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Through the Bible with Les Feldick
LESSON 1 * PART 3 * BOOK 58
1 JOHN 5:8–18
Many think the Church is Israel, and Israel is the Church. But if the Word is rightly divided as Paul tells us to do, then just leave the Scriptures where they are. We’re in I John chapter 5 verse 11.
I John 5:11
"And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son."
John is part and parcel of the four gospels. Well and good. Amazing! 16. And Simon Peter answered and said, (here it is now, watch this) Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." Well, when people tell "that Peter preached the same salvation message that Paul did," you see I have to differ with them, because Peter would have had to include "That Jesus died for your sins, was buried, and rose again," as we see in Paul’s Gospel of salvation in I Corinthians 15:1-4, and he doesn’t.
All Peter knows is who Jesus was. Just exactly like John says in his epistle. If you believe that Jesus is the Son of God, those Jews had eternal life. You don’t get saved by simply believing who Jesus was, you have to go on now to the rest of God’s eternal purposes and that’s what? Eternal life.
In fact, I said in the last lesson that I couldn’t find eternal life in Paul’s epistles. Come up with me to John’s Gospel chapter 11, and we’re at the death of Lazarus. John 11:23b-27
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." What did God tell Israel? Look at what Paul says here in Romans. Romans 10:9
"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, (or that Jesus is Lord) and shall believe in thy heart that God hath raised him from the dead, (now I know it doesn’t say that He died, but certainly in order to be raised from the dead, what’s implied? He died. Right?) thou shalt be saved."
Now here’s why in verse 10.
Romans 10:10
"For with the heart, (not head knowledge, but rather heart knowledge) man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."
If you’re saved, you can’t keep it to yourself. All right, and that’s all this verse means. Romans 10:11-12
"For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. Israel is going to be out of the land, all right, so it stands to reason that God drops the gate on that Jewish plan of salvation, which we call the Gospel of the Kingdom, and that was for their salvation they had to believe who Jesus was.
Romans 10:13
" For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
That is recognizing His death, burial and resurrection remember, and faith in that shall be saved! Romans 10:14-16
Romans 10:17
"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing (cometh) by the word of God."
Can you believe something that God has never spoken? Can you believe something that God has never said? No! So if God hasn’t said it, He can’t require mankind to believe it. So don’t ever accuse God of being unfair.
Well in the early moments of our first program this afternoon, we showed you that this Gospel of salvation that Paul proclaims was kept hidden. "For the secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us…"
God kept this glorious Gospel of Grace secret. Jesus never revealed it in His earthly ministry. Let’s pickup with verse 24. Romans 3:24a
Now see in Galatians, Paul would put it, "not by works of righteousness, what we have done, but it’s by God’s Grace"
Romans 3:24b-25
"…through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25. Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God:"
blood!" Now John does make one reference in I John when he says that "the blood of Jesus cleanseth us from all sin." Now verse 26.
Romans 3:26a
What God had revealed. And what has God revealed? Absolutely, we have eternal life.
The Gospel of salvation that we must believe for eternal life.
I Corinthians 15:1-2
"Moreover, brethren, (Paul is writing to believers) I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also you received and wherein you stand; 2. Now verse 3. I Corinthians 15:3
Don’t ever accuse the Apostle Paul of being an egotist. We have eternal life for believing that! All right, now then, let’s go back to I John again, and see if we can make a little headway. Paul uses the word eternal life here.
eternal life, whereunto thou art also called and hath professed a good profession before many witnesses."
As long a God lives! All right, back to I John, now verse 14. This is another good one, and it too is right out of the Gospel of John.
I John 5:14-15
All right, read it,
John 14:13-14
Does God do everything you ask Him to do today? Heaven on earth.
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