Prem & Amy Saganti with Rev (Dr) and Mrs. S. E. Thomas @ CFCC 2009 June 13, 2009

Studies from theEpistles ofJohn STUDY – 04: I John Chapter-2 With a Testimony by Bro Ben Betala (3rd attempt) Prem & Amy Saganti with Rev (Dr) and Mrs. S. E. Thomas @ CFCC 2009 June 13, 2009 Last Study - March 14, 2009 (I John 1:9) April 2009: Good Friday Celebration at Prem & Amy May 2009: Concert at CFCC and Family Retreat

RECALL from April 2009

Few Thoughts to Ponder When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue- you sell him a whole new life. -- Christopher Morley A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us. -- W. H. Auden If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing. -- Benjamin Franklin Never waste a lie; you never know when you may need it. -- Mark Twain

1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge. 5 Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. 6 Surely you desire truth in the inner parts [a] ; you teach [b] me wisdom in the inmost place. 7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. 8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. 9 Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. 10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. 13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you. 14 Save me from bloodguilt, O God, the God who saves me, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness. 15 O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. 16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. 17 The sacrifices of God are [c] a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. 18 In your good pleasure make Zion prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem. 19 Then there will be righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings to delight you; then bulls will be offered on your altar. Psalm 51 (NIV) Psalm 51:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain. Psalm 51:6 Or you desired?; / you taught Psalm 51:17 Or My sacrifice, O God, is

David’s Confession – Psalm 51 • Admission  Ps. 51:3 • 3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. • Regret Ps. 51:4 • 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge. • Plead  Ps. 51:7 • 7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. • Belief  Ps. 51:14 • 14 Save me from bloodguilt, O God, the God who saves me, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.

Lesson - David’s Confession • Like David, we must admit our sin, regret the actions of our sin, plead the blood of Christ, and believe that God has indeed done what He promised, namely, to cleanse us from sin and restore us to fellowship and service. Adopted from The OPEN BIBLE - 1985

Finally … • Amy Carmichael writes: If I say, yes I forgive, but I cannot forget as though the God who twice a day washed all the sands on all the shores of all the worldcould not wash such memories from my mind, then I know nothing of calvary love. If the living God who made the tide and washes the shores daily cannot wash away from my mind the caustic remarks, the ugliness, the wrongs in someone else then I haven't even entered into calvary love. • When God buries our sins in the deepest sea, He posts a sign which reads: No Fishing! • General Oglethorpe once said to John Wesley, "I never forgive and I never forget." To which Wesley responded, "Then Sir, I hope you never sin." Very apt, for when we reflect on how much God has forgiven us, it makes our own little grudges against others seem rather petty.

I John 2: 1-14 (NIV) 1My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for[a] the sins of the whole world. 3We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. 4The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5But if anyone obeys his word, God's love[b] is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: 6Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did. 7Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard. 8Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining. 9Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. 10Whoever loves his brother lives in the light, and there is nothing in him[c] to make him stumble. 11But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him. 12I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. 13I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, dear children, because you have known the Father. 14I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

I John 2: 15-29 (NIV) Do Not Love the World 15Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. Warning Against Antichrists 18Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour. 19They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us. 20But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.[d] 21I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth. 22Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist—he denies the Father and the Son. 23No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also. 24See that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. 25And this is what he promised us—even eternal life. 26I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray. 27As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him. Children of God 28And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming. 29If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him. Footnotes: 1 John 2:2 Or He is the one who turns aside God's wrath, taking away our sins, and not only ours but also 1 John 2:5 Or word, love for God 1 John 2:10 Or it 1 John 2:20 Some manuscripts and you know all things

1 John 2:1 (A) In order to “live in the light” (1:5-7) one must confess sin(1:9)and stop sinning 1My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. Should repudiate sin – should not fear confessing Christ pleads both JUSTICE and MERCY God accepted Christ’s plea for our acquittal. Rom 4:23-25 Advocate = who is called to our side as comforter (Greek = parakletos) also comforter (John 14:16)

John 14:16 • John 14:16 • And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever— • Romans 4:23-25 • 23The words "it was credited to him" were written not for him alone, 24but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. 25He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. • Martin Luther • “The righteousness of Christ stands on our side; for God’s righteousness is, in Jesus Christ, ours”

I John 2:1 (B) 1My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. … • …not to sin…  • How = by walking in the light (I John 1:7) • Walking in the light  light reveals • open, honest, sincere • Paul prayed … to be sincere without offense (Philippians 1:10) • SINCERE = SineCera (Latin)  without wax • Sculptors covered their blemishes with wax and usually they melt down when exposed to heat / light

I John 1:7 and Philippians 1:10 • I John 1:7 • 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, purifies us from all* sin. • Or every • Philippians 1:10 • so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ,

I John 2:3 3We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. • Walking in the light also means OBEYING • We OBEY • For we have to • a slave – for his/her life • For we need to • An employee – for reward (pay check) • For we want to • As a child of God – we LOVE Him • If you love me keep my commandments • John 14:15 • "If you love me, you will obey what I command.

Prem & Amy Saganti with Rev (Dr) and Mrs. S. E. Thomas @ CFCC 2009 June 13, 2009