following program is sponsored by seattle open george church with your church he's committed to living god loving people and loving life our doors are open to whomever no matter required seattle when your church we go to hear word with thank you that you spoke to apostle john the very door he writes came from you you inspired him to speak the words that he spoke to write the words that he wrote we thank you father god that your work gives us guidance it gives  direction it shows us how to live shows us how to braid we sing a song about our daily bread that we should be taken in the word of god daily allowed to motivate and shape is a change of cypre father that you do it in jesus name amen so this is the first john chapter five verses one to three deeper love deeper walk we have a believe that jesus is the crisis born of god and whoever loves the father loves the child born of him by this we know that we love the children of god when we love god and observe his commandments for this is the love of god that we keep his commandments his commandments are not burdensome how many know that almost every week that basile john is talking about loving others almost every week he's talking about loving others so this break it down whoever believes a jesus is a christ is born of god and over loves the father loves a child born of him who is the child born of them christians have division we think happens you think it's only about false doctrine that churches divide what if i tell you this conflict between the brothers before there's ever a conflict over over doctrine is conflict over issues people get offended they get hurt and it says that if we love the father then we'll love does or of the father and listen to how he says listen this is powerful first to buy this we know that we love the children of god when we love god and observe his commandments so if you say that you love the children of god what has to happen what should be the fruit of that that you love god and what love others and what what are the commandments well this see how about if you have jealousy of your neighbor's property or you follow his commandments then you don't love your neighbor if you're jealous of your neighbor's property you don't love him what about  your turn around and you kind of think he has a wife that looks pretty good do you love him no because you don't love god's commandments so if we're to love people we got to love god's commands and god says that we do love the lord thy god with all our heart mind soul strength and a lot of others as you love yourself so one of god's commandments is to love so tell me something how is it that there can be a place where there is hatred rather brothers and sisters in the lord how can that happen how can that happen to be happen if you're christian can i tell you that with this whole political season i've seen that happen you know there's people that if you don't vote for trump they'll take you off as a friend on facebook oh my goodness i'm no longer a friend of yours because i won't vote for trump really really or if you i don't know what the day because i there's somebody i'm working with then they have a friend that is about as liberal as composite lead be i don't think there's anybody more liberal than them and so hillary is the savior hillary is the greatest thing in the world and out of it if you don't support hillary then you're a wicked evil person that's a christian so our love is based upon who you vote for or what about what church you go to i can have fellowship with you because you go to that church down the street and and they believe a little bit different than us is that what we do do we divide over that i would argue that if that's was dividing you don't understand the gospel of jesus christ you don't understand the love of christ what if a brother turns around has false doctrine  doctrine you should hate them what should you do if they have false doctrine pray for them what about going out to coffee with them and maybe help them out of that doctrine or do we hate them verse three for this love of god that we keep his commandments and  commandments are not burdened some why they can't be true and i look at the ten commandments and then jesus adds more to it how no we're always supposed to do that that's psalm is it if you do it on your own it is but if you do it by the spirit of god the whole world about the nation of israel biggest mistake nation israel made moses comes down the second time with the ten commandments first time he broke them second time it comes down to reason think a mammoth's he says you have to do this do this don't do this don't do this you know what the people said in unison you know what they said would do it would do it you know they should have said we can't do that how in the real can we do that and jesus shows up jesus comes on the scene you can't thr you can i blame the nation of israel jews going to come back three thousand four thousand years ago if they just was said we can't do it so is a burdensome it is if you do it on your flesh but if you do in the spirit is not some god's holy spirit gives you the ability to do it how do we know that this go to the next slide of what you know how to do it verse four for whatever is born of god overcomes the world and this is the victor this overcome the world our faith who is the one who overcomes the world but he who believes that jesus is the son of god this is stop right there so how do you find out if you feel the commandments you do it by what you do it by faith whatever's born of god overcomes the rule can you overcome the world can you have power over the  if you're a believer in jesus christ absolutely can you have power the world because the holy spirit live within you this is that you can have victory to overcome this world that means every temptation of this world you can have victory over that means every sin you can have victory over through through jesus christ we can all overcome the rolled through jesus christ as we believe in the son of god you know it's actually not fair in a way because as christians we get something that non christians don't have and that's the spirit of god but is it unfair no because guess what you can have the spirit of god whomsoever whoever excepts christ can have the same spirit of god you have the sad spot the sad part is though how many non agree with them on politics but until last night he was a good friend maybe that change this morning i don't know he has a different to me yet but he can't point to bring up is that all of us have since can you talk ago that he has said before in the last year don't