100:00:00,000 –> 00:00:16,719Any teaching that reduces Jesus to a man with special powers is a lie and it is an expression of the spirit of Antichrist.200:00:16,719 –> 00:00:25,780So chapter two in verse twenty two, who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ.300:00:25,799 –> 00:00:33,080This is the Antichrist, he who denies the father and the son.400:00:33,080 –> 00:00:39,480Welcome to open the Bible with pastor Colin Smith. I’m David Pick, glad you could be with us today.500:00:39,480 –> 00:00:45,279And Colin, if you ask ten different people who Jesus is, you might well get ten different answers.600:00:45,299 –> 00:00:49,320But today we’re going to hear what God says about who Jesus is.700:00:49,340 –> 00:00:53,540Yes, and that, of course, is what really matters.800:00:53,580 –> 00:00:58,980People, as you say, have all kinds of opinions that will live and die with them.900:00:58,980 –> 00:01:04,220The question is, what does God himself say about Jesus?1000:01:04,279 –> 00:01:08,040And John answers that question for us very, very clearly.1100:01:08,040 –> 00:01:13,239And we’re going to see in the first letter of John what we also see clearly in the gospels,1200:01:13,239 –> 00:01:17,760that Jesus is the Christ and that Jesus is the Son of God.1300:01:17,760 –> 00:01:19,779It’s stated so clearly.1400:01:19,779 –> 00:01:21,839We’re going to look at what that means.1500:01:21,839 –> 00:01:24,940We’re going to look not only at what we believe about Jesus,1600:01:24,940 –> 00:01:27,500but why we believe in Jesus.1700:01:27,500 –> 00:01:31,440And the whole of this is because we want to grow in assurance.1800:01:31,440 –> 00:01:36,080That is, we want to have greater peace and joy in being confident1900:01:36,080 –> 00:01:40,599that we really do have peace with God and that we really are headed to heaven.2000:01:40,599 –> 00:01:42,360And there are different ingredients in that.2100:01:42,360 –> 00:01:45,379We’ve been looking at that throughout the first letter of John.2200:01:46,160 –> 00:01:51,019is clarity of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ himself.2300:01:51,019 –> 00:01:53,660So this is really important that we’re looking at today.2400:01:53,660 –> 00:01:57,500So join us today, if you can, in 1 John 2.2500:01:57,500 –> 00:02:00,519And today is verses 18 to 27.2600:02:00,519 –> 00:02:05,260As we begin the message, assurance grows as you believe in God’s Son.2700:02:05,260 –> 00:02:06,540Here is Colin.2800:02:06,540 –> 00:02:13,860Now First John, as we’ve seen, was written to answer a very practical question.2900:02:13,880 –> 00:02:17,000How can I be sure that I’m a Christian?3000:02:17,000 –> 00:02:20,960How do I know that I really know God?3100:02:20,960 –> 00:02:25,839How do I know that I’m really in Christ?3200:02:25,839 –> 00:02:29,820And John offers three signs.3300:02:29,820 –> 00:02:34,160The first sign is that we obey God’s commands.3400:02:34,160 –> 00:02:41,500We saw that while no Christian obeys God’s commands perfectly, all Christians begin to3500:02:41,500 –> 00:02:42,880obey God’s command.3600:02:42,880 –> 00:02:48,520But if that was not the case, then we would still be walking in darkness.3700:02:48,520 –> 00:02:53,580The second sign that John gives to us is that we love God’s people.3800:02:53,580 –> 00:03:02,179Loving God’s people is a sure sign that the love of God actually is in us.3900:03:02,179 –> 00:03:07,139And today we come to the third sign, the third evidence of spiritual life.4000:03:07,139 –> 00:03:13,300The third way that you can know that you know God and that you are in Christ, and that4100:03:13,300 –> 00:03:17,520is that we believe in God’s son.4200:03:17,520 –> 00:03:22,979Now, we begin today at chapter 2 in verse 18, where John says,4300:03:22,979 –> 00:03:32,500Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that Antichrist is coming, so now4400:03:32,919 –> 00:03:37,500many antichrists have come.4500:03:37,500 –> 00:03:47,960So notice John tells us that it is the last hour, that Antichrist is coming and that already4600:03:47,960 –> 00:03:53,259many antichrists have come.4700:03:53,259 –> 00:04:01,839So the Antichrist singular is a person who will oppose Christ and all that He stands4800:04:01,839 –> 00:04:03,080for.4900:04:03,080 –> 00:04:13,339This person will be the embodiment of evil and he will arise at some point in the future.5000:04:13,339 –> 00:04:19,359But notice that even in the first century when John was writing he says that there were5100:04:19,359 –> 00:04:22,959many antichrists, plural.5200:04:23,179 –> 00:04:28,339So now many antichrists have come.5300:04:28,339 –> 00:04:35,700Now when John speaks about antichrists it would be very easy for us to picture a kind5400:04:35,700 –> 00:04:41,980of semi-human figure with a dark cloak and horns.5500:04:41,980 –> 00:04:48,859But what I want you to notice here is that John is talking about ordinary people.5600:04:48,940 –> 00:04:56,019Ordinary people who once were in the church and now have departed from it.5700:04:56,019 –> 00:05:04,720Chapter 2 in verse 19, they went out from us, but they were not off us.5800:05:04,720 –> 00:05:09,779Now who were these people and what did they believe?5900:05:09,779 –> 00:05:14,359Most likely they were followers of a man the name of Syrinthus.6000:05:15,160 –> 00:05:23,720And these people believed that Jesus was a man who was born and died like anyone else.6100:05:23,720 –> 00:05:26,160They denied the virgin birth.6200:05:26,160 –> 00:05:34,119They said that Jesus was the son of Mary and Joseph and they said that the Christ, by which6300:05:34,119 –> 00:05:42,320they meant a heavenly power came upon Jesus at His baptism, remained on Him during His6400:05:42,420 –> 00:05:45,320ministry and then left Him when He died.6500:05:45,320 –> 00:05:52,359In other words, they saw Jesus as a very special person with remarkable powers and a special6600:05:52,359 –> 00:05:53,779ministry.6700:05:53,779 –> 00:05:59,839They saw Him therefore as a kind of inspiration, as an example, showing what’s possible for6800:05:59,839 –> 00:06:06,179mortals like us when possessed by heavenly powers.6900:06:06,179 –> 00:06:14,540But John is very clear that any teaching that reduces Jesus to a man with special powers7000:06:14,540 –> 00:06:22,140is a lie, and it is an expression of the spirit of anti-Christ.7100:06:22,140 –> 00:06:26,880So chapter 2 in verse 22, who is the liar?7200:06:26,880 –> 00:06:34,220But he who denies that Jesus is the Christ, this is the antichrist.7300:06:34,260 –> 00:06:38,760He who denies the Father and the Son.7400:06:38,760 –> 00:06:43,440So notice that John is concerned about two denials here.7500:06:43,440 –> 00:06:52,940The liar denies that Jesus is the Christ and the liar denies that Jesus is the Son of God.7600:06:52,940 –> 00:07:02,920Robert Law who I’ve mentioned before says there are many lies and there are many liars,7700:07:02,920 –> 00:07:10,040but he who utters this lie is THE liar.7800:07:10,040 –> 00:07:11,040THE liar.7900:07:11,040 –> 00:07:14,980Who is THE liar, John says.8000:07:14,980 –> 00:07:18,279He who denies that Jesus is the Christ.8100:07:18,279 –> 00:07:23,339He who denies the Father and the Son.8200:07:23,339 –> 00:07:26,279So this is the big lie.8300:07:26,279 –> 00:07:34,160This is the arch lie that, in some shape or form, will go on being repeated down through8400:07:34,160 –> 00:07:39,260the centuries, down through the course of history, and whenever you hear it, what you8500:07:39,260 –> 00:07:45,320are hearing is the very voice of the Antichrist.8600:07:45,320 –> 00:07:50,899Now today, then, I want to focus on three things that arise directly from this theme8700:07:50,899 –> 00:07:53,119in 1 John.8800:07:53,160 –> 00:07:56,000The first is what we believe about Jesus.8900:07:56,000 –> 00:08:00,839Hard to imagine anything more important for us than this, to be absolutely clear about9000:08:00,839 –> 00:08:04,619what we believe in regards to Jesus.9100:08:04,619 –> 00:08:13,079Second, why we believe in Jesus, then thirdly how we can use this teaching of these signs9200:08:13,079 –> 00:08:16,920that we have been looking at in this first letter of John.9300:08:16,920 –> 00:08:21,519So first then is what we believe about Jesus, and it is clearly pointed to in the verse9400:08:21,519 –> 00:08:24,820that we have looked at already, chapter two and verse 22.9500:08:24,820 –> 00:08:32,260We believe two things distinctly about Jesus and the first is that Jesus is the Christ.9600:08:32,260 –> 00:08:35,440One John chapter five and verse one.9700:08:35,440 –> 00:08:44,280Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God.9800:08:44,400 –> 00:08:53,080So we saw chapter two and verse 22 that the anti-Christ denies that Jesus is the Christ.9900:08:53,080 –> 00:09:01,520But here John says the person who is born of God believes and confesses that Jesus is10000:09:01,520 –> 00:09:03,340the Christ.10100:09:03,340 –> 00:09:08,479In other words, the Christ is not some heavenly figure that came upon Jesus.10200:09:08,479 –> 00:09:13,599No, Jesus is the Christ.10300:09:13,599 –> 00:09:18,599And then, in one of the most important statements in the New Testament regarding our Lord Jesus,10400:09:18,599 –> 00:09:27,380in chapter 4 and verse 2, John says Jesus Christ has come in the flesh.10500:09:27,380 –> 00:09:32,159He is describing the incarnation.10600:09:32,159 –> 00:09:38,820God becoming a man in Christ Jesus.10700:09:38,840 –> 00:09:42,979Look for a moment at these words that John uses here.10800:09:42,979 –> 00:09:47,440They are absolutely pregnant with meaning.10900:09:47,440 –> 00:09:53,520Come points to where he was before.11000:09:53,520 –> 00:10:04,000Before he was here with us, the Son of God shared the life of the Father in heaven.11100:10:04,000 –> 00:10:13,299Jesus has come indicating that his coming was a historical event and that it is an abiding11200:10:13,299 –> 00:10:15,580reality.11300:10:15,580 –> 00:10:22,539Flesh tells us that he really does share our human nature.11400:10:22,539 –> 00:10:24,940God is spirit.11500:10:24,979 –> 00:10:33,780So, in taking flesh, the Son of God took upon himself that which is uniquely ours.11600:10:33,780 –> 00:10:39,460He identified himself fully with us.11700:10:39,460 –> 00:10:44,940Even the word in is loaded with significance.11800:10:44,940 –> 00:10:52,799The antichrists, they would’ve said that the Christ came into the flesh.11900:10:52,840 –> 00:10:54,679John says, no, no, no, no.12000:10:54,679 –> 00:10:57,000That’s not what it is.12100:10:57,000 –> 00:11:01,239The word actually became flesh.12200:11:01,239 –> 00:11:11,099God did more than indwell a man, God actually became a man.12300:11:11,099 –> 00:11:22,559And the union of God’s nature with ours is realized in a person and that person is Jesus Christ.12400:11:22,659 –> 00:11:32,880And this is why all our hope is in him because Jesus Christ has come in the flesh.12500:11:33,080 –> 00:11:43,239God had promised a Redeemer from the beginning of time, and God became the Redeemer that12600:11:43,239 –> 00:11:45,400He had promised.12700:11:45,400 –> 00:11:48,320Jesus is the Christ.12800:11:48,340 –> 00:11:52,799Jesus Christ has come in the flesh.12900:11:52,799 –> 00:11:55,679You’re listening to Open The Bible with Pastor Colin Smith.13000:11:55,679 –> 00:12:00,039And a message called, Assurance Grows As You Believe in God’s Son.13100:12:00,039 –> 00:12:05,960It’s part of our series, How Can I Be Sure?, all about having assurance of salvation.13200:12:05,960 –> 00:12:10,080And if you miss any of the messages, you can easily catch up or go back and listen again13300:12:10,080 –> 00:12:15,419online at our website openthebible.org.uk.13400:12:15,419 –> 00:12:16,780Back to The Message now.13500:12:16,780 –> 00:12:18,000Here again is Colin.13600:12:18,380 –> 00:12:24,760We believe that Jesus is the Christ, and then secondly we believe