1 John 5:6-12

1 John 5:6-12

He Who Has the Son Has Life

1Jn 5:6  This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. 

1Jn 5:7  For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 

1Jn 5:8  And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. 

1Jn 5:9  If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. 

1Jn 5:10  He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. 

1Jn 5:11  And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 

1Jn 5:12  He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 

1. Christ Made Atonement for Our Sin Through His Death and Resurrection – vs. 6*
1. The Cerinthian heresy taught that God entered Jesus during His Baptism (Water) and left Jesus shortly before the crucifixion (Blood). This is not true and Scripture tells us that. This is why John insists that Christ came not by water only but by blood as well, completing the atonement.

                                                               i.      If Cerinthian was correct there could be no atonement because God did not die for our sin.

1.      John 1:1-3 

2.      John 1:12-14 

2. The Holy Spirit reveals this truth through an honest examination of scripture. – vs. 6b*

                                                               i.      John was a man that had seen the death and the resurrection of Christ and could authenticate the reality of the atonement.

1.      Hebrews 10:10-18 

2. The Trinity is a Witness to the Resurrection of Christ – vs. 7*
1. The very existence of the trinity is proof of God’s redemptive plan and his desire to redeem you back to Himself.

                                                               i.      Colossians 1:14-20 

3. The Work of the Holy Spirit Through Testimony of the Gospels is a Witness of the Resurrection of Christ – vs. 8*
1. John 20:30-31 
4. The Witness of the Holy Spirit Within Your Heart is an Authentication of the Truth of Scripture and is Therefore the Greatest Witness – vs. 9*
1. John 14:26 
5. If You Believe in the Divinity of Christ Then You Have the Witness in Your Heart and He is the Holy Spirit – vs. 10a*
1. John 14:8-12 
6. If You Reject the Truth of Scripture and Believe that Jesus is not God then You Make God a Liar – vs. 10b*
7. The Witness of Scripture Revealed to You Through the work of the Holy Spirit Tells you that God Has Given You Eternal Life and that Eternal Life is Found in His Son – vs. 11*
1. 1 John 5:13 
8. If You Have the Son Then You Are Saved, Without Him You are Damned – vs. 12*
1. John 3:36