forget it wasn't just eleven years ago it has been his life for the last how many years but when he said that things that he said about women i mean no he's not the only man that's ever said that  many have they haven't overcome the world how do you overcome the ruled by the spirit of god limit then you learn to rule in reign so there are no different than anybody else the difference is believe as hopefully we're trust christ and what we send we do what then verse six i don't want to get to all of the because it takes forever but it says this the one who came by water and blood jesus christ now with the water only but with the water with the blood is a spirit who testifies because the spirit is truth for three that testify the spirit in the water the blood in the three hundred three meant and we could talk forever what all that means in there because what is the spirit what is the water what is the blood what was that all come to play what i want to focus on a verse six is the spirit testifies because the spirit is the truth if you want to know the truth who should you go to the holy spirit is the spirit of truth the truth said shew free so if you want to be free you go to the truth who is the truth jesus christ is the truth and so if you want to be free if you want to come the road you need to go to the truth go to the next slide deeper truth deeper assurance i love this i love this this is how you can have the surance of salvation verse nine if we receive the testimony of men the testimony of god is greater for the testimony of god is this that he has testified concerning his son verse ten the one who believes in the son of god has the testimony in him self the one who does not believe god is made him a liar because is not believe the testimony that god has given concerning this song and this is the testimony that god has given us eternal in this life is in a son he who has the son has life who does not have the son of god does not have life these things i've read to you to believe in the name of the son of god so that you may know you have eternal life i love this passage has life who does not have the son of god does not have lived the other son of god living within you if you are the son of god live within you you have eternal life guaranteed no question about it how do you know if you have the son living in you you'll know you will know there will be confirmation your spirit that you're born again they'll be something that god does i don't know what he doesn't know how does it maybe after you accept jesus all of a sudden the lights come on in the rowlocks alive again maybe when you accept christ all of a sudden you're delivered you're set free for stuff in an amazing instantaneous way maybe when you accept jesus you finally have a piece that you never had before i don't know what it is but if you have the sun in you you will know that you have the sun and if you have the sun you have life and just the opposite if you don't have the sun and you you don't have life so if you don't believe in jesus christ you have eternal life absolutely not what if i'm a good person were if i went to church all the time but grandma was a good christian in fact grandma was a not only a good christian but grandpa was a pastor of a church and i went there's a little baby in fact they had a they had me in a manger in the on the on the platform when i was a little baby and al son i just absorb the holy spirit in me or you're born again yeah the son of god in you if you haven't accepted christ you have and how do you accept christ you confess with your mouth that jesus is lord and believe in a heart that is raised from the dad so when we hear that they say are so old souls say they got saved if they're not confessing if their mouth the jesus lord did they get saved between you and jesus well it may be is between you and jesus but what's the next step after accepting jesus public confession and watt water baptism what is the purpose of water baptism it is  symbolism of what takes place when it gets saved but does water baptism get you say absolutely not but if you're saved should you get water baptized if you're saved why would you not want to get water baptized because your closet christian isn't interested in america we have closet christians but over in the middle east all over in countries in south korea they'll make a public confession of christ and labor to have their head chopped off but were undercover christian in america where you can accept christ and that you're not going to receive any punishment whatsoever so the question is do you have the son of god in you the some a gun you you have eternal life in paul's or john says i write these things so that you know you have eternal life so what when you when you when you do something wrong anybody ever done in the wrong anybody done anything a little more than wrong anybody ever do anything that was evil ok tell me something  the devil ever say to you can't be born again because you just did this you just had this god you can't be born again because you had this thought you can't be born again because you did this thing you know what the answer to the devil is i have this son and he has a son has life and so i have jesus i am born again but i have a messed up christian maybe so people walk around i don't know you know there's people that teach you know you accept jesus and then you said and then you got if you don't repent you're going to go to hell so you've got repent and if you die without confessing all your sins you don't have the assurance of salvation this is assurance of salvation do you have the son does it say if you feel like you have the side the say if you don't feel like you have the saw i have done things that my life some willfully some and wilfully that i have regrets over that i looked at i says cannot really be born again and i'll go broke and i do that but this is what's kept me alive this was kept me focus because i know i have the son and the old devil in hell can convince me otherwise no person can convince me otherwise how about you is the same for you this go the next sli shit if we ask in the corners will he hears us so if i ask for jesus come to my into my life does he hear me the next part is if he hears us he will give us the request we ask for so jesus i want to be born again does he hear me yes does it want to be born again does he turn around and save me and make me born again absolutely because anything i asked he does so when it comes to sell vacation that's the first step if you're asking god if you haven't accepted christ that's a dangerous place to be because if you're it's asking