1 st John 2 22 29 ChristCentered Fellowship

1 st John 2: 22 -29 Christ-Centered Fellowship The Person, The Purpose, The Promise

OUTLINE I) The Person (v. 22 -23) – Identity – Relationship II) The Purpose (v. 24) – Abide – Souls III) The Promise (vs. 25 -27) – Eternal Life – Anointing Benediction (vs. 28 -29)

Greek Inscription of “Good. News” “…sending him as a savior [σωτῆρα], both for us and for our descendants, that he might end war and arrange all things, and since he… by his appearance (excelled even our anticipation of the good news [εὐανγελίων])…”

I) The Person (vs. 22 -23) - Identity (v. 22) “Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. ”

I) The Person (vs. 22 -23) - Identity (v. 22) …of the Christian …of the Christ

I) The Person (vs. 22 -23) - Identity (v. 22) …of the Christian “Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. ”

I) The Person (vs. 22 -23) - Identity (v. 22) …of the Christ “Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. ”

I) The Person (vs. 22 -23) - Identity (v. 22) Historical Context - Gnosticism (2: 27) - Docetism (4: 2 -3) - Cerinthianism (2: 22)

The Road to Nicaea Misunderstandings of the Second Member of the Trinity THEN & NOW Arianism Modalism William A. Miller III Montanism ST 102 OL Trinitarianism August 2018 Adoptionism Docetism Ebionism

THE NICENE CREED The Nicene Creed was the result of a council that took place in Nicaea in AD 325, which sought to more thoroughly articulate the doctrine of the Trinity and the eternality and divinity of Jesus Christ in light of certain heresies prevalent in that day.

Then Description Now Ebionism “poor men” a Jewish sect Jesus = human prophet Liberation Theology, Jesus = martyr for the poor “I seem” Jesus = spirit only Modern Gnosticism, New Age Movements Jesus = man until he was “adopted” at baptism Seen in 19 th & 20 th century Liberal Theologies Jesus = a “mode” of God, not coexisting as Trinity Oneness Pentecostal Theology God = Father in OT, Jesus in Gospels, Spirit in Church Oneness Pentecostal Theology Jesus = a higher created being, and not fully God Unitarianism, Jehovah Witnesses, Mormonism (2 nd century) Docetism (1 st– 2 nd centuries) Adoptionism (2 nd– 3 rd, 8 th centuries) Modalism (3 rd century) Sabellianism (3 rd century) Arianism (3 rd– 4 th centuries)

THE NICENE CREED ( AD 325) “We believe… …in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, begotten from the Father, only-begotten, that is, from the substance of the Father, God from God, light from light, true God from true God, begotten not made, of one substance with the Father…”

I) The Person (vs. 22 -23) - Identity (v. 22) …of the Christ “Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. ”

I) The Person (vs. 22 -23) - Relationship (v. 23) “Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also. ”

II) The Purpose (v. 24) - Abide “As for you, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. ”

II) The Purpose (v. 24) - Abide John 15: 4, “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. ”

II) The Purpose (v. 24) - Abide “What is the state of the trellis and the vine at your church? ”

II) The Purpose (v. 24) - Souls

II) The Purpose (v. 24) - Souls

II) The Purpose (v. 24) - Souls

II) The Purpose (v. 24) - Souls

I) The Purpose (v. 24) - Souls

III) The Promise (vs. 25 -27) - Eternal Life (v. 25 -26) “This is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life. These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you. ”

III) The Promise (vs. 25 -27) - Anointing (v. 27) “As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him. ”

OUTLINE I) The Person (v. 22 -23) – Identity – Relationship II) The Purpose (v. 24) – Abide – Souls III) The Promise (vs. 25 -27) – Eternal Life – Anointing Benediction (vs. 28 -29)

1 st John 2: 22 -29 Christ-Centered Fellowship The Person, The Purpose, The Promise

Benediction (vs. 28 -29) “Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming. If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of Him. ”