that Jesus is God’s Son.13700:12:24,760 –> 00:12:31,6401 John 4, in verse 15, whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God,13800:12:31,640 –> 00:12:37,359God abides in him and he in God.13900:12:37,359 –> 00:12:41,219Jesus is God’s Son.14000:12:41,219 –> 00:12:44,719He is the image of the invisible God.14100:12:44,880 –> 00:12:49,239We can’t see God, but in Jesus, we really do see him.14200:12:49,239 –> 00:12:52,919He’s the image of the invisible God.14300:12:52,919 –> 00:12:59,679He is the exact representation of his being.14400:12:59,679 –> 00:13:03,380Jesus really is God in the flesh.14500:13:03,380 –> 00:13:08,940He is one with the Father, so his words are the Father’s words.14600:13:08,940 –> 00:13:15,140His will is the Father’s will and his work is the Father’s work.14700:13:15,140 –> 00:13:21,340So in the Gospels, John tells us about an occasion where Philip, one of the disciples14800:13:21,340 –> 00:13:27,760of Jesus, said to Jesus, show us the Father.14900:13:27,760 –> 00:13:35,559And Jesus said to him, have I been with you so long and still you do not know me, Philip.15000:13:35,960 –> 00:13:42,840Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.15100:13:42,840 –> 00:13:46,299How can you say, show us the Father?15200:13:46,299 –> 00:13:53,799Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?15300:13:53,799 –> 00:13:57,080Now, this is what we believe.15400:13:57,080 –> 00:14:00,880Jesus is God’s son.15500:14:00,880 –> 00:14:04,119To see him is to see the Father.15600:14:04,119 –> 00:14:06,840To believe him is to believe the Father.15700:14:06,840 –> 00:14:09,760To honour him is to honour the Father.15800:14:09,760 –> 00:14:15,700He is in the Father and the Father is in him.15900:14:15,700 –> 00:14:23,080So, Christians believe that Jesus is the Christ and that Jesus is God’s son.16000:14:23,080 –> 00:14:28,479And John brings these two together in chapter 5 and verse 20, where he says,16100:14:28,479 –> 00:14:35,419And we know, that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding, so that we16200:14:35,419 –> 00:14:43,340may know him, that is the Father, who is true, and we are in him, who is true in his Son,16300:14:43,340 –> 00:14:45,539Jesus Christ.16400:14:45,539 –> 00:14:46,539You see what he’s saying?16500:14:46,539 –> 00:14:48,239It’s so wonderful.16600:14:48,239 –> 00:14:52,679Jesus is one with the Father.16700:14:52,679 –> 00:15:00,719So if you are in Christ, the Son, well, you are in God, the Father.16800:15:00,719 –> 00:15:09,619We are in him, who is true in his Son, Jesus Christ.16900:15:09,619 –> 00:15:18,979We believe that Jesus is the Christ, and we believe that Jesus is God’s Son.17000:15:19,700 –> 00:15:23,700Now, why do we believe these things about Jesus?17100:15:23,700 –> 00:15:29,739Why do we put our whole trust in him and stake our lives and our eternity on him?17200:15:29,739 –> 00:15:33,539We need to have some good reason for doing that.17300:15:33,539 –> 00:15:39,039I want you to see how John lays this out in chapter 5 of this wonderful letter.17400:15:39,039 –> 00:15:45,979The reason, he says, when you boil it all down, the reason that we believe what we believe17500:15:45,979 –> 00:15:52,159about the Lord Jesus, is the testimony of God himself.17600:15:52,159 –> 00:16:02,2191 John chapter 5 and verse 9, if we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God17700:16:02,219 –> 00:16:04,880is greater.17800:16:04,880 –> 00:16:13,020For this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his son.17900:16:13,919 –> 00:16:17,880Now all of us have benefited from books that we have read.18000:16:17,880 –> 00:16:19,960People that we have talked to.18100:16:19,960 –> 00:16:22,239Believers who have influenced us.18200:16:22,239 –> 00:16:26,059People who have laid out their testimony or their reason for faith.18300:16:26,059 –> 00:16:30,140We have all been molded and shaped by these things.18400:16:30,140 –> 00:16:33,239But what John says here