Sermon Notes 1/26 – Declare

-declare is used 3 times in the first 5 verse of 1 John 1

-declare means to make something known/to state a fact outloud – Gods’ promises

1 John 1:1-5

Verses 1:1-2 – THE INCARNATION

-God came to earth in the form of man Jesus Christ

             ***He has always been/not created/is Light & has never sinned

     John declares all of this, but gives two main Declarations in 1 John 1:1-5:

1. We need to declare our identity

2. We need to declare the Omniscience of God

         WE NEED TO DECLARE OUR IDENTITY – vs2b-3

fellowship and eternal life refer to being saved and then partnering with the Lord

-Identity theft exists from the enemy – John 10:10 – he lies to us

-Our identity as believers is only in Jesus Christ

-We need to declare who God says we are – 1 Peter 2:9

-say it outloud – say it like you mean it

                  Identity Points:

     1.) OUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST CAN NEVER BE REVERSED – 1 John 5:13

1 John 5:13 – the word know means to absolutely positively and with 100% confidence can know we are saved and have received our God given identity

     2.) WHAT WE STRUGGLE WITH IS NOT WHO WE ARE – ROMANS 7:15-20

-everyone struggles with something

-Remember two things:

              ***WHAT WE DO MAY NOT BE GOOD, BUT WE ARE STILL GOOD

              ***SELF ESTEEM IS NOT THE GOAL.  GOD-ESTEEM IS THE GOAL.  ITS NOT WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT YOU, BUT WHAT GOD THINKS ABOUT YOU

     3.) THE ENEMY WILL ATTEMPT TO REDEFINE WHO WE ARE – Matt 4:1-11

***Do not allow satan to use the Holy Spirits work to condemn you

***Declare two words

-I Am…

                WE NEED TO DECLARE THE OMNISCIENCE OF GOD – Psalm 139:4

-Jesus Christ is God – He knows and sees everything

-The Lord knows what our thoughts are – Mark 2:1-12 (v8) & John 2:23-25