"Bringing Sin to Light" 1 John 1:5-10

[@marknmeltruesdale7388]

This man was mentored by John MacArthur and R.C. Sproul; 2 of God's finest,faithful dulos of all time. Brother Lawson is an impeccable teacher, whom I praise God for. His teaching helped me get free from Pentecostal heresy. All Glory be to God. I honor and respect these great guardians of God's gospel. We are so blessed to have had their teachings. God Bless you, brother.

[@fladoodleflamy]

Really great discussion. I'll be giving my first sermon this Tuesday, at my college group to about 150+ people. I'm 23 and 1 John 1 : 5-10 spoke to me a couple weeks ago so clearly and for lack of better terms, brutally. Thank God for the convictions of my life, that have allowed me to know Him more to change my ways. Though I struggle, I avidly pursue him and repent. My past sins are disgusting to me and I'll be using my previous lifestyle as an example of being a fake christ follower, and how I was brought to the light. This is a serious topic that is on my heart because, a lot of college students have become really good at holding their appearance while mold grows from within. And mold can only be removed after it has been cut out and fully sanitized by the Son. If you never expose it and reveal it. It'll only grow and grow until it kills you. May God bless you all and may God use me to continue his will.

[@motorTranz]

Steven Lawson is smart as a tack and a great communicator. I have learned a lot in these Bible studies. Many thanks for posting these!

[@ruthseilern5400]

GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST! GOD BLESS YOU, Dr. Steve Lawson, Kent Stainbeck and your entire ministry and your entire congregation! Thank you so much for your excellent BIBLE teachings! You are an Ambassador of GOD, Dr.Lawson. When Listening to your Sermons and your Bible Teaching Sessions, Dr.Lawson, I am very much encouraged & i am more fervent & bold to distribute „striking Salvation tracts“ as Charles Spurgeon has adviced us to do concerning evangelism & the proclamation of the Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ to the lost. Thank you, Almighty GOD for your Godly men who are alive on Earth and proclaim the Gospel,of your son the Lord Jesus Christ in Spirit and in Truth! GOD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY! Blessings in Christ to all of you from your Troubled neighbouring countries in Europe where Millions are living in darkness. May GOD draw Many More souls Herr in Europe to Our Precious LORD JESUS CHRIST. GOD IS SOVEREIGN and HE Knows Every Soul who HE will grant HIS GIFT OF SAVING FAITH in Our LORD JESUS CHRIST. Blessings in Christ from Europe.

[@iriscelinelee3437]

I felt Dr. Lawson's heart, and he was teary eyed as he spoke with love and conviction about the holiness of God, about sin and about being self deceived. Thank You, Lord such a blessing to hear all of this..😇

[@malka8901]

Wow! I had no idea what these verses were actually talking about. I had a hard time understanding these verses until now. That the Gnostics were being brought into this. All new and fabulous teaching from one of the best. Thank you Dr Lawson!

[@davidcummings3798]

Awesome ministry

[@loveandfaith6517]

Thank the Lord for these words from Pastor Lawson.

[@Hope-bd5hr]

Thank you, God, for this spiritual bread and for dear brothers in Christ who teach us Your Word. Bless them, dear Lord, with physical and spiritual strength more and more every day 🙏❤️🙏

[@bennabuisi1550]

Dr. Lawson's "Absolutely Sure" is a powerful book in reference to the study of 1 John.

[@joykobayashi2533]

love to saw a man listening and studying the word of God

[@lindaruss3772]

I love the talks this pastor does! I listened first to the talk on the Sovreignity of God, and it’s been life changing. Thx sooo much!!

[@boogotti1173]

Powerfull. ❤️🙏

[@lisashaw8]

Glad to know of the other outlets to listen - expositors and bible podcasts; also AGTV but seems that they don’t have all the teachings. Gotta watch verse listen as I like seeing the Bible verses and the face of the amazing Dr. Lawson! Thank you; these are incredible

[@Armygirl4Christ]

These are such a huge blessing to hear. Thank you for the preaching of the living Word of God and sound doctrine.

[@sydrickdimailig8730]

Praise God to your life Dr. Steven Lawson. you are a blessing for me. The Lord bless you and keep you. 🙏📖🙌

[@charlespackwood2055]

So glad that you put this on line. Very straightforward and illuminating.

[@donovancarson9595]

God bless your ministry. I really like your preaching, It is both inspiring and edifying and you speak the truth. Much appreciated. All glory to Our Most High God

[@andrewsommerdc]

Love these studies!

[@tjtampa214]

Strong medicine. 💪📚

[@CristinaORivera]

Yayyyy!

[@friend904]

Jesus Christ is the ONLY way to Heaven.

[@mistahg2070]

You will know his sheep by the fruits.... Walking in righteousness because if one of the fruit is not walking in righteousness everything in that congregation is serving in vain....

[@johng6453]

Amen

[@christaselig6735]

The sorry thing is that my young, restless, and Reformed WTS graduate at the OPC in Crystal Lake, Illinois lectured on these verses I was a new convert in such an indifferent manner so as not to "offend" anyone that everyone left saying, "Oh, isn't that nice?" having done their duty and then proceeded to discuss work, politics, and the Cubs in the vestibule. Would that my now-dead friend who accompanied me had heard THIS interpretation of the Epistle of John, but now he is in hell, and it is TOO LATE, as John MacArthur would say, and his blood is on the hands of the young, restless, and "Reformed" lecturer at the OPC in Crystal Lake. illinois. I LOVE how STRAIGHT and FRANK both John and Dr. Lawson are, and I realize now, as I realize now, as I only vaguely perceived as a new convert, that my OPC was nothing but man-pleasing murky gray. I thought Dr. Lawson's Roman series was fine, but he is outdoing himself in this one. My WTS lecturer would wet his diapers before he would say such things as Dr. Lawson says. My stiff-necked friend was an Ananias but likely never even knew who Ananias was because he was on top of the world, and he returned my gift of a Bible to his niece because she did not "need" it, but God dealt with him, because our knock-kneed, man-pleasing, emasculated, "inoffensive" WTS lecturer would not.

[@NEW_CREATION_IN_JESUS]

Jesus said that the only way to be SAVED is to be BORN AGAIN...What does this mean? The new birth is not any of the following: baptism, church membership, partaking of communion, reforming one’s life, prayer, or good works. The new birth is a change of heart. God gives us the new birth when we take U turn to Him with remorse for our sinful lifestyle and repent. God sees when we are ready for the new birth. We will know when we are born again. We will have a free conscience, a desire to do right, and an assurance of a home in heaven. Jesus tells us that the gates of heaven are closed to us unless we are born again. Therefore, we ask: Friend, are you born again? Church member, are you born again? If not, then you are lost. For Jesus says, “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3).

[@angelasilva2752]

Por favor que alguien lo traduzca en Español . Bendiciones para todos.

[@InChrist777]

Here's the real deal, when Jesus was before Pilot, Pilot had said to Jesus, I have the "power" to do this or that. He (Pilot) was about to either let Him go or be crucified. Jesus said to Pilot there's no "power" you have over me accept to that which is given to you from above. We don't have power to perform the Word at all. Not even one syllable, there's no good thing that dwells in us period!!! The way you know you can be genuine towards Christ is to simply ask Him that you would have the power and capacity to do His will, and that's it!!! The Chosen I'm not going to say this man is wrong or right But I will tell you what is wrong and right. Ask and it shall be given according to His will. Now I know everybody agrees and understands that!

[@SilasRaven]

Righteousness is a gift that is received when we believe the gospel. No man makes himself righteous. AND no man makes himself unrighteous. Unrighteousness is received by being in Adam. Righteousness is received by being in Jesus. Thus, 1 John 1:9 is not about those in Christ, but about those in Adam who "confess" (agree with God) that they have sin which needs forgiven and to be cleansed of all unrighteousness. Forgiveness of sins is in Christ, and is received when we turn to God, having believed that Jesus died for our sins, was buried, and raised for our justification. The ONLY people who are lying if they say they have no sin, are those who have not been forgiven or cleansed from all unrighteousness. Obviously, anyone who has been cleansed of all sin (vs 7) by the blood of Jesus, is not lying when they say they have no sin, they would be lying if they said they still have sin, after having been cleansed. What an insult it would be, to the blood of Jesus, to have been cleansed by His blood and still claim you have sin. In Christ, there is none unrighteous. Paul tells us that those who have been reconciled to God are the righteousness of God. Who are we to undue what Christ has done?

[@fladoodleflamy]

So I agree with you mostly, but are you saying that after being justified as a believer we cannot sin? Isn't that the process of sanctification? Where we are reshaped into a closer (yet never perfect in this world) likeness of Christ? Until we are glorified after our flesh dies? The part I'm confused with is how you say, "they are lying if they say they have sin". Do you mean this as they cannot sin no more (glorified) or they are now not held accountable for the sins they have committed. Because it's nearly impossible to be a perfect sinless human even after justification, that's the process of sanctification we are trying to achieve. But yet despite our depravity, we are forgiven if we were justified.

[@SilasRaven]

@@fladoodleflamy Quick question for you, and then I will answer... As a child of God, who / what convicts you of sin?

[@fladoodleflamy]

@@SilasRaven So as a child of God, I would say, since being brought to the light and having truth revealed to me through the word of God by scripture. The spirit that is now dwelling in me convicts me, since it has been made known to me the battle of my flesh and spirit. So my acknowledgement of my sin is now made known to me since I know the truth, though as much as I want to say it is myself that convicts me, I hesitate since knowing past me. I was very happy in sin. But presently I try to battle the temptations of sin (more so lust) by fighting it with prayer and changing of habits. But ultimately it is God that convicts me

[@SilasRaven]

@@fladoodleflamy Not possible. The Holy Spirit is God, and God no longer takes sin into account. In order for you to be convicted of sin, there must be someone or something to convict you, otherwise, God is unjust. Honestly, I don't think you know what the word "conviction" means. The Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, if they do not believe in Jesus. He does not convict those in Christ of sin, because He no longer takes their sin into account. You can't convict someone if there is no violation. Believers are not convicted by the Law, because they have died to the Law, and are apart from the Law. "Apart from the Law, sin is dead". You might access your own guilt and conviction, but God does not, and cannot, otherwise it would be an injustice, since Jesus took your sins away, and, as I've already pointed out, God no longer takes sin into account. You have to take sin into account in order to be forgiven of that sin. It's not possible to convict you of something that is not taken into account.

[@ralphowen3367]

Good to hear what you said. I knew Mr. L was reading from a corrupt version which when he read 1:8-10.

[@ralphowen3367]

J eus as the Son is not eternal-- that is a trinitarian concept. "Son" is the terminology of time, not pertaining to eternity.

[@lawrence1318]

He's wrong. If you are close to the Lord, such closeness excludes any knowledge of sin, for that is why the closeness exists and that is what the closeness consists of. The bible actually teaches that it is not the believer who sins, but sin independent of the believer. (Refer Rom 7:17,20.)

[@ralphowen3367]

Amen to all that bro, keep up the good work that God is doing in you.

[@marylamb6063]

Absolutely wrong. 1 John is written for Christians, to encourage them to fellowship with God, not as a very vague test to test our assurance, which is utterly unbliblical. "That which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ." This verse introduces the purpose of the Epistle: "So that you too may have fellowship with us." This is a hina purpose clause with a present active subjunctive. The main theme of the Epistle is fellowship with God and Christ. (John used a hina clause in Revelation, quoting Zechariah, to show that every bit of the book was not written for the church, but for mostly Jewish tribulation saints.)

[@HearGodsWord]

"Very vague"...it's very clear.

[@ralphowen3367]

This man is bearing false witness about Christian capability of sinning. He is y etching contrary to the original apostles, especially John, who he claiming to explain.