INTRO
1 John 5:13 – So that you may KNOW
2 Corinthians 13:5 – Let us examine ourselves
Assurance in our salvation = Confidence in our salvation
There are tests we should consider as we think through the assurance of our salvation. God lays them out perfectly for us in the book of 1 John.
The Test of Right Doctrine (Theological Test)
The Test of Right Living (Ethical Test)
The Test of Right Loving (Moral Test)
Do I know I have a personal relationship with God and that I am daily experience the joy of my salvation and the fellowship with the saints? – 1:3-4
Fellowship – to share, to have in common.
Joy – gladness
Full – complete
Do I walk in the light and flee from darkness? – 1:5-10
Light – Truth, Holiness
Darkness – Untruth, Unholy
Deceive – Cause to wander
Confess – agree with God. Denounce it. Forsake it.
Do I love His Word and strive to live in obedience to it? – 2:3-6
Know – To realize who He is and to grasp His greatness and glory.
Keep – have our eyes fixed upon…guarding a prisoner.
Practice righteousness– to perform and accomplish
v. 29; 3:10a
Do I demonstrate my love of God by the way that I treat others? – 3:10b-15; 2:9-11
The world hates… the world loves.
If we cannot love within the body of Christ, then how can we love outside the body.
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