Be Real The Pretenders

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Be RealThe Pretenders

• I John 31-10

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• Contrast between counterfeit Christians -
  children of the devil (I John 310) and Gods
  children
• True child of God practices righteousness and
  loves the brethren despite the differences
• I John 1-2 deals with the fellowship
• I John 3-5 deals with the sonship due to being
  born of God
• To practice sin is to sin consistently and as a
  way of life
• Not an occasional sin
• Abraham who lies (Gen 12 10-20)
• Moses lost his temper (Num 207-13)

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• Peter who denied Jesus (Matt 26 69-75)
• Unsaved lives a life of habitual sin
• True Christian knows God while the counterfeit
  Christian may talk about God and get involved in
  religious activities
• Reasons for holy life
• God the Father loves us (31-3)
• Gods love for us is unique
• Salvation begins with Gods love
• I John 31 tells what we are while 32 tells what
  we shall be
• Gods love continues throughout our life to the
  return of Jesus Christ
• I John tells us what we should be

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• Relating to Christs return we should keep our
  lives clean
• Salvation is the expression of Gods love
• The unbeliever sins against the law while the
  Christian sin against love
• Unbeliever sins against the Creator while the
  believer sins as a child against the Father
• The fear of the Lord not living in terror,
  but holding God in awe reverence not
  deliberately disobey God
• God the Son died for us (34-8)
• Christ appeared to take away our sins (4-6)
• Sins
• Whatsoever is not of faith is sin Rom 1423
• The thought of foolishness is sin Prov 249
• Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and
  doeth it not, to him it is sin James 417

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• All unrighteousness is sin I John 517
• Sin as lawlessness I John 34
• Sin as defilement I John 19-22
• Sin as defiance I John 34-6
• Emphasis on sin, not sins
• Sins are the fruit, sin is the root
• Gods love
• And hereby we do know that we know him, if we
  keep his commandments (I John 23)
• And whatsoever we ask of him, we receive of him,
  because we keep his commandments and do those
  things that are pleasing in his sight (I John
  322)
• By this we know that we love the children of God
  when we love God and keep his commandments (I
  John 52)
• Gods children are free (Gal 51-6) and not to be
  lawless (I Cor 921)

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• Sin is the mater of will rebellion is the root
  of sin
• Abide in Him identification with Him who is
  sinless
• In fellowship with Jesus
• Sonship brings union while fellowship makes
  communion with Jesus possible
• Whosoever abideth in him does not practice sin
  (36)
• God the Holy Spirit lives in us (39-10)
• Whosoever is born of God does not practice sin
• Believer has a new nature within him
• New standing being acceptable as righteous in
  Gods sight which is justification
• New position being set apart for Gods purpose
  to live for His glory which is sanctification

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• New nature by trusting Jesus and experiencing a
  new birth (51)
• not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible,
  by the word of God, which liveth and abideth
  forever (I Peter 123)
• Spiritual parents Word of God and the Holy
  Spirit
• Saved by faith (Eph 28-9)
• Faith by hearing (Rom 1017)
• Christian has an old nature new nature
• Old nature New nature
• our old man (Rom 66) the new man (Col 310)
• the flesh (Gal 524) the Spirit (Gal 517)
• corruptible seed Gods seed (I John 39)
• (I Peter 123)
• The old nature produces sin, while the new nature
  lead the person to a holy life

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• Needs for both physical and spiritual
• Food (Matt 44 Rom 1314))
• Cleansing (James 122-25 I John 19)
• Unconfessed sin, first step in backsliding
• Invasion, yield, infection, gradual decline, loss
  of appetite for spiritual things, lack of energy
  and interest, irritable, finally collapse
• Remedy confess forsake and turn to Christ for
  cleansing healing
• Exercise (I Tim 47) exercise thyself unto
  godliness
• Balance
• Inclusion of sharing Jesus with others, doing
  good works, helping to build other Christians
• Temptations carried away enticed (James
  114)

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• Yielding to sin the mark of the children of the
  devil
• Deceiving Gods children thinking that a person
  can a Christian and practice sin (37)
• Old nature is not the body the body is neutral
  (Rom 612-13)
• How to overcome the desires of the old nature?
• Yield his body each day to God
• Spending time in reading and studying Gods Word
• Taking time to pray
• Depending on the power of the Holy Spirit in the
  inner man
• If sinning, confess to God for forgiveness
• Claiming God promise There hath no temptaton
  taken you but such as is common to man but God
  is faithful, who will not suffer you to be
  tempted above that you are able but with the
  temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may
  be able to bear itgt

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• Sunday School teacher on two Adams
• Look at 5 questions on page 118 and answer
  honestly