Examine Yourselves as to Whether You Are in the Faith - updated, The Christian's Craving for God's Word - MacArthur, Sproul, Piper, Washer, Chan. Does The Bible Provide an Adequate Answer to Suffering? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. The Gospels If I, then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet." Would you have the Lord miss his purpose? Spurgeon left this earth for his heavenly hope in 1892. Johannine Writings If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him. The promise God makes, is suitable to his own greatness, power, and goodness; it is . He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. 1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: 2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. Some pretend to honour the Father while they dishonour the Son, but this can never really be done. A SERMON PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, 1904, DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON, ON LORD'S-DAY EVENING, SEP. 3RD, 1876. They may not know the great mysteries that the fathers have fathomed, they may not well know some things that the young men know, but even babes in Christ know the Father, and rejoice in his love. The Immortality of the Soul: In him was life, and that life was (efficiently and objectively) the light of men, Jn. it is very likely you would not obtain the desire that is now in your heart if you did that; for he that delights himself in God rises above the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and comes to desire that which God desires, and therefore it is that he wins the desire of his heart. They went out from us, but they were not of us: for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. Wisdom Literature You have overcome that wicked one who would easily have overcome you if you had been left to fight him by yourselves. Structure. If I came and preached to you, and if I had the tongues of men and of angels, yet if I did not seek to do as my Master did, what avails all that I can say? He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. 1 John 2:17. The Whole Bible Exegetical Commentary on 1 John 2:18-27. ", You must enable JavaScript to view all available content on this page, Counterfeit Cross updated - We Walk by Faith Pt II - Taking Up Our Cross. This is the aim of election; this is the object of redemption; this is the fruit of calling; this is the concomitant of justification; this is the evidence of adoption; this is the earnest of glory; that we should be holy, even as Christ is holy, and in this respect should wear the lineaments of the Son of God. We have had our sects and our divisions all through that copying of the lines of the boys, instead of looking to the top-line that the Master wrote. Message. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. The most persuasive sermon is the example which leads the way. And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. He became a Baptist and began preaching in rural Cambridgeshire. That devils trinity- the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life,-is not of the Father, but is of the world.. of the Traditional "Sermon" Concept, A Biblical Defense of Conditional Immortality, Biblically Dispelling the Myth of Eternal Torture. "He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk even as he walked" May the Spirit of God cause us to do it! And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 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Are not actions far more forcible than words? Immortality of the Soul or Resurrection? The Wisdom We Speak. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world. A new creature is essential to likeness to Christ: it is not possible that the carnal mind should wear the image of Jesus. 1 John 2:14. How much more emphatically John might write this verse if he were writing today! The beginning of Genesis 1:1 is simple: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. A Protest - Joseph Agar Beet D.D. 2. Whosoever denieth the Son the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father. Then, if you are not in Christ, you are out of Christ; and out of Christ your position is dangerous, terrible, ruinous. Not, he that doeth some great thing to be seen of men, not, he that builds a row of almshouses, or leaves a great mass of money to charity when he dies, because he could not possibly carry it away with him, not, he that sounds a trumpet before him to let everybody know what a good man he is; not, he that must needs outdistance everybody else; but, he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. Obedience to the will of God is the pathway to perpetual honour and everlasting joy. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. The everlasting love of God, the covenant made with Christ before the worlds were formed these are things that are very dear to you; and you prize beyond all other; him that is from the beginning.. I should think not. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point There is an arm that can reach you: there is a voice that calls you calls you even now; hear it: "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and besides me there is none else." GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Use semicolons to separate groups: 'Gen;Jdg;Psa-Mal' or 'Rom 3-12;Mat 1:15;Mat 5:12-22', There are options set in 'Advanced Options', The Whole Bible I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. Why, it becomes to them a thing of contempt. Listen to this text, "Delight thyself also in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart." It ought not, then, to be difficult to make a choice between these fleeting shadows and the everlasting substance. Come ye, then, to Christ for pardon, whether ye are Jews or Gentiles, whether ye are saints or sinners, whether ye are old or young, whether ye are moral or immoral, for God is both able and willing to forgive all manner of sin because of the propitiation offered by his well-beloved Son Jesus Christ the righteous.. For, once more, inasmuch as we are in Christ, we are now bound to live to Christ's glory, and this is a great means of glorifying Christ. A loving spirit, kind, generous, forgiving, unselfish, seeking the good of others,-this is one of the best proofs that our natural darkness has gone, and that true spiritual light is within us. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. The Apostle John warns the church and by extension he warns us that the hour has already come that there are many antichrist's in the world. Oh, my hearers, how shall I speak of you without tears? range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed Text Commentaries by C. H. Spurgeon Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892), often known today as the Prince of Preachers, began his pastorate at London's New KJV NKJV NLT NIV ESV CSB NASB20 NASB95. Joel 2. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 2 My dear children, I write this letter to you so that you will not sin. 1 John 2:20. 1 John 2:15. Ours is no transient union; while he lives as our Head we shall remain his members. By his person and personal names. He was called "The Prince of Preachers" because of his sermons. It is said to have been the distinguishing mark of Caesar as a soldier that he never said to his followers "Go!" You may teach your children at home, or teach them in the Sunday-school class; but if they see your lives to be Christless, prayerless, godless, they will not learn any good from you. Where enmity and hatred are till in the heart, it is proof positive that the grace of God is not there. I heard one say he liked to see men preach with their feet; and this is it, " they ought also so to walk even as Christ walked." There was the hiding of his power. Why is the church losing its young people? We have fled for refuge to him who is the hope set before us in the gospel; even as David and his men sheltered themselves in the eaves of En-gedi, so we hide ourselves in Christ. Did he not set us an example of bearing and forbearing? I can only just point out the direction in which you should sail if you would make a prosperous voyage. Many a man says, "I should like to have the desires of my heart" Brother, here is the royal road thereto, the King's ascent to his treasury "Delight thyself also in the Lord." Now in this respect we ought also to walk even as he walked. 1 John 2:17. There was the hiding of his power. What a heart-searching test this is! 1 John 2:1,2. Historical Books In every one of us the Father desires to see Christ, that so Christ may be glorified in every one of us. Our schoolmasters were not quite so wise then as schoolmasters are now. They sniff at it. You who know God and even the little children, the babes in Christ, know the Father, know all things; and you will not be led astray and deceived by these antichrists who have gone out into the world. "He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked." Christ lived for God, and for God alone; let us live after his fashion. Prophets Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. They wrote at the top of the page a certain line for us to follow, and a poor following it was. Enough self-denials come naturally in every Christian man's way to make him try whether he can deny himself in very deed for the Lord's sake. Of Alexander, also, it was noted that in weary marches he was sure to be on foot with his warriors, and in fierce attack's he always was in the van. When we read the word "ought," if we are honest men, we begin to look about us and to make enquiries as to the reason and the measure of this obligation. The overall theme of 2 John closely parallels 1 John's theme of a "recall to the fundamentals of the faith" or "back to the basics of Christianity" (vv. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall, continue in the Son, and in the Father. ", Counterfeit Cross - Bear or Burn: The Fruit of Obedience in the Parables of Christ - updated, Counterfeit Cross - What is a "Carnal Christian"? Your partnership makes all we do possible. Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. John Piper Feb 7, 1988. As the branch receives all its sap from the stem, so all the sap of spiritual life flows from Christ into us. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, (Hebrew/Greek Search by English Definition), * 'Number Delimiters' only apply to 'Paragraph Order', Search verses, phrases, and topics (e.g. Would you prayerfully consider a gift of support today? An "ought" is a compulsion to a true heart. What can we do to glorify Christ if we do not walk even as he walked? Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. John Piper Jul 20 . The Spirit of God will teach you as you need to know. Will you not turn the eye of faith that way, and trust him who was nailed to the tree on your behalf? That is all that little children need to know at first. Those men who are cavilling at what God does, questioning over what God has revealed, do not know him, for to know him is to adore him. What then? I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. From the time when Christ first began to preach, or when the gospel was first preached in your ears.. I seek not myself, but Christ. The Gospels Luke-Acts That which is of mans making is false, but the word of the Lord endureth for ever. 1 John 2:18-20 Whoever Remains is of God. John hints at the idea that Jesus showed His glory on the third day, and that His disciples believed in Him when they saw His glory. Now, the Spirit of God in every case works to the same result. "Oh," say you, "we are regular in our pews, hearing the gospel." The Meat and Drink of the New Nature "For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.". Amen and Amen. (Read 1 John 2:24-29) The truth of Christ, abiding in us, is a means to sever from sin, and unites us to the Son of God, John 15:3,4. Holiness of life is the best proof that we know God. I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his names sake. He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness, even until now. These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. For every curse he gave a blessing,,. 1 John 2:1. By which is meant, not only that Jesus Christ died for Gentiles as well as Jews, and for some of all nations, but that there is that in the atonement of Christ which might be sufficient for every creature under heaven if God had so chosen every creature, the limitation lying, not in the value of the atonement itself, but in the design and intention of the Eternal God. Never saw these seas a pilot so able to steer according to his own judgment, and never one so carefully to follow the channel as marked down in the chart. Pentateuch It is so much dung and sweepings of the street to them, and so it ought to be. These two things are such deadly opposites that they cannot live together where the love of the father is, there cannot be the love of the world. Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. 1 John 2:7. He has left his footprints that we may set our feet in them.Will we not joyfully fix our feet upon this royal road? And so it is with unholy Christians, too. ", We have entered into Christ as into the shadow of a great rock in a weary land, as guest; into a banquet-hall, as returning travellers into their home. That which was from, the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled of the Word of life; The fact that Christ was really in the flesh, that he was no phantom, no shadow mocking the eyes that looked upon him, is exceedingly important, and hence . NO. Oh, no, far from it; it is a sad case, but there is a remedy for it: and if any man sin,-. Old Testament Prophecy Fulfilled in Christ. Still the Christians object is sinless perfection, and though he will never have it till he gets to heaven, that is all the better because he will always then be pressing forward, and never reckoning that he has attained. He had been subject unto his parents, and had lived in obscurity. And Christ persevered in such living; he never turned aside from it at all; but as he lived so he died, still serving his God, obedient to his Father's will, even unto death. What does the phrase "gnashing of teeth" mean? In a word, Christ lived above this world; let us walk as he walked. Jehovah Tsidkenu: The Lord Our Righteousness, Election No Discouragement to Seeking Souls, Alas For Us, If Thou Wert All, and Nought Beyond, O Earth, Children Brought to Christ, and Not to the Font. << Previous | Index | Next >>. How it should humble us before the mercy-seat! As the poet says, You cannot be right in the rest Unless you think rightly of him., 1 John 2:23-28. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.. But, oh, the pleasure, the joy, the bliss of delighting in God! Poetical Books Yea, thy law is within heart." What value should we put upon gospel truth! Cookie Notice: Hell Under Fire - CIANZ Annual Conference Address, Jesus' Teaching on Hell - Samuel G. 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(Commenting and Commentaries) Apostolic instruction exemplified in First John; PAUL APPLE. This is one of the great objects of all that is written by inspiration, that we may be kept from sin. Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Commentary on 1 John 2:24-29. Following in the Non-conformist tradition, he quickly became one of Britain's most popular preachers. He cannot be a Christian unless this be true of him, and be cannot fully enjoy his religion unless he assuredly knows that he is in Christ, and can boldly say as much. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. 1:4. Pauline Epistles 1. January 30, 1887. It is child's work, certainly; but assuredly it is not child's play. So walk as he did who made himself of no reputation, but took upon himself the form of a servant. . Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. 1:1, and afterwards Life, intimating, withal, that he is intellectual life. Scriptures Relating to the Second Coming, Apocalypse of the Gospels - Milton S. Terry, Commentary on Matthew 24 - J. Some of the most powerful evidence that proves Jesus to be Whom he claimed to be is found in the historical fulfillment of the prophsies He foretold in the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 a.d. I dare say there was a good deal of slander and scandal in what they said; but I am also afraid that, if it were said today, there would be a vast deal of sorrowful truth in it. 1 John 1:1. The love of the world is essentially idolatry, and God will not be worshipped side . Thank you for registering. Luke-Acts The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. No man was ever so truly free as Jesus, and yet no man was so fully subservient to the heavenly will. Presented here is a verse by verse exposition of the New . He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. The Immortality of the Soul: A Protest - Joseph Agar Beet D.D. But if anyone sins, we have Jesus Christ to help us. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Study to show thyself approved . Again I remind you that obedience is essential to Christian discipleship. 1 John 2 Commentary; ANONYMOUS. We must go a little into detail; so I say, next, one main point in which we ought to walk according to the walk of our great Exemplar is obedience. Christ ought to be glorified by us, and therefore we ought to be like him, for if we are not, we cannot glorify him, but must dishonor him. But we are in him vitally, and therefore we dare ask the question, "Who shall separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord?" 9. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. If Jesus bids us do anything, he first does it himself. It is our union with the Christ that makes us Christians: by union with him as our life we truly live, live in the favour of God. And if any man sin, . Luke 2. First, it is needful to have a nature like that of Christ. How holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners is the man who tries to walk even as Christ walked. Is Sovereign the Best Descriptor for God? 1 John 2:12-3 (1982-85 Audio) (Chuck Smith) 1 John 2:10-15. And the third day there was a marriage in . General Epistles It is Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, one anointed by the Father for the whole office of mediation, the whole work of salvation, and consequently for that of the intercessor or advocate. Do not love the world nor the things in the world. - Herman Hanko, Problems and Limitations of the Traditional "Sermon" Concept, Quitting Church: Why the Faithful Are Fleeing - Ingrid Schlueter, Should One Man Be The Dominant, Focal-Point Of A Church Service. For this sinful world is directly opposed to the Father. The self-denials which we practise should be such as he prescribes us. Whoever comes to him shall receive deliverance from sin. Spurgeon's writings on the Bible fill dozens of volumes; his thoughts on particular passages are scattered across numerous books and sermons. You are thus tested when you are put in positions where you might get gain by an unrighteous act, or win fame by withholding a truth, or earn love and honour by pandering to the passions of those about you. It cannot be supposed that the Spirit of God in any case produces unholiness: the thought were blasphemy. Take care that you do not in all things copy any but Christ; for if I set my watch by the watch of one of my friends, and be sets his watch by that of another friend, we may all be wrong together. - Oscar Cullmann, Immortality or Resurrection? Set the wandering stars in their spheres, and rule them by the majestic sway of the sun, and then they will keep their happy estate, but not else. Our Saviour had lived on the earth for thirty years, and had worked no miracle. 1 John 2:26. Poor souls, abiding under the wrath of God! Veja mais. But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and in truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, we shall abide in him. And as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. Next, we ought to walk as Christ did in the matter of self-denial. - Darryl M. Erkel, Church Leaders and the Use of Honorific Titles, Feeding Sheep or Amusing Goats - Charles Spurgeon, House-Churches? 1 John 2:11-13. And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.