Jesus Christ is the True God < 1 John 2:1-5 > “My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone 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 but also for the whole world. Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He who says, ‘I know Him,’ and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.” The Main Theme of 1 John In 1 John 2:1, the Apostle John says, “My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin.” He explains that the purpose behind his writing of 1 John is so that the saints would not commit the sins of not believing in Jesus, the true God. In the phrase from this passage, “so that you may not sin,” ‘sin’ here indicates ‘the sin leading to death’ (1 John 5:16). John wants all the saints to stand firm on the gospel of the water and the Spirit. He also wants them to believe that Jesus Christ is God Himself, the Son of God, and also the Savior who took away our sins. Reminding everyone, both the saints and unbelievers alike, that Jesus Christ is the true God and Savior, the Apostle John admonishes us not to commit the sin of disbelieving in the divinity of Jesus Christ. While it is possible for us to sin before God in our flesh and hearts, there is one sin that we must never commit. It is the sin of not believing in the baptism that Jesus the Son of God received to accept our sins, and the precious blood that this Son of God shed for us. It is this sin that the Apostle John wants to prevent us from committing, for it will surely lead us to eternal death. We believe that Jesus Christ is God, and that He is the Lord of creation who made the entire universe and us. The Bible is telling us that the divine Jesus Christ actually exists, for He is not elusive, but is in fact God Himself and the Savior of mankind. Apart from Jesus Christ, who could truthfully claim himself as the true God and Savior? Jesus Christ is the Omnipotent God who has the power to create the universe. No one but Jesus Christ has the power to make this world. Jesus is fundamentally the Son of God, and for us, He is God Himself. It is by Jesus Christ that this world was created (John 1:10). Jesus Christ is the God of all of us. Who is the Lord of all things in this world? Who is the God that has saved us from the sins of this world? Who paid the wages of all our sins? It is Jesus Christ our God, for He has, being God Himself and the Savior, cleansed us from all the sins of the world with the gospel Truth of the water and the Spirit, and has saved us by being condemned in our place. Jesus Christ is the true God and the Savior for all those who are to believe. Therefore, if we do not believe in Him, we are sinning against God. You must recognize that not believing in Him is to commit a mortal sin against God. While we can be forgiven for virtually all the sins that we commit before God, there is one sin that cannot be remitted away; that is, the sin of not believing in Jesus Christ our God can never be forgiven. Jesus Christ, the Savior of mankind, could wash away our sins through the baptism that He received and the blood that He shed on the Cross. However, this sin of not believing in Jesus as the true God constitutes a sin that fundamentally cannot be washed away. As such, we can come to possess true faith when we first begin with the belief that Jesus is our true God. The Apostle John tells us that he wants us not to commit the sin of not believing that Jesus is our God. Jesus Christ, the true God, came to this earth to accomplish the gospel of the water and the Spirit. He was baptized, shed His blood on the Cross, and rose from the dead again, and thereby became the true Savior of those who believe. The Apostle John earnestly wants everyone to believe in this gospel of Truth (1 John 5:3-6). This Was the Faith of the Apostle John The Apostle John admonishes us to believe that the divine Jesus is the Creator God who made the universe and all things in it, and that He is the only begotten Son for God the Father, and the true Savior for us. While people generally acknowledge that Jesus is the Savior, they do not recognize that this divine Jesus Christ not only took away our sins with His baptism and bloodshed, but is also the true God. Even among today’s Christians who profess to believe in Jesus as their Savior, few actually know and believe that Jesus is the Creator God. Many people think that Jesus is somehow insufficient to be God, since He has God the Father, and for the Father Jesus is only His Son. However, the name “Jesus” is a title indicating that He came to this world as the Savior, and the name “Christ” means the Messiah, the One who was anointed. In the Old Testament, there are three kinds of persons to be anointed― kings, prophets, and priests. Therefore, Jesus Christ is the Savior who has become the King, the Prophet, and the High Priest. He is fundamentally the true God, but He came to this earth with these three offices, He was baptized by John the Baptist and shed His blood on the Cross to save us from all the sins of the world, and has indeed perfectly delivered and saved all those who believe in Him from all their sins. When Jesus our Savior died on the Cross as the Savior of mankind, his persecutors put up a sign that read, “The King of the Jews.” They did so to ridicule Him. However, Jesus is truly God for us, and He is clearly the Creator God for the universe and all things in it. He is not just the King of the Jews, but the King of the entire universe. For us and everyone else alike, this divine Jesus forever exists as God. Therefore, believing that Jesus is God, and that He has saved us from our sins with the gospel truth of the water and the Spirit, we must live in thankfulness. This Truth must not be altered, for Jesus is God for both the believers and unbelievers alike. Imagine here for a moment that someone, covering his eyes with his palms, is shouting under the sun, “There