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LESSON 2 * PART 3 * BOOK 57
1 John 4:11 – 5:1
I John 4:14-15
15. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God." Now, if you were to ask a friend or a loved one, "If you were to die tonight, why do you think God would let you into His Heaven?" And if that loved one would say "Well I believe that Jesus is the Son of God." John makes it just as plain as language can make it that, "whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God." Not a word about His death, shed blood, resurrection, only Who Jesus of Nazareth really is or was. Israel’s Messiah, the Son of God. That was the Gospel of the Kingdom salvation message.
All right, Matthew chapter 16, and we’re going to drop in at verse 13. Matthew 16:13
"When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?" Matthew 16:14a
"And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist:…."
Here’s twelve men. And twelve men are twelve men of any time. All right, now verse 15, Jesus came back:
Matthew 16:15
Matthew 16:16
"And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, (the Anointed One, the Messiah) the Son of the Living God.’" Just exactly what John said back here in I John, "that if you believe that Jesus was the Son, then you have eternal life."
All right, so Peter answered, "Thou art the Christ the Son of the Living God." Does Jesus come right back and say, "But now Peter, is that all?" Jesus is perfectly content with that answer. All right, so that’s all they were to know and believe for salvation, was the message known as the Kingdom Gospel – Who Jesus was.
So stop in at John’s gospel chapter 11, and we’re going to drop in at verse 23. John 11:23-24
"Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. The Sadducees didn’t, but the rest of the Jewish people did. John 11:25-27
Believest thou this? (now watch her confession of faith) 27. She saith unto him, Yeah, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world." Any reference to a death and resurrection? "Thou art the Christ. You are the Son of God Who will be the Messiah the King of Israel." What is faith? "TAKING GOD AT HIS WORD." But you can’t take God at a word that He hasn’t spoken. I’m going to stop at chapter 3. 13. The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers,.…" God has raised Him from the dead so that He can still fulfill the promises that were made to Israel in the Old Testament. All right, now here comes the answer, verse 16.
This man understood that Jesus of Nazareth, Whom these people had followed, was the Christ! The name of Jesus of Nazareth was the same as Messiah, Son of God; but notice, not one word about His work of the cross for salvation. But it was through faith in His name that made this man whole. So what’d this lame man understand? Who Jesus was. All right, so now verse 35 of Acts 8.
"Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, (Isaiah 53) and preached unto him Jesus. Beginning with John the Baptist’s ministry and all the way through Christ’s ministry; and for Peter in Acts chapter 2:38, what belongs with repentance - what was the other object? Water baptism. (be baptized) And he (the eunuch) answered and said, (now watch his confession of faith) I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."
Period. Not a word about the resurrection. Only to know Who Jesus really was. Just exactly like the verse we just saw in I John, "that He is the Son of God."
Well, naturally, Saul of Tarsus is going to later on preach the Gospel of the Grace of God, which is "we preach Christ crucified!"Now verse 4,
Acts 9:4
"…Who art thou, Lord?.…" Any word about the cross? Does Jesus say, I’m the One Who died for you Saul? Does Jesus say, I’m the One Who rose from the dead? "The Son of God!" "The Son of God. The Promised King of Israel." Because God is Sovereign. Salvation.
"That Christ died for your sins. Yes, He is the Son of God, but He died for your sins. Right on up until He finally shuts the gate on Israel’s Gospel of the Kingdom and puts everything under the Gospel of Grace; until that time, salvation was to believe Who Jesus really was.
All right, we’ve got one minute left. Let’s come back to I John chapter 4. I John 4:17-18a
See now, this was all language just like in John’s Gospel. I John 4:19-20a
20. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar:.…" See almost identical with what Jesus spoke in His earthly ministry.
I John 4:21

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