1 John “This is the testimony”

1 John 

“This is the testimony”

“God has given us eternal life”1 John 5:11

“Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart”1 John 5:10

Testimonies…

 We base most of our life on the things others tell us.

The younger we are the more we have

to rely on the testimonies of others.

As we get older and experience more of life,

 we realize how little we know.

There are first hand testimonies and second hand.

 Some stories have been passed on through many generations.

Testimonies come from what was seen and heard and

is always shared with the perspective of that person.

When Crystal ordered the dresses for her

bridemaids, she ordered a navy blue.

All the dresses came from the same place, but all

the dresses were a very different shade of navy blue.

 Most of the dresses did not matched the ribbon

she bought for the dresses and decorations.

Testimonies are very important to us.

We spend a lot of money and time going to

places others told us were so wonderful.

In a court of law, a good judge’s first

concern is, is the witness creditable.

John says we have a testimony.

The testimony that “God has given us eternal life”.

 

John says…

 “Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart.”

John’s testimony was first hand.

 He spoke of what he saw.

As important as man’s testimony is, John says…

“We accept man's testimony, but God's testimony is greater because

it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son.”

God’s testimony about His Son.

There are many claims to be God.

We must be sure God is a creditable wittiness.

John says there are 3 things that give us credability to

“God has given us eternal life”.

 

Jesus, the Son of God, came by water, blood and spirit.

There is a lot we could say about these three.

I am not sure of everything John wanted to

communicate to us concerning the three things.

But to prove the testimony, we should look at the cross.

As Jesus hung on the cross in human flesh,

 a spear was thrust into has side.

From that wound, came water and blood…

 Life’s existence, the spirit left Him.

Jesus died.

What is considered the end of life, death.

There are tombs around the world of those

who thought they would live forever.

But only one tomb that is empty.

God raised Jesus from the dead.

For most of us, we have heard this a thousand times.

But the fact is there is no greater proof of eternal life than

God raised Jesus from the dead and He lives today.

It is this testimony that makes everything else God said creditable.

It is this testimony we must believe

 and have in our heart.

Scripture Reading

1 John 5:6-12 NIV

6 This is the one who came by water and blood — Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. 9 We accept man's testimony, but God's testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. 10 Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart. Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.