Purpose of this little book is for sinful man to know how to have fellowship with God and be sure about it. The key verse is 5:13, God doesn’t want us to be deceived. He knows the human heart is subject to deception. Jeremiah 17:9. Man in the beginning sinned against God, because of deception and believed a lie. Men have always tried to match wits with God’s methods of salvation by their own substitutions. Man has devised so many ways to heaven it is a proof he can be deceived. Widespread of communism and other ISMs in so short a time further poof of deception. Pulls no punches, plays no favorites.
Satan is author of all lies father of all liars. He opposes the ways of God and deceives men into accepting lies.
Genesis 3:1-6, Satan’s first work with the human race was deception.
I. The Lie of the Self Righteous
1. 1 John 1:7-10
2. What sin is.
a. 1 John 3:4
b. James 2:10, sin one time.
3. Truth of our condition.
a. Romans 3:23
b. Isaiah 64:6
4. Tries to save self.
a. Ignores the work of Christ.
b. Romans 10:1-3
5. Final end.
a. Matthew 23:33
b. Matthew 11:23
II. The Lie of the Hypocrite
1. 1 John 2:4
2. One who professes but won’t conform to laws of God, ignores, and resents the Word.
3. 1 John 5:1-3, born and enjoys the word.
4. Look good on the outside.
a. The inside is corrupt.
b. Matthew 23:25
5. Steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he delighteth in his way. Psalm 37:23
6. Baptism, Matthew 3:15
7. Attendance, Hebrews 10:25
8. Tithe, Matthew 23:23
9. Visitation, Acts 5:42
10. Prayer, 1 Timothy 3:1
11. Study the Bible, 2 Timothy 2:15
III. The Lie of the Apostate, Modernists
1. 1 John 2:22
2. Deny the virgin birth.
3. Deny sinless life.
4. Deny the substitutionary death and bodily resurrection.
5. Deny the Priestly ministry.
6. 1 John 4:3, Profess Christ, deny His attributes, not of God.
IV. The Liar of Love
1. 1 John 4:20
2. More hate in professing Christianity than any group in the world.
3. Unforgiveness
4. 1 John 3:15, hate is a weapon of murder.
V. The Lie of Unbelief
1. 1 John 5:10
2. Unbeliever rejects written word.
3. It is an insult to God.
4. To deny the Son is to deny Father, 1 John 2:22-23
5. John 14:1-3, believe in God believe, believe also in me.
6. 1 Timothy 2:5, One God and One mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
7. Unbelief will seal your doom forever. 2 Thessalonians 1:8
