665 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 2 Part 1 Book 56 - The True Light

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 1 * BOOK 56 The True Light I John 2:1-29 All right, getting back into The Word now in I John chapter 2, and we’re going to jump right in at verse 1, as we pretty much finished chapter 1 in our last taping. A gentleman’s agreement that Peter, James and John would stay with the Nation of Israel and Paul and Barnabas would go to the Gentiles, or non-Jewish world. Because the rest of the verse made reference to the Tribulation, and the next verse made reference to the Kingdom. Age. Of course, there are many things because the God of the Jewish economy is the God of Grace, and so this whole Book all fits together – but what’s written to Israel is intrinsic to Israel. What’s written by the Apostle Paul to the Church or to the Grace Age is intrinsically written for us. All right, so remember now this little Book is written to Jewish believers by the Apostle John. I John 2:1a "My little children,.…" Love!John is the Apostle that is always epitomizing love. John is just a heart of love. I John 2:1a "My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not…." Now Paul says much the same thing. Go back to Romans chapter 12, and verse 1. Paul just comes right out and says it. Romans 12:1-2a "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Basically the same thing – that you "sin not." You’re going to be living a life set apart for Christ. Now, back to I John, so John puts it this way. I John 2:1a "My little children these things write I unto you, that ye sin not…." Live lives that are beyond reproach. Human. And as humans we’re prone to sin. We may not go into the gross sins, but we’re all capable of sinning. Well, that’s sin. And I think those are the areas where most believers have to confront their sin. I John 2:1b "…And if any man sin,.…" See? "If a man sin." If a man sins, he’s lost or on his way to hell?" I John 2:1c "…And if any man sin, we have an advocate (or a lawyer, or an attorney) with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:" Here we have God the Father, the invisible Spirit God – God of holiness and righteousness; and right there at the right hand of the majesty, the Scripture says we have our crucified, buried, ascended Lord now doing what? I went through most of Paul’s epistles again and I can’t find a single place where Paul directly addresses how we are to deal with our failures in this Age of Grace. Paul doesn’t use this kind of language. The closest I can come to Paul telling us how to deal with our daily sin, is in II Corinthians, chapter 7. Turn to Ephesians chapter 5 verse 26. Ephesians 5:26 by the word." The Word! So, now then, how do you and I as Grace-Age believers deal with our sins from day-to-day? The believer does not have to constantly come back and say, "God forgive me." You’re forgiven. That’s a one-time deal. But we do need daily cleansing. Galatians 5:16 "This I say then, (now remember this is Paul writing in the Age of Grace) Walk in the Spirit, (that is in the Holy Spirit’s control) and ye shall not fulfill (or give in to) the lust (or the desires) of the flesh." That we, with the indwelling Holy Spirit, are now empowered not to sin. And that’s why John had to plead that they sin not – but Paul, on the other hand, says that, if we’re walking in the Spirit, we won’t. All right, verse 17: Galatians 5:17 "For the flesh (the old sin nature) lusteth (or wars) against the Spirit, (the new nature) and the (new nature in the power of the Holy) Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would." All right, verse 18. Galatians 5:18 "But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law." Galatians 5:19 Galatians 5:20a Galatians 5:20,21 Galatians 5:22-23 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith. It never leaves. All right, now verse 2 – here is again where John and Paul are on the same ‘page.’ They use the same word. I John 2:2 "And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world." God has reconciled the whole world. It’s finished. The work of the cross was total in the forgiveness of mankind’s sin. Remember for salvation today, in this Age of Grace, a person must believe in their heart that Jesus died for their sins, was buried, and rose again. Now I can prove that Paul uses this same word"propitiation." Come back with me to Romans, chapter 3, and verse 25. Christ Jesus again in verse 24. "Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood,.…" God has done it all. The altar was the place of sacrifice. Christ is all of it. The Lord Jesus is all of it! #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible