STICK WITH THE ONE WHO NEVER FAILED

1Joh 1:1  That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

1Joh 2:7  Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

1Joh 2:24  Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.

 When we refer to the time of the beginning we see what John was referring to.
 

Gene 2:16  And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

• Our faith in God's Word given to us will keep us from dying and preserve us to eternal life
• 1 John is a quite a fascinating book
• It refers to the beginning of Genesis
• It refers to life and death as Genesis
• It refers to keeping ourselves as Adam was supposed ot keep the garden
• It even mentions the need to love our brother and even names Cain in 1 John 3:12!

When we read that Adam was cast out of the Garden we discover that it was because he disobeyed God.

• God told him to not eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil
• Adam was supposed to obey a truth in order to stay in there.

• TODAY, 1 John tells us that we must also obey a truth or else we will lose this place with God and be just as cast out from Him as Adam was from the Garden.

• Jesus is the SON OF GOD

 1Joh 5:1  Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

1Joh 4:15  Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

1Joh 5:5  Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

• What exactly is John saying?
• John is telling us a very important truth which we might not realize at first glimpse
• He is telling us that JESUS is right now in the place Adam was in before Adam sinned
• When he describes Jesus as "The Son of God" he is using a title that Adam had.

Luke 3:38  Which was [the son] of Enos, which was [the son] of Seth, which was [the son] of Adam, which was [the son] of God.

1Cor 15:45  And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [was made] a quickening spirit.

• As Adam was the beginning of mankind, but fell and all mankind became sinful like him, Jesus is the ADAM of a new mankind, and if we want to be recipients of eternal life we had better realize that no other teacher or religious leader of any kind held the position Jesus has.
• One other man had it, named Adam, but he became worthless and sinful
• John is telling us that Jesus is the only new Adam and is head over new creation, and if we want to have eternal life we had better realize that and make sure we become one of his people.

When Adam should have put the life from the tree of life into himself, but didn't, Jesus has the life in Him.

1Joh 5:11  And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

• Where Adam had fellowship with God, but lost it, Jesus has it

1Joh 1:3  That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship [is] with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

• John said he stuck with Jesus and therefore had fellowship with God
• And if we want to have fellowship with God you must believe that Jesus is the Son of God - THE NEW ADAM
• All the rest of mankind who will not acecpt Jesus are simply not part of the New Humanity and New Creation, and therefore do not have eternal life
• They are not in the fellowship with God

• Jesus prayed:

John 17:21  That they all may be one; as thou, Father, [art] in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

• Jesus spoke of salvation like He did because only those who obey Him will have the joy fulfilled in them.

John 17:13  And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

• John wrote so that we might have joy, also

1Joh 1:4  And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

• DO NOT LEAVE THIS FELLOWSHIP
• If you stop living for Jesus, you cut yourself off from the eternal life that Adam was cut off from.
• Adam failed to get that Life, but Jesus as Last Adam HAD IT
• Jesus did not lose His kingdom like Adam did
• But if you leave His Kingdom, you leave the Life

•  We must stick with Jesus and and keep joy
• The last Adam is there to stay, but his brothers, us, must ensure that we stay

• We trust they would have had enough sense to stay
• But at any rate, Jesus is filled with Life and He is not going to leave.  We must ensure we do not leave.
• Over and over, John repeats that Jesus is the NEW ADAM.

1Joh 2:24-25 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. And this is the promise that he hath promised us, [even] eternal life.

1Joh 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.

• We live through Him
• He has fruit of life
• He is one with the Father
• Stick to Him!!
• He plucks fruit from the tree of life, as it were, and gives it to us.
• Stick with this Adam who never fails!

1Joh 4:17  Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

• Stick with Him and be in vicotry as he is when judgment comes
• It is like a grand test
• At the end, all who stuck to Him will be those who truly loved Him.
• God told Adam to subdue the earth.

Gene 1:28  And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

• And in 1 John, we see a restoration of this blessing

1Joh 5:4-5  For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, [even] our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

• If we believe Jesus is Son of God, then we have experienced the Gospel
• And we are sons of God
• Stick to Him

1Joh 5:10-12  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. And 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.

• Believe the RECORD!!!
• Our command is to believe Jesus is SON, or else we will interest ourselves in the world and slip away from Garden and die.

• He lied to Eve.

Gene 3:1-4  Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
 
 John warned us similarly:
 

1Joh 2:22-26  Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also]. Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. And this is the promise that he hath promised us, [even] eternal life. These [things] have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.

• Jesus is CHRIST
• Christ means ANOINTED ONE
• Adam was ANOINTED to rule because KINGS are anointed.
• Believe that Jesus is the ANOINTED ONE
• He is not just another religious leader.
• He is the NEW ADAM
• The ANOINTED ONE, ANOINTED TO RULE
• God gave that title to no one since Adam fell, until Jesus.