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Through the Bible with Les Feldick
LESSON 1 * PART 4 * BOOK 57
1 John 4:1-10 - Part 2
I John 4:6
"We (John writes) are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; (in other words we can converse with fellow believers) he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error." I left off at verse 7, "the speaking of wisdom of God in a mystery." I Corinthians 2:9
"But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."
Because you see, coming out of verse 9, "the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him."
There’s just no way we can figure out all that God has done. All right, but now look what he says, "These things God has prepared for them that love him. Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, but (the flipside) God has revealed them to us by his Spirit." "…for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 11. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? (in other words, how can a human understand human things unless he’s a human? It’s just as illogical for a lost man to understand the things of God as for a dog to understand human practice. It is utterly impossible for lost people to comprehend the Word of God. Well naturally! I Corinthians 2:12
"Now we have received, (we believers) not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; (the things pertaining to God) that we might know the things which are freely given to us of God." The Spirit will reveal it freely. All right, now verse 13.
I Corinthians 2:13
I Corinthians 2:14
"But the natural man (the unsaved person) receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: (he can’t because the Spirit can only work through the believer) for they (the things of God) are (what?) All right, since you’re in Corinthians, you might as well go a few pages to the right to II Corinthians chapter 4. II Corinthians chapter 4 and drop in at verse 3. II Corinthians 4:3-4
All right now let’s come back. By virtue of their faith in Who Jesus of Nazareth really was, God has reckoned them as saved. I John 4:7
"Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth (that is someone else) is born of God, and knoweth God." Well, here again, John stops short of what we would call Paul’s Gospel. All right, now verse 8.
I John 4:8
"He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love." All right, but Paul does as well. Paul speaks of love and so I’m going to look at that one in Romans chapter 13. And here we’re speaking of this same agape love.
Romans 13:8a
"Owe no man anything,.…" Don’t defraud. Romans 13:8b
"…but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law." Consequently, verse 9. Paul doesn’t leave us lawless. Because as soon as you commit adultery you’re not showing love for the God that has saved you. "…Thou shalt not kill, (well that’s obvious. You can’t kill somebody that you love) Thou shalt not steal, (that’s obvious also, you can’t steal from somebody if you love them) Thou shalt not bear false witness, (how can you gossip, or lie about someone that you love? Because love works no ill to his neighbor. So the whole concept of God is love! Paul makes mention of nine of the Ten Commandments. Ephesians 6:1-2
Chapter 4 verse 9.
I John 4:9
"In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him." All right, verse 10.
I John 4:10a
"Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us,.…" The whole work of the cross was triggered by God’s love for mankind. Romans chapter 15 verse 8. Romans 15:8
"Now I say that Jesus Christ was (past tense) a minister of the circumcision (that’s Israel) for the truth of God, to confirm (or bring to fruition or to fulfill) the promises made unto(whom?) the fathers:" Well who were the fathers in Scripture? Now back to I John 4, and verse 10 again. There’s a tremendous word here that I just can’t slip over in that verse.
I John 4:10
"Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and he sent his Son, (there’s that S-o-n capitalized) to be the propitiation for our sins."
I John 2:2
All right so, the propitiation for our sins. Romans 3:23-26
25. Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; (but I have to take the next verse as well) 26. All right, now to the propitiation. What are Paul and John talking about? Mercy.

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