Pick A Side
1 John 5:18-21
February 5, 2023
1. Everyone Is On a Side, and Everyone is
By their Side’s
. (Vs. 18-19; John 10:28, 17:1-2a; 2 Cor 4:3-4)
John 10:28, “I [Jesus] give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.”
John 17:1-2a, “Holy Father, protect them by your name that you have given me, so that they may be one as we are one. While I was with them, I was protecting them by your name that you have given me. I guarded them and not one of them is lost…”
2 Corinthians 4:3-4, “But if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.”
2. There is Only ONE
to be
! (Vs. 20-21, John 20:27-28, 1 John 2:23, Ex 20:3, Acts 4:12, Matt 4:10)
John 20:27-28, “Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Don’t be faithless, but believe.” Thomas responded to him, “My Lord and my God!””
1 John 2:23, “No one who denies the Son has the Father; he who confesses the Son has the Father as well.”
Exodus 20:3, “Do not have other gods besides me.”
Acts 4:12, “There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people by which we must be saved.”
Matthew 4:10, “Then Jesus told him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.””