Week 1 “The Satisfaction of Partnership with God and His People”
From 1 John 1:1-9
📖 1 John 1:3 (ESV) that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
There is a difference between our idea of and God’s plan of .
📖 Isaiah 59:2 (ESV) but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.
📖 Psalm 142:4–7 (NIV) Look to my right and see; no one is concerned for me. I have no refuge; no one cares for my life. 5 I cry to you, O LORD; I say, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.” 6 Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need; rescue me from those who pursue me, for they are too strong for me. 7 Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me.
The BASIS of OUR FELLOWSHIP:
1. Christ I have a with God and His people.
📖 1 John 1:3 (ESV) that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
A. Our Fellowship is .
📖 Verse 7 “if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another… “
B. Our Fellowship is .
📖 Verse 7 “…and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.”
The BENEFITS of OUR FELLOWSHIP:
2. In Christ I have the of with God and His people.
📖 1 John 1:1 (ESV) That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—
A. Our Fellowship is .
📖 1 John 1:7 (ESV) ”if we walk in the light, as He is in the light,
B. Our Fellowship is .
“The bar flourishes not because most people are alcoholics, but because God has put into the human heart the desire to know and be known, to love and be loved. And so many people will seek a counterfeit at the price of a few beers.” – John Stott
The BOUNDARIES of OUR FELLOWSHIP:
3. In Christ I in the life of God as I am cleansed from my .
📖 1 John 1:6 (ESV) If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another,and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
📖 1 John 1:8–10 (ESV) If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
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