PURPOSE
OF HIS COMING - PRT 1
1
JOHN 3:4-6
INTRO: We are in the Christmas season now
/ and I find it interesting that where the Lord has us in our study of 1st
John.
A. As I sat
down to study & looked at the next passage we would be covering I thought
it was interesting that that John gives us 2 insights into Purpose of our
Lord’s Coming
AA.
V.5 Purpose Might take away our
sins / v.8 Might Destroy the works of the Devil
B. So as we
look at this passage the next two weeks I want to tie this into the theme of
Christmas / Hearts prepared for Christmas .
C) Christmas is an Exciting time of year
where stop focus on the coming of J.C.
1.
I remember as a kid being excited about Christmas for all
the wrong reasons - presents! Candy Canes!
D) We
opened our presents Christmas day Which made Christmas
Eve the longest day of the year/ wake up 4 or 5 times - time yet!
1.
One year - expecting a new bike / underwear,
socks, couple of shirts (gee, thanks mom)
Dad take trash out - garage -
E. When I
walked out to the garage there was this brand new purple huffy stingray w/ big
bow! Waited all year! I was so excited !
1.
Waiting can be tough on kids / check the packages /
Think about how long the world waited for
the Savior! The Prince of Peace
Consider the Christmas story for a moment !
A.Mary and Joseph were a young couple
living in the town of Naz they were espoused to be
married
Aa) In That culture: marriages were by arrangement: "Your
daughter my son - engaged at any age!" My mom - red head across
street
B) One year before the couple would reach the
age where they could get married - become espoused or betrothed to each other
1) This espousal could only be broken by
death or divorce - that serious!
C) The couple was completely committed to
each other except their marriage wasn't consummated!
1) So Mary and Joseph had entered this
period of espousal!
D) It was during this time of their
relationship - that the Angel Gabriel
appeared to Mary - "Favored above all women"
1.
She would be the human instrument for bringing God's Son
into the world!
E) Mary - "Lord how can this
be?" - How can I have a child when I am not married?
1.
Power of Lord come upon you - H.S. overshadow you - give
birth to one called Son of the Most High
F) Mary submitted unto the Lord said "Be
it unto Your maiden as you have said" Problem - How do I tell this to
Joseph?
When Joseph First heard he was shocked!
Probably thought Mary flipped her lid by story pregnant by H.S. - right!
A.Now in that day infidelity during
espousal - looked upon as a shameful
act.
1.
Joseph two choices: Stone as an adulterer - or put away
quietly - certificate of divorce - Joseph pondered - what do I do?
B) Decided
to put her away quietly when Gabriel appeared to him
told him not to be afraid to take Mary as wife what she
said was true
1.
She will have a son and you shall
call him name Joshua for he will save his people from their sins!
C. Glorious
name Joshua / Jesus in Greek / Joshua in Hebrew means "The Lord has become our salvation"
Man was in a most frustrating place /
bound in sin / separated from his creator / meandering through life seeking
meaning & purpose.
A) But
always confronted w/ the guilt of not being able to measure up to the standard
the Lord set / keep his law ! Plagued by the affects of sin!
B)But God the Father saw man in His meandering state;
plagued by Guilt /bound in sin separated from Him because of sin
C) The world was in desperate need of a
savior & the Lord sent His Son born of the virgin
Mary to be the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world
1) He was manifested to take away our
sins!
Sin is that damning force that destroys
man! And at the heart of sin is self - centeredness
A) It is only appropriate that the letter (I)
is in the middle of the word sin! Heart of it self
centeredness
B. You hurt me;
I was wronged - I didn't get my way! I didn't get to do my thing/ I I I
/ I'm angry I'm upset - I'm offended - I'm going to get even!
1) I'm going to do it my way!
C) Man by nature is selfish and all men the
Bible says all have sinned - fallen short of glory of God
1.
Aaron can be a silly boy/ we were having a discussion
one time about how there are times to be silly times not / class at school is
not the time
D) If you are silly in class/ you will find
yourself getting in trouble ! He responded dad "Everyone
gets in trouble sometimes because All sinners!"
E) True all sinners - heart of sin is
selfishness /- but God did not intend
for us to live a self centered life
1) He wanted us to know the richness and
joy of a God centered life
A life that manifests itself in giving to
others and in the interest of others!
F. Sin is that
Damning force that destroys man! And at the heart of sin is self But Jesus was
manifested that He might take away our sin !
Now understand John is speaking here of a
lifestyle of sin
A) The
phrase commits sin in v. 4 should be translated continually sins / speaks of
one who habitually lives in sin
B. John says
That person also commits Lawlessness = Rebellion . I’ll
do what I want Speaks of one practicing sin / living in it
! Lifestyle
1.
person who even when confronted keeps on sinning
C) Obvious context from V. 7 & v. 10
Practice righteousness vs Practicing sin !
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But He was manifested / the Purpose of His coming was to
take away our sins !
D) The phrase take away our sins means to
take it away completely
In What way would He take away ? Note 3Things
A.1st - take away the penalty
B. The bible
declared that the soul that sinned would surely die / the wages of sin was
death. = eternal separation from God !
C. But in Jn.
3:17 tells us that God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the
world, but that the world through Him might be saved !
