Jesus is Truth November 13, 2016 "This would be the most unequivocal statement of the deity of Jesus Christ in the New Testament, which the champions of orthodoxy were quick to exploit against the heresy of Arius." (Stott)

1 John 20-21

1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Romans 5:6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

John 1:18 No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, He has made Him known.

John 14:9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know Me, Philip? Whoever has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

Matthew 11:27 All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

John 5:19 Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of His own accord, but only what He sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.

John 16:27 …for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.

John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

John 8:12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Nicene Creed (325 AD) I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.

John 17:3 And this is eternal life, that they know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

1 John 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

Spurgeon The enemy to fellowship with God is idolatry: embracing a false god, or a false idea of the true God. John rightly closes with this warning, after having spent much of the book warning us against the dangers of the false Jesus many were teaching in his day.

Spurgeon Adds: This speaks against obvious, visible idols. This speaks against worshipping yourself, by overindulgence in food or drink, by laziness, or by too much concern about how we look or what we wear. This speaks against worshipping wealth. This speaks against worshipping some hobby or pursuit. This speaks against worshipping dear friends or relatives.

1 John 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

For Our Consideration: Do we know the Truth – Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord? Are we experiencing life as Jesus promised? If not, why not? Have we bought into any lies that the world system feeds us? Is our view of God the Bible’s or an idol? Who or what is on the throne of our heart?

Prayer Focus Thank You Lord for the gift of eternal life in Christ Thank You Lord for revealing the Father to us Thank You Lord for the gift of the Scriptures Thank You Lord for another day to walk with you