Truth for Life

Truth for Life (1 John 1:5–10)

 Introduction:

 Genuine life-giving fellowship requires taking God’s holiness seriously (vs. 5)

 Three Consequences of Taking God’s Holiness Seriously:

 John 1:4; 8:12

 John 1:18 

Genesis 1:3; Isaiah 45:7; Genesis 15:17; Exodus 3

 1 Timothy 6:16

 Psalm 36:9 

James 1:17

Romans 13:2; Ephesians 5:13; 6:12; Isaiah 8:22; 9:2 

Psalm 139:11–12

 1) Take Sin’s Effects Seriously (vss. 6–7)

 Isaiah 59:1–2 

1 John 2:11 

John 3:19–21

 Ephesians 5:8–11

Titus 2:14 

1 John 3:4–5 

2) Take Sin’s Persistence Seriously (vss. 8–9)

 Romans 3:10–12; Proverbs 20:9 

1 John 2:26; 1 Timothy 3:13 

Psalm 32:3–5; Micah 7:18–20; Malachi 3:6 

Romans 3:24 

3) Take Sin’s Remedy Seriously (vss. 10)

 John 3:33 

1 John 5:10

 1 John 5:11–12