23.139 --> 00:09:24.339 Here's the second one. 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:25.779 If our trust is in Jesus, 00:09:25.779 --> 00:09:29.259 we have confidence that God forgives us. 00:09:30.100 --> 00:09:31.939 Look at verse 16. 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:34.199 Here we are given an example 00:09:34.199 --> 00:09:37.299 of what to ask God for when we should pray. 00:09:37.459 --> 00:09:38.199 It's a hard one. 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:39.339 What should I pray for? 00:09:39.659 --> 00:09:41.860 Well, he goes on to tell us in verse 16. 00:09:42.860 --> 00:09:46.279 If anyone sees his brother or sister 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:49.139 commit a sin that does not lead to death, 00:09:49.699 --> 00:09:50.939 he should pray 00:09:50.939 --> 00:09:53.899 and God will give him life. 00:09:53.899 --> 00:09:57.039 So, through prayer, 00:09:57.179 --> 00:09:59.240 we should ask God for forgiveness. 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:04.179 But, not everyone can experience forgiveness. 00:10:05.439 --> 00:10:06.799 Read on in verse 16. 00:10:06.899 --> 00:10:08.779 I refer to those whose sin 00:10:08.779 --> 00:10:11.000 does not lead to death. 00:10:12.100 --> 00:10:14.419 There is a sin that leads to death. 00:10:15.139 --> 00:10:17.439 I am not saying that he should pray about that. 00:10:17.440 --> 00:10:21.020 Are you confused there with that statement? 00:10:21.660 --> 00:10:23.220 Because I was for a long time 00:10:23.220 --> 00:10:24.140 as I was reading it. 00:10:24.400 --> 00:10:25.900 What's all this about this 00:10:25.900 --> 00:10:27.600 leads to death 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:29.920 and something that does not lead to death? 00:10:30.840 --> 00:10:32.560 Well, I think there's two things here. 00:10:33.860 --> 00:10:35.240 There's the prayer of the believer. 00:10:35.400 --> 00:10:36.620 First, we have the sin 00:10:36.620 --> 00:10:39.660 that does not lead to death. 00:10:40.100 --> 00:10:41.300 Verse 16. 00:10:41.299 --> 00:10:42.500 Again, let's read it. 00:10:42.779 --> 00:10:45.259 If anyone sees his brother commit a sin 00:10:45.259 --> 00:10:47.719 that does not lead to death, 00:10:48.599 --> 00:10:49.519 he should pray 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:50.899 and God will give him life. 00:10:51.839 --> 00:10:53.199 So, there's a promise there 00:10:53.199 --> 00:10:54.359 that for the believer, 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:56.039 the person who trusts in Jesus, 00:10:56.579 --> 00:10:58.599 when we pray in repentance 00:10:58.599 --> 00:10:59.859 with each other 00:10:59.859 --> 00:11:01.719 and for each other, 00:11:02.219 --> 00:11:03.419 he will forgive us. 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:06.199 We are assured 00:11:06.199 --> 00:11:09.000 of eternal life. 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:10.639 We are assured of forgiveness. 00:11:12.059 --> 00:11:13.179 Keep your finger there 00:11:13.179 --> 00:11:13.979 and just flick back 00:11:13.979 --> 00:11:16.219 to chapter 1 of 1 John. 00:11:16.319 --> 00:11:17.639 Look at this wonderful promise 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:18.279 that we have 00:11:18.279 --> 00:11:20.339 in chapter 1, verse 9. 00:11:22.899 --> 00:11:24.000 Maybe you're thinking, 00:11:24.339 --> 00:11:25.559 maybe there are sins 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:27.219 that God cannot forgive 00:11:27.219 --> 00:11:29.679 or that God will not forgive. 00:11:30.859 --> 00:11:31.579 Well, look at this 00:11:31.579 --> 00:11:32.839 in chapter 1, verse 9. 00:11:32.839 --> 00:11:35.779 If we confess our sins, 00:11:36.299 --> 00:11:38.319 he is faithful and just 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:40.660 and will forgive us 00:11:40.660 --> 00:11:43.660 and purify us 00:11:43.660 --> 00:11:47.040 from all unrighteousness. 00:11:48.660 --> 00:11:50.580 And the reason he will forgive us, 00:11:50.660 --> 00:11:52.460 if we look at chapter 2, verse 2, 00:11:53.080 --> 00:11:54.300 a couple of lines down, 00:11:55.340 --> 00:11:56.440 he, that's Jesus, 00:11:56.600 --> 00:11:58.379 is the atoning sacrifice 00:11:58.379 --> 00:11:59.540 for our sins, 00:11:59.860 --> 00:12:00.800 not only for ours, 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:01.940 but also for the sins 00:12:01.940 --> 00:12:03.480 of the whole world. 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:05.500 Jesus died on the cross 00:12:05.500 --> 00:12:06.539 taking the blame 00:12:06.539 --> 00:12:07.440 for all the things 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:08.519 that we have done wrong 00:12:08.519 --> 00:12:10.420 so that we can be forgiven. 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:13.320 So, let's put this 00:12:13.320 --> 00:12:14.080 into practice. 00:12:14.539 --> 00:12:15.920 If I commit a sin, 00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:18.860 if you see me 00:12:18.860 --> 00:12:21.039 drunk one night, 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:22.820 or if you hear me 00:12:22.820 --> 00:12:24.259 speaking unkindly 00:12:24.259 --> 00:12:24.940 to someone, 00:12:25.379 --> 00:12:26.700 rather than look down 00:12:26.700 --> 00:12:27.399 on me and go, 00:12:27.800 --> 00:12:28.779 isn't that terrible, 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:30.080 and start gossiping, 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:32.500 you should get alongside me 00:12:32.500 --> 00:12:32.980 as it says, 00:12:33.060 --> 00:12:34.000 if you see your brother 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:34.720 commit a sin, 00:12:35.400 --> 00:12:36.900 you should pray for him. 