Aug 17, 2017
As has been our custom throughout the book of John, this will be the first of seven episodes on 1 John, chapter five, verses 6-12. I’ve entitled this first one, “Can I Get A Witness?” The fact is, John had more than enough witnesses to support His assertion that Jesus was the Son of God. And in these verses he is going to point out three of them. It really didn’t matter what others said or taught. They could deny the deity of Jesus, but it didn’t change anything. There was more than enough proof to support Jesus’ claim to be the Son of God and the Savior of the world. And John will begin with the Holy Spirit Himself. The very fact that He existed and had come to indwell each and every believer was more than enough proof that Jesus had been who He claimed to be. He had promised the Holy Spirit would come after He returned to have, and the Holy Spirit had come – in power, at Pentecost. But there were two other witnesses to Jesus deity. His baptism and crucifixion. At the first, God confirmed Jesus as His Son. At the second, God sacrificed Jesus as His sinless Son. The only sacrifice that would do.