The Boldness We Have in Christ

Friday, April 24, 2015
1John 5:6-15 KJV 

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. 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. 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. 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. 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; [and] he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 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. 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: 15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) How did our Lord Jesus come into the world the first time? (v.6a) 
2) Who is witness to the first incarnation and why? (v.6b)
3) Who in heaven bears record that Jesus is the Son of God and what is their relationship to one another? (v.7)
4) Who and/or what on earth agrees that Jesus is the Son of God? (v.8)
5) What is the witness of God and why is the witness of God greater than human witness? (v.9)
6) Who has eternal life and who does not? Why? (v.10-12)
7) Why did the Apostle John write about the witness within everyone who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? (v.13)
8) Why should we be confident when we pray? (v.14-15)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
9) How do you know that you have eternal life in Christ?

LIFE LESSONS
10) For those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God, we are assured of eternal life through the indwelling Holy Spirit.