things from god and you have accepted christ you know you're probably not asking things according to god's will you're probably asking these according to your flesh so how can you be assured that the days you ask is of god that you accept christ into your life you have his holy spirit live within you and you get into his word and what does this say this is say if we ask any day what's anything what's anything all things everything anything anything anything by the way anything means anything i make a point day according to his will so what's his will in this word is his will and there's more than just this is the spirit speaking  in seattle or church i didn't find it but you know what a new god's will because a spirit spoke to me his spirit confirmed it and me all of a sudden there was just that knowledge this is where i'm supposed to be there was no doubt whatsoever and i was still on staff with another church and i knew that god said i had to leave the church and come here and not be on step because when i came here i was not on staff i knew it and this says before one thing it doesn't say when you get it does it does it say we know that we have the request we've asked from him in the next twenty four hours does a say that can we have it in the next twenty four hours can we have it in the next minute if it's his will so if it doesn't happen the next twenty four hours is not his will for it to happen the next twenty four hours i don't want it if it's not the dry time oh i don't i don't want to wife i got a wife symbolically i want to wife if i want to wife it is god's will for me have a wife will he give me a wife will he give me absolutely but can you get you a wife you can be out his side of his will so god i want to know my wife's one and a husband how long now how long did you wait to get married how old were you forty six years old before coming got married because god had a lot of work to do and me he had to prepare me to be your husband so seven years being single he did a lot of work in me a lot of work in me a man that should not be qualified for marriage so god had to do work at me for seven years he did a work in karma for forty six years well i guess she was more missed up to me i don't know and it took seven years for me it took forty eight when the you know i don't know forty eight forty nine to get married sobs it took me a couple more years and her to be the right person what am i saying is that of god has the right person for you will you wait for the right person i don't know if i would only person for karma because i don't necessary believe that concept if i'm the only one for her because if i died she wouldn't be able to get married if i'm the only one but a guy kept me alive so maybe i am the only one i don't know i don't know all of that's all about i just know this if you seek the will of god you're not the way about if there was three options you got the option that he has for you if you line up with his will he will give you whatever you ask so what are you asking what are you asking what are you asking for yourself what are you asking for your family what are you asking for your church is according to god's will as a go to happen i say it absolutely will happen but it's going to be in god's timing this go the next one sixteen and nineteen going into deep truth now watch new theme john chains a new thing if anyone sees his brother could mean a sin not leading to death he show asking god will forgive will for him give life to those not leading to death there's a sin that is leading to death i didn't say that you should make requests for this all righteous is sin and there's a sense not leading to death we know that no one who is born of god sins all are going to deal with that one we know that the one is born of god sins but he was born of god keeps him and the one does not touch him we know that we are of god and that the whole room lies in the power of the evil one this break down what is the sin that leads to death anybody want to try that one last me the holy spirit does what most people believe is the sin that leads to death is that what it says we don't know i personally believe the senate leads to death is the last of the holy spirit say not to bother with them because if they commit the blast in a leader spirit can they repent they can't be can forgiven of that so that's why you want to spend time with the so i think that's what is but forget what it is it says there's only one  know somebody this committed sin of our brothers commit a sin what should you do you should pray for them you should ministers to them you should love on them you should help them to get to a place of repentance should you discipline them in the church yes there was ties  doing nothing about it and he says the man should be removed from the church that are strong words so is there discipline at times absolutely but was he say that treating him like a sinner how do you tr you love our women to christ is that interesting he says take that christian man who's did he says he's doing these more wicked than what the unbelievers do this is corinth it was one the most wicked cities there was there was sexual sin they had prostitutes at the temples that the men would go to it was a wicked city says you got some doing something that's very wicked and you're doing nothing about it you should remove him because he's a poison within the church he will take the body of christ you should remove am and do what with thing love him as a sinner so what is your goal to restart or bring a back to christ and second corinthians he says the punishment was good enough and praise god you get t to say some people are restored because we don't discipline they're not restored wired to restored because we did this put in what do you mean because if we let somebody continue to ongoing willfully do sin  repentant sin that is damaging to the body of christ and we continue to let him do it where they continue to do the continue to do it and they will never repent but when you say this is a nuff what can happen then they face the to somebody have to be a gutter drunk because before god can deliver them we should do we cannot make it that they don't have to be a gutter drop the good god redeem if they're a gutter drunk absolutely so he's talking about we should minister seattle open door church located in period committed to loving god loving people and loving life so you have an open door church once you to know that regardless of where you've been or what you've done god loves  doors are open to anyone and everyone their 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