Text: I John

Introduction.

- The author of this letter is the apostle John. The same one who wrote the gospel of John.
- He writes for a Christian community that is around unbelievers.
- His preoccupation was for the quality of the Christian life of those people.

01. I John 1:9 - A believer confesses his sin.

- Sin bothers us. Takes our peace away. Takes the happiness to live.
- The fellowship of the Holy Spirit and sin is impossible.
- The medicine is confession.
- Micah 7:19. "It is prohibited to fish."
- Hebrew 10:17, "what God forgets."
- It would be terrible if God himself remembers our sins.

02. I John 2:4 - A believer keeps the commandments.

- How to keep it? God himself knew that it was impossible. Exodus 20.
- Matthew 22: 34-40. Jesus summarizes the 10 into 2.
- Even like that, how to we follow it? Only by believing in Jesus. Having Jesus in our lives.
- He makes possible for us to obey the commandments.

03. I John 2:15 - A believer loves the things of God.

- Illustration. Socrates at the mall.
" I am here seeing everything I don’t need to be happy"
- World: A society of unbelievers and rebels that are under Satan’s orientation, put God and believers aside.
- Christians love people of the world, just like God. John 3:16.
- But they don’t love materialism, the desires of the flesh, the pride of the life without God.

04. I John 5:4 - A believer has victories over sin.

- How does sin take place? Temptation, weakness, sin.
- Solution: First point, confession.
- Sin- Confession- Sin. A circle that we find ourselves in. Wrong.
- Sin- Confession- Resistance. Right. I Corinthians 10:13

Conclusion.

- The desire of John. Quality of a Christian life.
- The believer confesses his sins. Keep the commandments. Love the things of God. Has victory over sin.
- The believer had other "mark" but this four are important.
- If you have experienced this, you have Jesus as savior.
- If not, you can accept Jesus now and experience this spiritual truth.