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:39.379 Pray with him 00:12:39.379 --> 00:12:42.259 that we would receive 00:12:42.259 --> 00:12:44.000 God's forgiveness. 00:12:45.620 --> 00:12:46.879 So, we have confidence 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:48.060 that God forgives us. 00:12:48.139 --> 00:12:48.920 We can pray 00:12:48.920 --> 00:12:50.700 and he will forgive. 00:12:52.259 --> 00:12:53.080 But that was just 00:12:53.080 --> 00:12:54.259 one side of the prayer. 00:12:54.620 --> 00:12:55.320 Have a look back 00:12:55.320 --> 00:12:57.000 at 1 John chapter 5, 00:12:57.060 --> 00:12:58.120 verse 16. 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:00.560 So, we've looked at the sin 00:13:00.560 --> 00:13:02.399 that does not lead to death, 00:13:02.960 --> 00:13:04.980 whereby we receive forgiveness, 00:13:06.019 --> 00:13:07.159 assurance of life, 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:09.960 but then we have the sin 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:12.659 that does lead to death. 00:13:14.139 --> 00:13:14.860 Do you see it there 00:13:14.860 --> 00:13:16.080 at the end of verse 16? 00:13:16.179 --> 00:13:16.539 He said, 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:17.820 there is a sin 00:13:17.820 --> 00:13:19.860 that leads to death. 00:13:20.620 --> 00:13:21.779 I am not saying 00:13:21.779 --> 00:13:23.299 that you should pray about that. 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:25.419 You see, 00:13:25.500 --> 00:13:26.200 for the person 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:29.259 who does not believe, 00:13:30.180 --> 00:13:32.120 there is no promise 00:13:32.120 --> 00:13:32.840 of forgiveness 00:13:32.840 --> 00:13:34.960 because they have rejected 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:35.780 the very one 00:13:35.780 --> 00:13:37.500 who makes forgiveness possible. 00:13:38.520 --> 00:13:40.400 If Jesus is the person 00:13:40.400 --> 00:13:42.700 who is the one 00:13:42.700 --> 00:13:44.259 who deals with our sin, 00:13:44.960 --> 00:13:46.300 but if I reject him 00:13:46.300 --> 00:13:47.220 and turn against him 00:13:47.220 --> 00:13:47.480 and say, 00:13:47.580 --> 00:13:48.800 I want nothing to do 00:13:48.800 --> 00:13:49.379 with Jesus, 00:13:50.420 --> 00:13:51.940 then how could I possibly 00:13:51.940 --> 00:13:52.600 be forgiven? 00:13:52.600 --> 00:13:55.399 If I reject Jesus, 00:13:56.139 --> 00:13:58.879 I cannot be forgiven. 00:13:59.960 --> 00:14:01.159 All we face 00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:03.200 is death. 00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:04.860 That's what it means, 00:14:04.940 --> 00:14:06.820 the sin that leads to death. 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:08.560 To refuse Jesus 00:14:08.560 --> 00:14:10.980 means an eternal separation 00:14:10.980 --> 00:14:11.740 from God. 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:13.720 It is the fearful reality 00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:15.379 of hell itself. 00:14:15.379 --> 00:14:19.580 There is no assurance 00:14:19.580 --> 00:14:21.320 of life 00:14:21.320 --> 00:14:22.720 for those 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:24.220 who turn against Jesus. 00:14:25.080 --> 00:14:26.220 But for the believer, 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:27.879 even when we do sin, 00:14:28.179 --> 00:14:29.600 even when we mess up 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:30.179 and fail, 00:14:30.460 --> 00:14:31.620 we can be confident 00:14:31.620 --> 00:14:32.399 that our sins 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:32.939 are forgiven. 00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:34.679 Every single one 00:14:34.679 --> 00:14:35.779 of them can be forgiven 00:14:35.779 --> 00:14:38.399 because of our trust 00:14:38.399 --> 00:14:40.120 in Jesus. 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:42.440 So if you see 00:14:42.440 --> 00:14:43.720 another believer 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:45.480 who has fallen, 00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:47.639 don't gossip about them, 00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:49.019 don't look down at them 00:14:49.019 --> 00:14:50.160 and criticise them, 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:52.040 get alongside them, 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:53.420 pray with them 00:14:53.420 --> 00:14:54.460 and for them 00:14:54.460 --> 00:14:55.960 in repentance 00:14:55.960 --> 00:14:56.860 and confession 00:14:56.860 --> 00:14:58.960 that we might be 00:14:58.960 --> 00:15:00.080 forgiven. 