D) Jesus didn't come to condemn / to pt a finger / or to judge came to save! Make a way for man
to have fellowship w/ God !
1) Took away the penalty of our sin by taking
our sin!
Is 53:6 400yrs before birth But He was
wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the
chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. All
we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; and
the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
E) That was the picture of our lives marred
by our iniquities & transgressions
He took away our sin - by taking it all on
Him. He paid the price - "My God, my God……… "
A) At that moment the Son felt separation
from the Father! Broke His heart!
"God made Him who knew no sin to
become sin for us that we might be made the righteousness of God through
Him"
B) He took the penalty He paid the price !
2ndly - He took away the presence of sin!
A) In Luke 7 Jesus was at the home of Simon the Pharisee - sat down
to eat when a woman / who was a prostitute / (sinner) came in!
B) Took an alabaster flask of fragrant oil /
wash feet w/ tears / dry w/ hair - anoint feet w/ oil!
C. Now Simon
was upset that Jesus allowed this woman to touch him "if real prophet
he would know She knew she was a sinner
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Jesus did know that this woman was a sinner / But he also
realized that she knew what she was that’s why she was here !
Cc) Real Question was How did Simon Know who
she was ( another time )
D) But this woman knew that she was a sinner
she knew the presence of sin had permeated
her life - she was rotting
E) She didn't know what real love was anymore
- but she knew where to go to find out!
1)When Jesus said to her your sins are forgiven - it meant
taken away removed! Forgiven & forgotten
F. Amanda &
the Calculator ........ Clear That's
what happens to our sins when God
forgives us.
1.
The consequences may remain,
but the guilt, the legal condemnation
for the offense is gone.
G. Our sin is
forgiven & forgotten by the Lord when we confess it to Him 1JN1:9
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Now we are still sinners but each time we confess &
repent He forgives & forgets / He takes it away !
Karl Menninger, the famous psychiatrist, says
that if he could convince the patients in his psychiatric hospitals that
their sins are forgiven guilt removed 75 percent of them could walk out the
next day.
When He takes away our sin - It is
complete! Penalty / Presence 3rd - saved from the Power of Sin
A) Whatever sin had a grip on me in the
past ( In Christ we have the Power to overcome ! ) Turn
Romans 6
In Romans 6 we see this principle laid out
very clearly of how the the power of sin has been
broken in our lives because We died w/ Christ -- dead
to sin
A.V.6 - knowing this old man
has been crucified w/ Christ & His power in our lives done away w/ no
longer slaves to sin ! ( No more bondage )
B. Phrase done
away w/ is Katargeo = rendered inactive/ or paralyzed !
1)
Note it doesn’t say annihilated / but rendered in active !
C) Coach Clark / Give me 50 push ups Salvato / Not today / no more power
1.
All the old man can do is make a lot of noise / seek to
tempt us /condemn us & intimidate us ! ( Jon &
the bully- paralyzed )
D) So 1st we need to know that the
old man has been rendered inactive / paralyzed / only power is what we give
him!
2nd V.11 - Reckon - consider (
accounting term = add up put -put together the figures & see that
these things are so !)
A) 3rd As a result of that v.13
- Present
1.
v.16 The proof is in the pudding turn back to 1st
John lets tie this in
So because Christ has totally &
completely taken away our sin / Penalty He paid it for me / Presence He has
cleansed me/ Power He released me
A.As I Abide in Him v.6 I am not going
to sin !
B. Wait a
minute are you suggesting sinless perfection ( false
teaching which suggest we can reach a state where we no longer sin ! ) No
1.
Remember John is talking about living in sin / habitual sin
C. So the point
John is making in v. 6 is whoever continues in fellowship & submission to
Christ will not live in sin !
John supports His point further in v. 9 when
he says that those who have been born of God does not sin because His
seed remains in Him & he cannot sin because he has been born of God !
We have been set free from the power of
sin in our lives - sin that held us in bondage - removed - rendered inactive!
A) He was manifested to take away our sin =
lift up and carry away - complete
taking away
B) Penalty - presence - power! That is why
He came
C) He came so we could live the kind of life
that God wants men to live - rich , full; a life centered in God
life not bound up in self - but centered in the Lord and
loving others
Life
is like a pie! revolves around relationship w/ Him
Not
a selfish life - life J.O.Y.
Now a week from tomorrow all over the
world people are going to give gifts
Now what would you think of a woman who
because she loved her husband dearly
- decided to give him special gift So
special she had to save for 5 years - do w/out ; lunches cheaper make-up
Took
5 years - but finally got it - give to him this Christmas!
Next week She
can't wait to watch him open it! Expression on his face!
All
presents are opened except that one - let's eat - football - tomorrow!
Imagine
her disappointment - she was so eager to watch him open it - that gift exactly what he wanted and needed
Gift
says more than her words could ever say! It is going to express her deep love for him! But he doesn't open
it!
Imagine
her disappointment
Then think of God's disappointment when He
paid such a huge price to give people the gift of life - people ignore it!
Leave
His gift unopened on doorstep of home
He
knows if they would just receive it they would understand how much He loves them
It
is just what they always wanted - what they need but year after year Christmas Christmas
- gift is ignored!
He was manifested take away our sins!