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Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 5:10

1 John 5:10 The Inward Witness. I. The nature of the witness must be first ascertained. The illustration suggests that the witness must be something clear and definite, and capable of being ascertained beyond doubt. (1) There is the conscious experience of a new force acting upon the soul, a new life circulating in every faculty. (2) This new inward force is connected invariably with a certain belief, which gathers round one unchanging form: the form of Christ upon His cross. (3) The whole man... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 5:12

1 John 5:12 Christ the Life of the Soul. It is a very difficult thing to define accurately what we mean by life. Perhaps we shall not be very far wrong if we say that in its highest sense life is that state of which any being is, or feels that it is, capable. So that when anything has reached its true condition, that is its life. I. The life of every one lies in that Divine particle which man originally received. That particle is lost quite lost. Christ is the only Son of God. Therefore in... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 5:14

1 John 5:14 Right Petitions Heard by God. The power by which we overcome the world is the Divine life which we have in the Lord Jesus Christ; but in order to our obtaining that life two conditions must be fulfilled: first, God must give it; and secondly, we must take it. I. God must give it, for although there may be many things that we could earn or produce for ourselves, obviously there is one thing which we could neither earn nor create, into which, it is plain, we must be born that is, our... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 5:14-17

1 John 5:14-17 The Sin unto Death. St. John appears to speak of some one sin as standing apart from all others, as a sin unto death a sin so fatal, so entirely beyond the possibility of pardon, that Christians should even refrain from making petitions to God on behalf of one who had committed this sin. A little consideration, however, may lead us to conclude that such was not precisely the meaning which was in St. John's mind when he wrote. The Apostle is speaking of the power of a Christian's... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 5:18

1 John 5:18 Infirmity of Faith: its Cause and Remedy. I. If all the Christian people about us had a clear vision of God's face, if they distinctly heard God's voice, if they lived and moved and had their being under the constant control of the invisible terrors and glories of the spiritual universe, you and I would not receive the existence of that universe on their authority indeed, but our whole spiritual nature would be raised and elevated by the atmosphere that we should be breathing, and... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 John 5:10

DISCOURSE: 2466THE BELIEVER’S INWARD WITNESS1 John 5:10. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself.THE truth of our holy religion is confirmed by every kind of evidence that the heart of man can desire. Not only was it established by an appeal to prophecy, but by miracles without number. Nay more, as the religion of Moses had at the very time different rites appointed in commemoration of the principal events with which that dispensation was marked; as the feast of the... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 John 5:11-12

DISCOURSE: 2467THE GOSPEL RECORD1 John 5:11-12. This is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.IN matters that are established by human testimony, we necessarily proportion our assent to the number and credibility of the witnesses. And if we will act in the same manner towards the Holy Scriptures, we shall not entertain a doubt, either of their Divine authority in general,... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 John 5:13

DISCOURSE: 2468USE OF THE SCRIPTURES TO BELIEVERS1 John 5:13. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.THE Scriptures of the New Testament were written doubtless for the whole world. Yet perhaps we may say, that the Gospels were written more immediately for unbelievers, in order to convince them of the Messiahship of Jesus; and that the epistles were written... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 John 5:14-15

DISCOURSE: 2469ANSWERS TO PRAYER1 John 5:14-15. This is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.PRAYER is universally acknowledged to be a service proper for sinful men to perform; yet few have any just idea of its efficacy. If a man were to speak of having received an answer to his prayers, he would be considered as an... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - 1 John 5:8

in earth Omit "in earth." agree Or, are to one point or purpose. read more

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