00:15:01.080 --> 00:15:02.660 So we have confidence 00:15:02.660 --> 00:15:04.580 that God hears us 00:15:04.580 --> 00:15:06.100 and that God forgives us. 00:15:06.800 --> 00:15:07.800 Here's the third one, 00:15:07.860 --> 00:15:08.639 we have confidence 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:09.860 because God 00:15:09.860 --> 00:15:11.500 keeps us. 00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:13.559 If our trust 00:15:13.559 --> 00:15:14.220 is in Jesus, 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:15.100 we have confidence 00:15:15.100 --> 00:15:16.460 that God will keep us. 00:15:17.340 --> 00:15:17.600 You see, 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:18.139 the promise 00:15:18.139 --> 00:15:19.159 of eternal life 00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:20.100 isn't just a gift 00:15:20.100 --> 00:15:20.679 from God 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:20.980 saying, 00:15:21.299 --> 00:15:22.000 here you are, 00:15:22.620 --> 00:15:23.159 but you better 00:15:23.159 --> 00:15:24.200 hold on to it. 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:25.600 No, 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:26.159 it is something 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:27.460 that God holds on to 00:15:27.460 --> 00:15:27.840 for us. 00:15:27.940 --> 00:15:28.879 Remember the illustration 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:29.559 at the beginning? 00:15:30.259 --> 00:15:31.179 Whether you're tickled 00:15:31.179 --> 00:15:31.840 or punched, 00:15:32.340 --> 00:15:35.340 life will be held on to 00:15:35.340 --> 00:15:36.379 by God. 00:15:38.980 --> 00:15:40.299 Look at verse 18. 00:15:41.500 --> 00:15:43.940 We know that anyone 00:15:43.940 --> 00:15:45.200 born of God 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:47.679 does not continue 00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:48.399 to sin. 00:15:50.700 --> 00:15:51.100 You know, 00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:52.139 when Emma was born, 00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:54.759 she received two things 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:55.940 from her parents. 00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:58.240 She received natural, 00:15:58.460 --> 00:15:59.259 physical life 00:15:59.259 --> 00:16:01.539 and she received 00:16:01.539 --> 00:16:02.940 something of the nature 00:16:02.940 --> 00:16:03.940 of her parents. 00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:05.139 Now, 00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:05.840 I'll let you decide 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:06.659 if that's a good thing 00:16:06.659 --> 00:16:07.360 or a bad thing. 00:16:07.820 --> 00:16:07.919 Hmm? 00:16:08.259 --> 00:16:09.440 I'm sure it's a good thing. 00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:10.960 She's received life 00:16:10.960 --> 00:16:11.720 from her parents 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:12.820 and she received 00:16:12.820 --> 00:16:13.920 something of the nature 00:16:13.920 --> 00:16:14.800 of her parents. 00:16:15.640 --> 00:16:16.460 So because Emma 00:16:16.460 --> 00:16:17.580 has simply been born 00:16:17.580 --> 00:16:18.720 of Connor and Sarah, 00:16:19.180 --> 00:16:20.100 as she grows up, 00:16:20.180 --> 00:16:21.100 she will begin 00:16:21.100 --> 00:16:22.120 to look like them. 00:16:23.040 --> 00:16:24.160 And you'll even discover 00:16:24.160 --> 00:16:24.760 that she will 00:16:24.760 --> 00:16:26.700 develop behaviours 00:16:26.700 --> 00:16:27.440 like them. 00:16:29.180 --> 00:16:29.520 Now, 00:16:29.560 --> 00:16:30.460 that's a sign 00:16:30.460 --> 00:16:31.040 that Emma 00:16:31.040 --> 00:16:32.020 is a child 00:16:32.020 --> 00:16:34.040 of Connor and Sarah. 00:16:34.220 --> 00:16:35.400 That's what makes her unique. 00:16:35.540 --> 00:16:36.180 That's what makes her 00:16:36.180 --> 00:16:37.620 different to every other child. 00:16:37.620 --> 00:16:40.080 Now, 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:41.080 when we are born 00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:41.659 of God, 00:16:41.820 --> 00:16:43.379 not only do we receive 00:16:43.379 --> 00:16:44.460 eternal life 00:16:44.460 --> 00:16:45.139 from God, 00:16:46.299 --> 00:16:47.299 but we begin 00:16:47.299 --> 00:16:48.419 to reflect something 00:16:48.419 --> 00:16:49.440 of God's nature 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:50.019 and character. 00:16:50.179 --> 00:16:51.560 We begin to behave 00:16:51.560 --> 00:16:53.820 like God. 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:54.740 And the sign 00:16:54.740 --> 00:16:55.500 that we are born 00:16:55.500 --> 00:16:55.899 of God, 00:16:55.980 --> 00:16:56.980 the sign that we are 00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:57.700 God's children 00:16:57.700 --> 00:16:59.299 is our attitude 00:16:59.299 --> 00:16:59.919 to sin. 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:00.620 Look again 00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:01.379 at verse 18. 00:17:01.580 --> 00:17:01.960 He says, 00:17:02.019 --> 00:17:02.680 we know that anyone 00:17:02.680 --> 00:17:03.500 born of God 00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:04.519 does not continue 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:05.079 to sin. 00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:06.919 Now, 00:17:06.939 --> 00:17:07.619 that's a problem 00:17:07.619 --> 00:17:08.419 because I know 00:17:08.419 --> 00:17:09.279 that I continue 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:09.799 to sin. 00:17:10.159 --> 00:17:10.639 Do you? 00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:13.919 No nods. 00:17:15.059 --> 00:17:16.099 You can nod away. 00:17:16.179 --> 00:17:16.579 It's alright. 