682 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 3 Part 2 Book 57 - Water and Blood - Part 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 2 * BOOK 57 Water and Blood - Part 2 I John 5:1-7 Okay, I John chapter 5 verse 3. I John 5:3 Come back with me to Matthew 19 verse 16. John writes back there that "we keep His commandments." Now look what Jesus speaks in His earthly ministry, which is under the same Gospel of the Kingdom that John is writing from. Remember the Four Gospels are just an extension of the Old Testament to fulfill the prophecies concerning Christ that were foretold by the Old Testament prophets. Matthew 19:16-17 there is none good but one, that is, God: (that I can’t quite comprehend, why Jesus said that. There’s no strings attached. All right, so now John, right along with James and Peter, is admonishing these Jewish believers on how to enhance their belief system. All right, now then verse 4. I John 5:4a "For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world:.…" Paul never uses the word "overcome" like Peter, James and John do. Paul doesn’t use the word. Overcome. Look at verse 4 again. I John 5:4 "For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith." Faith. Israel, "by faith went through the Red Sea." Exodus 19:7-8 Little did they know that that was impossible) And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD." All right, now then, let’s flip once again to I John chapter 5, now verse 5. Here we have John the Apostle who wrote John’s Gospel, who wrote the book of Revelation, and all of that is tied to what we saw in the last program, it was in that agreement that James and Peter and John would continue only with the Nation of Israel and so all their writings are directed to the Nation of Israel, and the Scriptures never showed they ever broke that agreement with Paul and Barnabas. It’s Israel’s future. All right, but now look at this verse. Verse 5. I John 5:5a Now remember, what is the word ‘overcometh’ implying back here in I John? A salvation experience. To overcome was to gain salvation. All right, so verse 5 again. I John 5:5 Naturally it’s implied, when Paul writes in I Corinthians that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures. Who was Christ? The Son of God. Never mentioned His resurrection. Never mentioned His shed blood. I John 5:5 "Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?" Matthew 16, and I’ll have to do it every time I see that Peter, James and John merely speak of believing Who Jesus was. Matthew 16. Matthew 16:13b-14 "…Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? "Oh, some think you’re John the Baptist." So then look at verse 15. Matthew 16:15 All right, then Peter answers. Now watch how this fits perfectly with what we just read in I John – word for word. Matthew 16:16 "And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." The same words. "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God." The Promised One, out of the Old Testament promises. All right, come on over to John’s Gospel, chapter 11, and again the setting. Verse 21, if you wonder where I get that idea. John 11:21 "Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died." All right, now verse 22, but Martha says: John 11:22-26 "But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. (she knew that Jesus had the power. 23. Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. 25. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26. And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Now here’s her answer, and again, almost word for word with Peter and I John. John 11:27 "She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world." Now a little different wording but the same words. "I believe thou art the Christ the Son of the Living God." And again Jesus gives His stamp of approval. So my whole idea is – teach and teach and teach. Repeat and repeat and repeat. All right, now here it is in Acts chapter 3, and Peter has just healed the lame man - a fellow who laid at the Temple gate all during Christ’s earthly ministry and Jesus didn’t heal him. 13. The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, (see how Jewish this is?) hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. All right) whereof we are witnesses." Not a word about the cross. Not a word about the Body of Christ. All right, now let me bring you back to John’s Gospel chapter 3. And in the words of the Lord Jesus Himself, see if that doesn’t fit the same scenario. John 3:16-18 17. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible