If You Know (IYKYK)
1 John 5:18-21
Intro.
Today in social media (Facebook etc) and texting many use little abbreviations
Do you know what these mean?
LOL (Laughing out Loud)
ROFL (Rolling on Floor Laughing)
FYI (For Your Information)
IMHO (In my Humble Opinion)
SMH (Shaking my head)
BTW (By the Way)
So many more…
But what about this one.
IYKYK
If You Know You Know
In his little letter John uses the word “know” over 30 times.
It’s almost as if John was saying, “If you know, you know”.
Let’s take a look at a few of them.
I. That we Know HIm. 1 John 2:3-5
A. One way you know you are saved is by how
willing you are to be obedient to Christ.
1. Being baptized. Matt. 28:18-20
2. Loving your neighbor
Matthew 22:36-39 “Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him,
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love
thy neighbour as thyself.”
3. Love Each other.
John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved
you, that ye also love one another.
B. It’s easy to identify a liar. Vs. 4
C. God’s love is perfected in your obedience.
II. That we’ll be like him. Vs. 3:2
A. Sinless
1Pet. 2:22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found
in his mouth:
B. Righteousness
2 Cor. 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the
righteousness of God in him.
C. Holy
Lev. 20:7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
D. Because of his death on the Cross
III. We have passed from death to life. Vs. 3:14
Ephesians 2:1-5
IV. We love the Children of God 1 John 5:2
A. It shows in how we love the brethren
B. “Love me, love my kids”
C. The Mark of the believer.
John 13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are
my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
D. We can love each other because he loves us.
E. There’s that commandment thing again.
V. We have eternal life. Vs. 5:13
A. Written to those who believe
B. You can have assurance of your salvation.
1. We don’t have to wonder about our salvation
2. We don’t have an wishful hope.
3. Can you say you KNOW you have eternal life?
VI. God answers prayer 1 John 5:14-15
A. Confidence - I know without any doubt
B. Ask anything according to His will
1. He HEARS us.
2. We KNOW He will answer.
Conclusion
These are just a few of the things John says “If you know, you know”.
He even finishes the book with the things we know.
1 John 5:18-20
- Anyone who is born again, cannot continue in sin.
Why - because we have repented of sin.
- The Devil can’t touch us. Vs. 18
- We are of God. Vs. 19
- Jesus has come. Vs. 20
— We can know Him.
— We are in him.
— This is the truth.
“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
(John 14:6 KJV)
IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW.
DO YOU KNOW?