00:17:16.740 --> 00:17:17.539 We do continue 00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:18.000 to sin. 00:17:18.159 --> 00:17:18.339 So, 00:17:18.699 --> 00:17:19.759 does that mean 00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:21.139 we're not meant 00:17:21.139 --> 00:17:21.899 to sin at all? 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:23.039 Well, 00:17:23.059 --> 00:17:23.859 he's just told us, 00:17:23.919 --> 00:17:24.159 didn't he, 00:17:24.179 --> 00:17:24.939 in verse 16 00:17:24.939 --> 00:17:25.699 that we should pray 00:17:25.699 --> 00:17:26.319 for forgiveness. 00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:26.879 So, 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:28.279 it can't possibly mean 00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:29.819 sinless perfection. 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:32.039 What it does mean, 00:17:32.139 --> 00:17:33.240 this not continue 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:33.759 to sin, 00:17:34.180 --> 00:17:35.380 is our whole 00:17:35.380 --> 00:17:37.059 attitude towards sin. 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:39.200 Rather than tolerate sin, 00:17:39.500 --> 00:17:41.599 I now hate my sin. 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:43.859 Instead of hiding my sin, 00:17:44.140 --> 00:17:46.240 I now confess my sin 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:48.039 as a sign of the life 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:49.980 that God has given me. 00:17:50.160 --> 00:17:51.700 I have been born of God. 00:17:51.900 --> 00:17:53.059 I have been given life 00:17:53.059 --> 00:17:54.200 and now I have a new way 00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:54.720 to live. 00:17:55.680 --> 00:17:56.799 And that life 00:17:56.799 --> 00:17:58.940 is kept 00:17:58.940 --> 00:18:00.799 by God. 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:01.740 Look at the rest 00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:02.460 of verse 18. 00:18:02.579 --> 00:18:03.660 We'll read 18 again. 00:18:04.299 --> 00:18:05.220 We know that anyone 00:18:05.220 --> 00:18:05.960 born of God 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:06.900 does not continue 00:18:06.900 --> 00:18:07.440 to sin. 00:18:08.180 --> 00:18:08.759 The one 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:10.920 who was born of God, 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:12.359 so it's changed there, 00:18:12.380 --> 00:18:13.400 I want you to notice that. 00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:13.599 So, 00:18:13.660 --> 00:18:14.299 the first one, 00:18:14.819 --> 00:18:15.640 we know that anyone 00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:16.500 born of God, 00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:18.099 that's people like us 00:18:18.099 --> 00:18:19.180 who trust in Jesus, 00:18:20.059 --> 00:18:20.960 do not continue 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:21.519 to sin. 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:22.940 The one 00:18:22.940 --> 00:18:24.519 who was born of God, 00:18:25.180 --> 00:18:26.099 that's now referring 00:18:26.099 --> 00:18:26.799 to Jesus, 00:18:27.740 --> 00:18:29.420 keeps him safe 00:18:29.420 --> 00:18:30.820 and the evil one 00:18:30.820 --> 00:18:32.240 cannot harm him. 00:18:33.880 --> 00:18:34.480 Jesus 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:36.039 keeps us safe. 00:18:37.259 --> 00:18:37.720 You see, 00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:38.460 the only one 00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:39.060 that can 00:18:39.060 --> 00:18:40.360 keep us 00:18:40.360 --> 00:18:41.740 from receiving life, 00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:43.120 the only one 00:18:43.120 --> 00:18:44.180 that can stop us 00:18:44.180 --> 00:18:45.160 from enjoying 00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:46.560 eternal life, 00:18:46.820 --> 00:18:48.100 is the evil one 00:18:48.100 --> 00:18:50.360 or Satan himself. 00:18:51.400 --> 00:18:51.920 But, 00:18:52.620 --> 00:18:54.039 verse 18 tells us, 00:18:54.080 --> 00:18:55.380 he can do nothing 00:18:55.380 --> 00:18:56.800 to take away 00:18:56.800 --> 00:18:57.500 that life. 00:18:57.500 --> 00:18:59.140 The reason is, 00:18:59.579 --> 00:19:00.660 in chapter 3, 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:01.240 verse 8, 00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:02.259 we read this, 00:19:03.940 --> 00:19:05.160 The reason 00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:06.180 the Son of God 00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:06.680 appeared 00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:08.779 was to destroy 00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:09.839 the devil's 00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:10.740 work. 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:12.400 Through his death 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:13.059 on the cross, 00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:14.460 Jesus defeated 00:19:14.460 --> 00:19:15.279 our enemy, 00:19:15.859 --> 00:19:16.440 the devil, 00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:17.640 Satan himself. 