670 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 3 Part 2 Book 56 - Love Not The World - Part 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 2 * BOOK 56 Love Not The World - Part 2 I John 3:1-24 Manifested. All right, and "In him (that is in Jesus of Nazareth) was no sin. Now verse 6. Consequently: We all sin every day. But, I’m going to be showing that now, in these succeeding verses, that Divine nature that comes in as a result of our salvation cannot sin. It’s Divine. Now you remember John’s Gospel chapter 3 is where that term comes from, when Jesus was dealing with who? Nicodemus. You go through I John, II John and III John and with the exception of one verse where he says that the "blood of Jesus Christ has cleansed us from all sin," there is not one reference to the cross. All right, now remember, John is writing to Jewish believers who really know nothing of the Gospel of Grace. Now verse 7 is going to prove my point. "Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous." "Doeth." Paul never teaches us to "do" righteously. Not his Gospel of Grace – the Gospel of the Kingdom. John says, "if you do righteously, you’re righteous." All right, start in verse 21 of Romans 3, because this is what people are constantly mixing all up. No wonder there’s confusion. All right, here’s a good example. Verse 21. "But now (on this side of the cross, with the Law having been crucified with Christ) the righteousness of God without the Law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;" In other words, everything is in a building process. All right, now verse 22. "Even the righteousness of God (God’s righteousness, not ours!) which is by faith of Jesus Christ (In other words, that’s the only way it can be extended from God to man is through Jesus Christ and it’s going to be) unto all and upon all them that (doeth righteously? Paul says, unto every one that what?) We become righteous by believing the finished work of the cross and letting God impute His righteousness. Okay, so now if you’ll come back again to I John chapter 3 verse 8: "He that committeth sin.…" What’s sin? Breaking the Law. Now never lose sight of the fact, this was the heart of salvation to these Jews under the Gospel of the Kingdom – that they were to recognize and know as believers that Jesus of Nazareth was the Son of God, the Messiah of Israel. Matthew chapter 16, now this is Peter. Matthew 16:13 The last verse of the book of John says that if they’d all been recorded the world wouldn’t be able to hold it. Verse 14. Matthew 16:14 Imagine! Now verse 15, and He puts the question again. Matthew 16:15 Matthew 16:16 "And Simon Peter answered and said, thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." Come back to Titus, chapter 2 verse 13. Titus 2:13 "(we’re to be) Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;" Now this is Paul. our Savior Jesus Christ." "Our Savior the great God, Jesus Christ." Jesus Christ the Son of God, the Creator of everything! Okay, chapter 3 again. I John 3:8b "…For this purpose (to take away man’s sin, to defeat the father of lies, the devil) the Son of God was manifested,.…" It does not mean that God the Father sired God the Son, and then the Holy Spirit was just some other addendum. Come back to Colossians, chapter 2 verse 8. Colossians 2:8 Christ, the Lord Jesus, the Son of God) dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead (how?) bodily." Come back to John 14 verses 8 and 9. John 14:8 John 14:9a After Jesus tells Philip, "If you’ve seen me, you’ve seen the Father." Now Paul can come back by Holy Spirit inspiration and tell us in Colossians 2 verse 9 as we just read, "For in him (that is in Christ, in God the Son) dwelleth all the fullness of the whole Godhead." The Father, The Son And the Holy Spirit – and they’re all manifested in the Son. All right come back to I John, chapter 3 so verse 8 again, "For this purpose, the Son of God, (Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ) was manifested, (was brought into the human experience and made like I said in the ‘spotlight of all of human history’) that he might destroy (or bring to nothing) the works of the devil." Now verse 9, and here’s another one of those verses that are hard for us to comprehend until you understand what he’s really saying. I John 3:9a "Whosoever is born of God. Have you ever found a believer that didn’t sin? So what does this mean that ‘he is born of God does not commit sin?’ The Divine part of us cannot sin. So why do we sin? Let’s come back quickly to Galatians, chapter 5. It’s that old nature that’s still with us. Galatians 5:17 The sin nature says "Do it." The new nature says, "I can’t." And the old nature says, "Everybody else is." Galatians 5:18 "But if ye be led of the Spirit, (if you’re under the control of that new Divine nature that does not sin, then you see) ye are not under the law." #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible