following program is sponsored by seattle open door church seattle open door church is committed to loving god loving people and loving life our doors are open to whomever required seattle open door church let's go to the lord in prayer him the father we come to you and lord as we talk about first john chapter two and talk about a deep love for talk about a deep cleansing we're going to talk about a deep life a deep walk lord god we just want to get deeper in jesus christ so speak to us in jesus name aim in this code to the word to first off you look at if we're going to reflect the life of christ you must go deeper in christ we say that every week if we're going to reflect the life of christ the must go deeper in jesus christ so this go ahead in this take a look at first john chapter two verses one the two my little children i am writing these things to you so that you may not sin and  sins we have an advocate with the father jesus christ the righteous and he himself is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours only brawl so for those of the whole world this take a look this talk about deep cleansing god want to do a deep cleansing in our life this is my little children i am writing these these to you see they may not sin why is john writing he's writing to let us know how not to sin and then he says if anyone sins that means that obviously he would stand us that we should not sin but he also acknowledges that we will sin if anyone since we have an advocate with the father jesus christ the righteous who's the advocate jesus christ or advocate in jesus his punishment listen that jesus is the propitiation for our sins heat book the place for us he was the substitute for us he assumed our guilt death was we can have forgiveness that's why he can be our advocate but when we do sin we know that we have an advocate as jesus christ the bible says that jesus christ is at the right hand of the father everyone's interceding for us he's standing in the gap for so we can go to him too many people walk around with guilt they walk around with  shame and they don't give it to god and where they asked to be is a place that we come to the cross we say god here it is i give it to you i'm asking for forgiveness so they can be deep cleansing through jesus christ another day make a learner obviously if we can learn how not to sin well the deep walk with jesus christ if when we do sin we ask for forgiveness and we walk and don't longer have that shame and that guilt that normally comes upon us then what can happen is will we enter into the walk again with jesus silly people when they sin they stop walking with jesus will never stand this forgiveness racin we can walk with jesus look at what it says in first john two verses three to six by dis we know that we have come to know him if we keep his commandments the one who says i have come to know him and does not keep his commandments is a liar and the truth is not in him but whoever keeps his word and him the love of god has truly been for affected by this me know commandments listen to what is says this read it again this get it real clear by did this we know that we have come to know him if we keep his commandments if you know jesus christ you're going to keep the commandments of god you're going to follow the principles that are taught in scripture they're not talking about just the ten commandments we're talking about the perfect will of god the fully perfect will of god jesus says if you even a law that a woman that you've committed adultery so obviously that when we look at the new forgiveness but we don't lessen the standard to many people to lessen the standard the standard is he says be holy as i am holy in peter so out of this is that if we know jesus christ we can keep his commandments not that we have to we have the ability to by the grace of jesus christ listen to verse four the one who says i have come to know him and does not keep his commandments is a liar and the truth is not in him that's some pretty strong words is says here listen if you say that you know him but you are walking in total disobedience is saying you're a liar you don't really know him now maybe you're born again maybe you're saved maybe you're going to get to heaven but do you know him in an end to make close relationship we've talked about before a lot of times you look at that word nolle is the word good no sco which means to know intimately as a husband and wife know each other in the midst of marital sex and what he's talking about is if you want to know jesus if you're going to be an intimacy with jesus if you're going to walk in closeness to jesus then you will keep his commandments and if you're not keeping his commandments your liar to say that you truly know him there should be something that when you have a relationship with christ and that intimacy  christ that lot of relationship with christ you have that deep walk with christ that you no longer want to walk in willful sin that you don't want to be commanded you want to please him just the husband was to please as wife a white was to please her husband because she loves them that's the kind of relationship we should have for god we don't want to violate our relationship with their spouse because we love them we shouldn't want to violate our relationship with jesus christ because we love him now listen verse five whoever keeps his word in him the love of god has been truly perfected by this we know that we are in him is says how do you want to know if you know jesus christ or not which sure isn't life like if you have willful blatant rebellious sin in your life on an ongoing basis is are you really born again you have to ask yourself that question with this says but whoever keeps his word and in the love of god has truly been for affected by this we are in we know we are him in am and listen what it says here is that love of god perfect sus if you know the love of god it will change you it will mojo shape you are transformed you'll look talk act more like jesus why because you have this love relationship with him and the response will be that you honor him and you obey his commandments verse six the one who says the abides in him himself to walk in the same manner as he walked listen is says if we abide in him if the vine and he's the bread are various he's the vine and we're the branches and we're abiding in him is says that we all walk in the same manner as he does so how does jesus want to jesus do when he was on earth he was the example on earth for us is what did he do he reached out to the lost he loved the on lovely he was one who did not judging condemn but showed a way of forgiveness he is the one that showed the love of the father you show the love of the father do you love the the ones that others don't love do you love those who've been rejected by society do you walk and forgiveness do you walk in mercy do you walk in the grace of god are you abiding in jesus and walking in christ if so ongoing unrepentant sin you have to ask yourself are you have biden in christ do you even know christ you have a born again relationship with christ so we've seen so far that we give a deep cleansing and we can have a deep walk in the next then we're going to talk about is that there can be a deep love of a deep love first john chapter two verses seven denying the state's beloved i am not writing a new commandment to you but in all commandment which you have had from the beginning the old  the word which you have heard on the other hand i'm writing a new commandment to you which is true and him in and you because the darkness is passing away in the true light is already shining the one says he's in the light and yet hates his brothers in the darkness until now and then if you look at verses ten to eleven the one who loves his brother abides in the light and there's no cause for stumbling in him but the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness does not know where he's gone because the darkness is blind it is eyes this go back just take a look this look at first verses seven to nine it says beloved i'm not writing a new commandment to you but it all commandment which you have had from the beginning the oka mammoth is the word which you have heard this break down the see what it from god the father from the beginning is the same thing and that given you anything new but then he says but i am giving you something new and he says this i am writing a new command to which is true in m and in you listen what he's saying i you know the old testament you know the principles old testament i'm giving you something new i'm talking about something that is greater that is better and he says in this is that this new command the writing to you is true in who jesus christ and it's true and you is it because the darkness has passed away and the true light is already shining is saying that when jesus christ came there was a light that came into the ruled and that when we as the church was born and the body of christ was born that we as christians were that light also there's something new going on something greater than the rules of the commands of the old testament and that weekly flecked the light and character of christ and then verse nine he says the one who says he's in the light and yet hates his brother is in the darkness until now that's pretty strong words notice what it says if you say you're in the light if you're walking in the light you're walking in jesus that you live in a different life than you live before that you're not just all in the commandments but you you embrace that abiding love relationship with jesus christ that he says that you can't hate your brother and if you hate your brother in darkness if you have unforgiveness  if you have enter valves that you've made against individuals and you have better root judgments in if there's just this this unforgiveness this flowing in you towards somebody else this brother brother is talking about a brother in the lord is talking about a christian so if you have hate towards a brother or sister lord you're walking in darkness you're not walking in the light no matter how you may justify excuse and defend what you're doing and that hatred bitterness that resentment doesn't matter if they hurt you doesn't matter what they did you can't walk in darkness there needs to be a place of forgiveness now forgiveness doesn't mean you have to be in with unity with them and that you want them as your next door neighbor but what it is talking about is that there won't be this this  brother this is a powerful the one who loves his brother abides in the light if you love your brother you're in the light and there's no cause for stumbling this and there will be conflict if both of you are walking a light there won't be conflict that leads to stumbling yes you may have disagreements yes you may have conflicts but if you're both walking in the light you're able to work through those conflicts those problems that you have you will be walking in been in this the reason that the verse eleven but the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness and those other ways go because the darkness is blind it is eyes what does darkness do a blind jew you get into a place of darkness and you cannot understand the word of god you get to a place of darkness and when the preached it doesn't bring conviction when you walk in darkness you can't have fellowship with others when you walk in darkness there's a blinding that goes in your eyes and you cannot see you're walking in darkness you're deceiving you don't know it because you're d you don't know because you're deceived you're walking in darkness your eyes are blind this is pretty strong words that were to walk in deep love we're to love brothers and sisters in the lord to love the last that if you don't want  to be stumbling if you don't want to be in a place the confusion if you don't want to be in a place where you're wondering where's god where's god where's god you gotta get to a place of this and you have to get to a place that you walk in l and when you walk in love you're biden in christ you're living in the light do you want to live in the light or do you want to walk in the darkness learn to love those who maybe you have a struggle with the challenge with those who have wounded you those you for tho can you love yourself you got to love your own self for the things that you've done when there is that kind of deep love of there's unity in the church this take a look with more to cover we have to desire the deep desire this is first john chapter two verses twelve to fourteen i call i'm going fast here it's hard it's really hard you have a short period of time to cover so much material we're look at first john chapter two verses twelve to fourteen i am father written to you fathers because you know him who has been from the beginning i have written to you young men because you're strong in the word of god abides in you and you have overcome the evil one but if you go to verses fifteen  seventeen do not love the rolled nor the days in this rolled if anyone loves the role the love of the father is not in him for all in the world the lust of the flesh in the lust of the eyes in the balls for pride of life is not from the father's but as from the world the is passing away it also was lost but the one who does the will of god lives forever this talk about having a deep desire to get to know jesus more this talkin about where there is this this this feeling of victory in your life there's this feeling of that you're an overcomer and that you can have victory and that you know what nothing then becomes the puts in front of you is going to stop you so this take a look again verse twelve and run into little children guess what all of us a little chill at the times because your s you could be young in the lord and you can live in overcoming life as the young men you have overcome the evil one i rejection to you children because you know the father verse fourteen i read to you fathers because you know him is begin from the beginning he mustache to put the bottle into christians in there at the bottom of the mouth of christians here's what happens is what he's saying you're so old you've got a mustache here still on the bottle how about you look at listen you can overcome the evil one how do you overcome the evil one through deep cleansing three pinson of your sin how do you overcome the evil one but walking in love of your brother how do you overcome the evil one by abiding in christ i have written to you fathers because you have known him from the beginning and i have written to you young men because you are strong in the word of god abides you've overcome the evil one you're strong why you're strong listen and the word of god abides in you if the word of god abides and if you're spending time in the word you will overcome the evil one if you're spending time in the word you will be strong why are you weak board why is it the enemy overcomes you is to you overcome the enemy maybe it's because you're not spending time in the word of god look we been spending time in the word of god we've been and first john chapter two it look at all the meat we're that we're getting we're not just getting milk we're getting meat we're learning how to walk in a deep cleansing we're learning how to walk with a deep desire we're learning how to walk in a deep love this look at the last portion here just before we wrap up third fifteen to seventeen do not love the rule know the days in this world if anyone loves the rule the law of the father is not in him this is what he says he says if you have a deep desire to get deeper with jesus christ if you're walking in love with jesus christ if you're walking a love the others if you're asking for forgiveness when you when you sin if you're walking in that victory that god has for you you're not going to love this world if you love this road is probably because you're not abide in christ if you don't love this road as buzz because you hold on that bitterness and unforgiveness if you love this role i can tell you that there is not this deep cleansing going on within you yourself is how much do i love this ruled how much do i love the last of this rolled listen verse sixteen for all that is in this world the lust of the flesh the lust of the eyes and the boastful fright of life is not from the father but is from the life the father's not in u why because you're in the role instead and it wore just as the rose passed away listen all those things you lost for all those these desire they're going away anything that you want on this earth that's not  god it's going away it's passing away and as even those lies all gone away but the one does the will of god lives forever so the one who does the will of god has eternal life now that's good at that if you're not doing the will of god if you walked away from god i would challenge you as we look at this do you have an intimate relationship with christ you know jesus christ as your lord and savior if you don't know jesus christ your lord and savior not going to live in victory you're going