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:18.960 He rescued us 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:20.180 from a life of death 00:19:20.180 --> 00:19:21.160 and he now 00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:22.400 keeps us secure 00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:24.039 in eternal life. 00:19:24.819 --> 00:19:25.140 So, 00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:26.539 not even Satan 00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:27.819 can take away 00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:28.339 what God 00:19:28.339 --> 00:19:29.299 has given to us. 00:19:29.619 --> 00:19:30.159 It is like 00:19:30.159 --> 00:19:30.899 God writes 00:19:30.899 --> 00:19:31.740 his name 00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:32.899 on the palm 00:19:32.899 --> 00:19:33.659 of his hand 00:19:33.659 --> 00:19:35.440 and closes it. 00:19:36.259 --> 00:19:37.000 Nothing can 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:37.799 ever take away 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:38.519 the name 00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:40.019 from us, 00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:40.839 from God, 00:19:41.399 --> 00:19:41.960 if we are 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:43.539 trusting in him. 00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:46.019 Verse 19 reads, 00:19:46.099 --> 00:19:46.779 We know 00:19:46.779 --> 00:19:47.759 or we have 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.759 this confidence 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:49.920 that we are 00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:51.039 children of God 00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:52.019 and that the 00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:52.659 whole world 00:19:52.659 --> 00:19:53.279 is under the 00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:53.980 control of the 00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:54.480 evil one. 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:55.140 Yes, 00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:56.240 we live in a 00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:56.700 world where 00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:57.380 it is difficult 00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:58.319 to be a Christian. 00:19:58.960 --> 00:19:59.980 We will struggle 00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:00.839 with our sin 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:01.579 every day. 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.700 We will battle 00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:03.740 with our temptation 00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:04.559 every day. 00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:06.880 But just as God 00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:07.759 has given us 00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:08.319 the gift of 00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:09.120 eternal life, 00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:10.900 he will keep us 00:20:10.900 --> 00:20:12.680 in that eternal life. 00:20:13.640 --> 00:20:14.839 That is the promise 00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:16.160 of God. 00:20:17.120 --> 00:20:17.860 The fourth 00:20:17.860 --> 00:20:18.700 and the last one. 00:20:19.779 --> 00:20:20.779 If our trust 00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:21.500 is in Jesus, 00:20:22.399 --> 00:20:24.039 we have confidence 00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:25.920 because God 00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:27.899 is in us. 00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:29.920 Eternal life 00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:30.359 with God 00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:30.859 isn't just 00:20:30.859 --> 00:20:31.559 something in the 00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:32.420 future to look 00:20:32.420 --> 00:20:33.039 forward to. 00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:34.660 It is something 00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:35.899 that we experience 00:20:35.899 --> 00:20:37.220 every single day 00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:38.899 as we walk 00:20:38.899 --> 00:20:39.799 our life with him. 00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:40.660 Not just 00:20:40.660 --> 00:20:41.539 an eternal 00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:42.240 idea, 00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:44.440 but a 00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:44.920 today 00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:46.379 idea. 00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:47.940 God 00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:48.799 lives 00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:50.180 in us. 00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:50.579 Look at 00:20:50.579 --> 00:20:51.299 verse 20. 00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:53.419 Chapter 5, 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:54.139 verse 20. 00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:55.839 We know, 00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:56.940 again it's that 00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:58.019 word confidence 00:20:58.019 --> 00:20:58.500 again, 00:20:58.659 --> 00:20:59.819 we have this 00:20:59.819 --> 00:21:00.700 confidence that 00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:01.859 the Son of God 00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:02.759 has come 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:04.480 and has 00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:05.359 given us 00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:06.279 understanding 00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:08.079 so that we 00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:08.779 may know 00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.220 him 00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:10.339 who is true. 00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:12.039 God is the 00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:12.839 one who opens 00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:13.539 up our minds 00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:14.779 to understand 00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:16.019 who Jesus 00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:16.440 is. 00:21:16.639 --> 00:21:17.220 Not just 00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:17.899 intellectually 00:21:17.900 --> 00:21:18.460 with our 00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:19.000 minds, 00:21:19.560 --> 00:21:19.900 but 00:21:19.900 --> 00:21:21.180 experientially 00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:21.620 with our 00:21:21.620 --> 00:21:22.220 hearts. 00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.660 It tells us 00:21:23.660 --> 00:21:24.200 there in 00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:24.840 verse 20, 00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:25.960 so that we 00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:26.840 may know 00:21:26.840 --> 00:21:27.700 him who's 00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.000 true. 00:21:28.340 --> 00:21:29.100 That know 00:21:29.100 --> 00:21:30.000 is not just 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:30.740 I know 00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.660 he exists, 00:21:32.380 --> 00:21:33.120 an intellectual 00:21:33.120 --> 00:21:34.100 knowledge, 00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:35.540 but I know 00:21:35.540 --> 00:21:36.100 him in a 00:21:36.100 --> 00:21:36.720 relational, 00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.960 experiential 00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:38.200 way. 00:21:38.580 --> 00:21:39.460 I know 00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:39.860 him. 00:21:40.820 --> 00:21:41.259 And the 00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:41.800 reason why 00:21:41.800 --> 00:21:42.380 we know 00:21:42.380 --> 00:21:43.180 him is 00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:43.980 because God 00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:45.080 is in us 00:21:45.080 --> 00:21:45.640 by his 00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:46.100 spirit. 00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:47.159 have a look 00:21:47.159 --> 00:21:47.579 back at 00:21:47.579 --> 00:21:48.439 chapter 4 00:21:48.439 --> 00:21:50.039 verse 13. 00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:52.639 Read this 00:21:52.639 --> 00:21:53.099 with me 00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:53.379 here. 00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:54.059 Chapter 4 00:21:54.059 --> 00:21:54.839 verse 13. 00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:57.219 We know 00:21:57.219 --> 00:21:57.759 we have 00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.419 this life, 00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:58.839 we have 00:21:58.839 --> 00:21:59.639 this relationship 00:21:59.639 --> 00:22:00.419 because, 00:22:01.139 --> 00:22:01.899 look at 00:22:01.899 --> 00:22:02.579 verse 13, 00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:07.199 we know 00:22:07.199 --> 00:22:07.939 that we 00:22:07.939 --> 00:22:08.519 live in 00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:10.139 him and 00:22:10.139 --> 00:22:11.740 he lives 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.779 in us 00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:14.699 because he 00:22:14.699 --> 00:22:15.199 has given 00:22:15.199 --> 00:22:15.960 us of 00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:17.000 his spirit. 00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.599 Jump down 00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:19.419 to verse 15. 