Walking in Light | Knowing Means Obeying | Week 3

Redeemer Weekend Sermons

Teacher: Adam Barnett

If you know God, you must obey Him and live as Jesus did.

We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did. - 1 John 2:3-6

Do I take God’s commands seriously and do I repent when I fall short?

1 - You must not hate your brother.

Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness. Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble. But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them. – 1 John 2:9-11

2 - You must not love the world.

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.
For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from
the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives
forever. – 1 John 2:15-17

Worldliness – an affection for that which is unlike God and contrary to his will.

Is there anything you possess or desire that interferes with your devotion to God?

3 - You must not listen to false teaching.

As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. And this is what he promised us—eternal life. I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray. – 1 John 2:24-26