to be that person who may be accepted christ which is a little kid or maybe you are out in the street somewhere and somebody says read this bible verse and accept jesus christ your lord and savior maybe that's who you are you did that bed that  savior but your life is not changed at all you love the rolled with all of your heart you're probably not born again you need to get born again today if you get born again at the end of this broadcast we'll tell you how to get saved we're going to tell you how to get born again that we're going to tell you the verses what it says the do what you don't do with your mouth you do it with your heart you have to be at a place that that when we talk about that you turn your life over to christ that you see jesus take over my life we're talking about that you truly that in your heart of hearts and you say i don't i don't want to repent of my sin i understand that but if you truly say jesus i don't want to repent of my sins i'm asking though that you give me a desire to repent of my days sins that god i'm so we talked about a deep cleansing that here's the reality is that there can be a cleansing force or we can receive forgiveness of sin because of a jesus christ has done for us that jesus is the advocate for us he is dead at the right and the father interceding on our behalf if we come fessor sins jesus can be that substitute for us so we can have a deep cleansing when there's deep cleanse you don't live with guilt anymore you don't live with the shame anymore you can look in the mirror and you say you know what i'm start to like that guy because i can see jesus in that guy that's the deep cleansing does it frees you from the guilt and the shame and the next thing that we talked about was a deep walk with jesus if we will get that deep walk with jesus is what happens we keep god's commandments we follow god's will we're not first john chapter two it says in the law of god as perfect and honest that's what will happen is god's love will be we've collected in us if we have this deep walk and that we will abide in him and we also learned that there's a deep love that it talks about that are to love our brothers and our sisters and if we don't we're not walking in the light ask yourself again are you in the light are you walking in the light is says that the light should shine from us and s light is shining in you and then we talked about all still that if there is a lot of relationship with you and your brother walk a light you don't stumble there isn't the stumbling going on there is these conflicts going on these these these you know churches that have conflicts just mean people are walking in the light and then the last that he talked about is to have a deep desire to have a deep desire that this isn't if we have a deep desire for jesus christ to be have a love for jesus christ if we have a love for the father god if we have that intimacy with them if are walking in the light rail walking a lot of what will happen is that we will be able to overcome the one so ask yourself again as we finish up here ask yourself be honest with yourself are you have an problems walking in victory are you having problems living and overcoming life then ask yourself what does your desire to have do you want to have a deeper relationship with christ you want to walk in obedience do you want to be one who is an overcomer do you want to be one who can make a difference in this world that i challenge you get into a deeper relationship with jesus christ get into a deep close intimate relationship with jesus christ i want to just close in prayer right now having a father i pray for every person that is watching this show i pray father god that you will minister to them that the word of god that we have spoken will pierce the heart of those who are in willful sen it appears the heart  those who have not been able to forgive others and i pray father god that those who are listening will get to a place that they just have a desire to serve jesus christ with all of their heart that they'll be willing to forgive themselves since jesus forgiven them the willing to forgive others they'll be willing to allow god to mold them and shape them and more into the image of jesus christ the father you put a burden in them to abide in christ that they have a desire to get closer to jesus and the father god as they get closer to jesus the father you reveal yourself until many even in a greater way and they have a greater understanding of the gospel of jesus christ they have a greater understanding of the love of god and the father that you would use them to minister to others and father maybe there is someone listening that doesn't know jesus christ i pray that they will listen to the gospel that they will hear in the next minute how they can receive christ into life and have eternal life and learn how to live a victorious overcoming life and we pray all these things in jesus name amen but this is baster ridge you need to know jesus christ your lord and savior jesus said behold i stand at the door and not going to be one hears my voice and opens the door i will come in robust  river calls upon the name of the lord will be saved john one seven says you must be born again acts sixteen thirty one says believe in the lord jesus christ and thou shall be saved and that the one to pieces repent you and or and we have information on frequently asked questions about christianity we let you know step by step and accept jesus christ your lord and savior encourage you to go to there is hope t v dot or that is there is hope t v dot or also on it you know if you would like seattle's open door church located in 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