00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:20.639 If anyone 00:22:20.639 --> 00:22:21.899 acknowledges that 00:22:21.899 --> 00:22:22.919 Jesus is the 00:22:22.919 --> 00:22:23.720 son of God, 00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:24.980 and again 00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.599 that's if you 00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:26.399 trust in 00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:26.799 Jesus, 00:22:27.419 --> 00:22:28.460 God lives 00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:29.500 in him 00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:31.039 and he 00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.660 in God. 00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:35.019 You see, 00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:35.680 the spirit 00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.119 of God 00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:36.539 not only 00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.019 helps us 00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.980 to understand 00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.480 Jesus, 00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:40.240 but he 00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:40.940 makes Jesus 00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:41.519 a living 00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:42.500 experience 00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.700 in our 00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.299 life so 00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:44.680 that we 00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:45.700 enjoy his 00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.380 life in 00:22:46.380 --> 00:22:46.940 us every 00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:47.519 day because 00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.140 he is 00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:49.019 with us. 00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.779 But it's 00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.240 not just 00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:50.759 that God 00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.259 lives in 00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:51.700 us. 00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:52.980 Here's the 00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.480 other side 00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:53.759 of the 00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.059 coin. 00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:55.319 We 00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:56.619 live in 00:22:56.619 --> 00:22:57.420 God. 00:22:58.359 --> 00:22:58.759 Look at 00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.140 the rest 00:22:59.140 --> 00:22:59.619 of chapter 00:22:59.619 --> 00:23:00.079 5, 00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:00.839 verse 20. 00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:02.619 So God 00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:03.079 lives in 00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:03.420 us, 00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.779 but we 00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:05.500 also live 00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:06.059 in God. 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.099 Let's 00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:08.480 read the 00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:08.779 end of 00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.440 verse 20. 00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:10.819 And we 00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:11.759 are in 00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.279 him 00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:14.200 who is 00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:14.660 true, 00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:15.839 even 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.819 in 00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:17.519 his 00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:17.980 son 00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.779 Jesus 00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.819 Christ. 00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:21.960 We 00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:22.619 are in 00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:22.960 him. 00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.220 This is 00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.740 the deep 00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.279 personal 00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:26.220 and intimate 00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:27.359 joy that 00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:27.940 we have 00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:28.700 with God. 00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.599 He is 00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:30.180 not just 00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:30.740 a far 00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.579 out existing 00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:32.220 God who 00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:33.019 is away 00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.519 out there 00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:33.920 and who is 00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:34.720 uninterested 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.879 and uncaring 00:23:35.879 --> 00:23:36.299 with our 00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:36.839 lives in 00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:37.400 this world. 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