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Let’s open our Bibles to 1 John 1:5-2:2. The Need?. The Advocate. The Need? The Fall – Genesis 3. The Need? The Fall Our Fall. Ezekiel 18:20
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Let’s open our Bibles to 1 John 1:5-2:2
The Need? The Advocate
The Need? • The Fall – Genesis 3
The Need? • The Fall • Our Fall
Ezekiel 18:20 "The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself."
The Need? • The Fall • Our Fall – S I N
1 John 3:4 Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.
The Need? • The Fall • Our Fall – S I N “a missing of the mark”Vine’s
The Need? • The Fall • Our Fall – S I N “offense, trespass”Strong’s
SINis directed against God ! SIN violates God’s glory!
SINis directed against God ! SIN violates God’s glory! SIN is the contradiction of God!
The Need? • The Fall • Our Fall How do we fall?
James 1:14-15 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
James 1:14-15 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death. Desire + Opportunity=Temptation
James 1:14-15 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, Thought or Act when it is full-grown, brings forth death. Desire + Opportunity=Temptation Desire + Opportunity+ Action=SIN
James 1:14-15 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death. Desire + Opportunity=Temptation Desire + Opportunity+ Action=SIN
James 1:14-15 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death. Desire + Opportunity=Temptation Desire + Opportunity+ Action=SIN Sin = DEATH (separation)
Romans 7:11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me.
The need? • The Fall • Our Fall • What sin does?
Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear.
The Need? The Divine Remedy!
The Divine Remedy! • Jesus Christ the Righteous
The Divine Remedy! • JesusChrist the Righteous Jesus = “Jehovah is salvation”
Matthew 1:21 And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”
The Divine Remedy! • Jesus Christ the Righteous Christ = “the Messiah, the Son of God, anointed”
John 1:41 He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated, the Christ).
The Divine Remedy! • Jesus Christthe Righteous Righteous = “observing divine laws, innocent, faultless, guiltless”
1 Peter 2:21-23 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: “Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth”; who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;
The Divine Remedy! • Jesus Christ the Righteous • His Work
The Divine Remedy! • Jesus Christ the Righteous • His Work Advocate “summoned, called to one’s side, esp. called to one’s aid”
The Divine Remedy! • Jesus Christ the Righteous • His Work Propitiation “an appeasing”
The Divine Remedy! • Jesus Christ the Righteous • His Work Intercessor “plead with a person”
Hebrews 7:25 Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
The Divine Remedy! • Jesus Christ the Righteous • His Work Mediator “one who intervenes between two”
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus
The Divine Remedy! • Jesus Christ the Righteous • His Work • What this does for us?
The Divine Remedy! • What this does for us? 1. Removes sin
The Divine Remedy! • What this does for us? 1. Removes sin 2. Hope, faith, love
The Divine Remedy! • What this does for us? 1. Removes sin 2. Hope, faith, love . . . 3. More devoted to the Lord
“We have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”
God’s Part In Our Salvation Ephesians 2:8 “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God”
God’s Part In Our Salvation • Man’s Part In • Salvation • Hear God’s WordRomans 10:17 • Believe Jesus as ChristJohn 3:16 • Repent (turn to Jesus) Acts 2:38 • Confess Jesus Acts 8:37 • Baptized, bury of old and raise new Romans 6:3-4