Sunday - 06/26/22 Series “Fellowship Divine: God’s Blueprint for Otherworldly Joy” Pt. 4b

Part 4b - The Fellowship's Anointing (1 John 2:24-29)

 

I. ___________ (and don't ___________) your worthy labors for God (2:24)

• The audience had not listened to the false teachers yet. They could take heart in that God was pleased with them. Why? Simply because they maintained pure doctrine and loved each other. This is all they needed to assure themselves before God (1 John 3:20)

II. _____________ the unmerited __________ God has shown you (2:25).

• The audience is being tempted by false teachers to deny Jesus is the Christ, yet this is the very doctrine which they believed for everlasting life (Cf. John 6:68). Thus this statement is an appeal based on a relationship already established.

III. ___________ the Spirit's ______________, not false gnosis of heretics (2:26-27)

• Don't look for answers in anything beyond what you have received through the Holy Spirit's testimony in the teaching of the apostles, which He confirms from with you (Rom. 8:16, 1 Cor. 4:6)

IV. _____________ your new birth so you are ____________ at Christ's return (2:28-29).

• As the return of Jesus is imminent, we must stay in the light to not be ashamed when He finally appears. If we wish to have confidence when Christ returns, we must be manifesting our new nature. How? We hold onto sound doctrine regarding the nature of Jesus and love one another. That is the sum of John's orthodoxy and orthopraxis.