is no sun!” He sees no sun because he has blocked it from his eyes, but this does not mean that there is no sun. Everyone else sees the sun, and if he would only removed his hands from his eyes, he, too, would see it. This is exactly how the unbelievers are acting when they do not admit the Truth that Jesus Christ is the true God and that He came to this earth to accomplish the gospel of the water and the Spirit. Jesus Christ is the absolute God for all the people who believe in Him, He is forever the King of kings as well, and He will remain as God for eternity. For those who do not believe in Jesus Christ as their God, He may not be the King, but for those who believe in Him, Jesus Christ is the everlasting King, the eternal Judge, and the everlasting High Priest. To all the believers, Jesus Christ is the absolute and perfect God. Therefore, those of us who believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit must also have this faith that believes in the divine Jesus as our Savior God. Just as the Apostle John confessed in 1 John 5:20, “This is the true God and eternal life,” for us also, Jesus is the true God, the true Savior, and the everlasting King. We must believe in Jesus Christ who has saved us from all our sins and given us new life, and who is the everlasting God and the Son of God the Father, as our own Savior. We must realize that Jesus our God made us from the time of the creation of the heavens and the earth. We must believe that the Triune God made us in His image, that the One who created the universe is actually Jesus Christ, and that this divine Jesus Christ is the God who created the whole world, both seen and unseen by our eyes. As Genesis 1:27 says, “God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him,” the divine Jesus Christ is the absolute God who created the universe and all things in it. Jesus Christ our God is the Lord of life for all creation. As the Bible says, “In Him was life” (John 1:4), and also says, “As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name” (John 1:12). All these speak of the power of Jesus Christ. The Divine Jesus Is the Absolute God for Us Do you truly believe in Jesus as God with all your hearts? The Apostle John wants all the readers of his Epistles to have faith in this truth. And he does not want them to commit the sin of not having this faith. If the Apostle John believed in the divine Jesus as his God, then our faith in this Truth is right. The other Apostles, although they did bear witness of Jesus’ divinity, generally emphasized more than John that He has become our Savior as the Son of God. In contrast, the Apostle John testified Jesus more as God Himself. This is why of the four Gospels, the Gospel of John is called as the Gospel of Eagle. The Apostle John had soared spiritually that much higher, to the highest level, and looked toward the divine Jesus, the Highest of all. Although he was the youngest of the twelve disciples of Jesus, he was the disciple that knew Jesus most profoundly. This is why he could testify in John 1, “The world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him” (John 1:10). What a disciple of God with such spiritual discernment is John? The Apostle John said that “the world was made through Him,” because he had met Jesus Christ, the true God. He also said, “This is the true God and eternal life” (1 John 5:20). John believed, in other words, that this God was none other than Jesus Christ, and that He is the One who gives us eternal life. Do you know Jesus as God Himself, or do you know Him only as the Son of God? Do you know and believe that the divine Jesus is the true God to you? Your faith must not be damaged fatally by mistakenly thinking that the divine Jesus Christ is not the Creator of the universe and all things, when He is, in fact, this very Lord and God. You must not commit the sins of blaspheming the Holy Spirit. That the divine Jesus is your Savior is a self-evident fact. He is fundamentally God. It is because Jesus is God who created the universe that He, to save His people from their sins, came to this earth incarnated in the flesh of man, was baptized, shed His blood on the Cross, and has thereby saved His believers from their sins and condemnation, thus giving them the remission of their sins and eternal life all at once. Jesus is the God who had abandoned His glory to save us from our sins through 33 years of His life. But in His essence, He is God Himself. Do You Believe that Jesus is God, and that He Is Our Helper? Do you believe that the Father of Jesus is our Father God, and that He is the same God for us? Jesus Christ is the Son of God, but He is also the true God for us. Jesus the true God came to this world in the flesh of men to save all of us through His baptism and bloodshed. This is why the Apostle John said, “This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.There are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one” (1 John 5:6-8). The baptism that Jesus Christ received from John and His bloodshed, therefore, are the Truth of our salvation. Here the Bible tells us that Jesus is God Himself. And it tells us that this divine Jesus Christ is the Savior God who came to this earth incarnated in the flesh of man, took upon our sins by being baptized, bore all the condemnation of our sins by being crucified, and has thereby delivered us from our sins. Because Jesus Christ is fundamentally the true God, He is more than able to become the true Savior for all of us who believe in the gospel Word of the water and the Spirit. As such, for those who believe in everything that He did when He came to this earth, they can not only receive the remission of their sins, but they can also be clothed in the great power that turns them into God’s own children. .
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:36:15 +0000
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