is really important.18500:16:33,239 –> 00:16:37,880The ultimate reason why we believe in Jesus is not because of anything that other18600:16:37,880 –> 00:16:40,419people have said.18700:16:40,619 –> 00:16:44,799It is what God Himself has said about His Son.18800:16:44,799 –> 00:16:52,380Notice that he uses the phrase the testimony of God not once but twice in this very important18900:16:52,380 –> 00:16:54,299verse.19000:16:54,299 –> 00:17:00,960Now this matters because you could spend your entire life reading what people have said19100:17:00,960 –> 00:17:03,880about Jesus.19200:17:03,880 –> 00:17:09,500But there is one testimony about Jesus that matters more than any other and that clearly19300:17:09,599 –> 00:17:12,400is the testimony of God Himself.19400:17:12,400 –> 00:17:17,079What has God said in regards to Jesus?19500:17:17,079 –> 00:17:22,300And John makes clear in these remarkable verses that the testimony of God, the testimony that19600:17:22,300 –> 00:17:26,020really matters has come to us in 3 ways.19700:17:26,020 –> 00:17:29,880Through the water, through the blood and through the Spirit.19800:17:29,880 –> 00:17:32,819Look at verse 7 and verse 8 of chapter 5.19900:17:32,819 –> 00:17:35,520For there are three that testify.20000:17:35,699 –> 00:17:39,920Spirit and the water and the blood20100:17:39,920 –> 00:17:43,719and these three agree.20200:17:43,719 –> 00:17:53,420And this 3 fold testimony is verse 9, the testimony of God that He has born concerning20300:17:53,420 –> 00:17:54,599His Son.20400:17:54,599 –> 00:18:02,040But John is telling us that God testifies that Jesus is His Son through the water, through20500:18:02,040 –> 00:18:05,439the blood and through the Spirit.20600:18:05,479 –> 00:18:07,680What’s he referring to?20700:18:07,680 –> 00:18:12,760Well the water speaks of the baptism of Jesus.20800:18:12,760 –> 00:18:21,160Remember when Jesus was baptized the Spirit of God descended on Him as a dove and an audible20900:18:21,160 –> 00:18:30,439voice from heaven declared this is My beloved Son.21000:18:30,439 –> 00:18:32,079The testimony of God.21100:18:32,760 –> 00:18:35,859Let me read Matthew three in verses 16 and 17.21200:18:35,859 –> 00:18:42,560When Jesus was baptized immediately He went up from the water and behold the heavens were21300:18:42,560 –> 00:18:47,880opened to Him and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest21400:18:47,880 –> 00:18:48,839on Him.21500:18:48,839 –> 00:18:58,400And behold a voice from heaven said, This is my beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased.21600:18:58,420 –> 00:19:03,979We believe in Jesus because of the very Word of God.21700:19:03,979 –> 00:19:08,800The blood speaks of the death of Jesus.21800:19:08,800 –> 00:19:16,479And God has testified that the one who died on the cross is His Son and He testified to21900:19:16,479 –> 00:19:20,599it of course by raising Him from the dead.22000:19:20,599 –> 00:19:39,119Think about this, we did our very worst to Jesus, I mean mocking, spitting, scourging,22100:19:39,119 –> 00:19:43,280crucifying Him.22200:19:43,300 –> 00:19:51,339But God said, This is my son!22300:19:51,339 –> 00:19:57,160And demonstrated it by raising Him from the dead.22400:19:57,160 –> 00:20:03,719So the apostle Paul says in Romans chapter 1, he speaks about the gospel of God concerning22500:20:03,719 –> 00:20:07,359his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh.22600:20:07,400 –> 00:20:16,680He was declared to be the Son of God in power by the resurrection from the dead.22700:20:16,680 –> 00:20:21,900We believe in Jesus because of the word of the Father.22800:20:21,900 –> 00:20:30,359We believe in Jesus because the Father raised Him from the dead.22900:20:30,359 –> 00:20:35,380And we believe in Jesus because of the work of the Holy Spirit.23000:20:35,400 –> 00:20:43,199The Spirit is the Holy Spirit who dwells in the hearts of all who believe.23100:20:43,199 –> 00:20:53,660And Jesus said, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will bear witness about me.23200:20:53,680 –> 00:21:04,160What John is pointing to here surely is that God shows us personally that Jesus really23300:21:04,160 –> 00:21:14,640is his son and he convinces us of this wonderful truth by sending his Spirit into our hearts.23400:21:15,439 –> 00:21:25,300So John says in chapter 5 and verse 10, whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony23500:21:25,300 –> 00:21:28,020in himself.23600:21:28,020 –> 00:21:34,000So you see here is the threefold witness, the testimony of God, the testimony that matters23700:21:34,000 –> 00:21:37,420more than any other ever could.23800:21:37,420 –> 00:21:43,520God has declared that Jesus is his son through his baptism.23900:21:43,520 –> 00:21:51,160He has demonstrated that Jesus is his son by raising him from the dead, and he has shown24000:21:51,160 –> 00:22:00,760us that Jesus is his son by sending his spirit into our hearts.24100:22:00,760 –> 00:22:09,319God has borne testimony concerning his son.24200:22:39,319 –> 00:22:53,239Open the Bible is supported by our listeners, and if you are thinking about doing that for24300:22:53,239 –> 00:22:58,160the first time this month, we would like to offer you something in return.24400:22:58,160 –> 00:23:03,920If you are able to set up a new direct debit of £5 per month or more, or a one off gift24500:23:04,760 –> 00:23:08,719of 50 pounds or more, we’ll send you a copy of Pastor Colin Smith’s book –24600:23:08,719 –> 00:23:13,719The 10 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Finding Freedom in God’s Commands.24700:23:13,719 –> 00:23:18,199Along with 5 beautiful Psalm 23 Note Cards.24800:23:18,199 –> 00:23:22,079Colin what are you hoping that readers will take away from reading this book?24900:23:22,079 –> 00:23:28,439Well there are so many people who have only heard a message that is basically do this25000:23:28,439 –> 00:23:33,719and don’t do that. And have become tired of it and may even have walked away from it.25100:23:33,719 –> 00:23:38,319Folks who are listening to us right now and that’s been your experience, do this, do25200:23:38,319 –> 00:23:43,479this, do this, don’t do that, don’t do that and so forth and so on. And the wonderful25300:23:43,479 –> 00:23:49,900thing that’s at the very heart of the Gospel is that God GIVES what He commands. So when25400:23:49,900 –> 00:23:56,579we look at the 10 Commandments we’re looking at what God actually offers to give to us25500:23:56,579 –> 00:24:02,239by the power of His Holy Spirit when we put our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. He’s25600:24:02,260 –> 00:24:08,859able to give us a new life in which it’s possible to pursue purity, in which it’s possible25700:24:08,859 –> 00:24:15,239to find contentment, in which it’s possible for us to make wise and good use of our time.25800:24:15,239 –> 00:24:19,680All of these issues are addressed in the 10 Commandments and therefore they point to a25900:24:19,680 –> 00:24:26,000new life that is full of the most wonderful hope. If you’ve only heard a bunch of do’s26000:24:26,000 –> 00:24:30,839and don’ts, you haven’t yet discovered the good news of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus26100:24:31,280 –> 00:24:35,000Christ and so my hope and prayer for this book is that it will help many people to have26200:24:35,000 –> 00:24:40,359their eyes open to the new life that is possible through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.26300:24:40,359 –> 00:24:45,439So that’s our gift to you this month of September if you’re able to set up a new direct debit26400:24:45,439 –> 00:24:50,800of five pounds per month or more, or a one off gift of fifty pounds or more, to the work26500:24:50,800 –> 00:24:58,099of Open the Bible. Full terms and conditions on our website, that’s at openthebible.org.uk26600:24:58,199 –> 00:25:03,359And you can give online. 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