<strong>TEXT:  1 JOHN 5:1-4</strong>

<strong>                        TITLE: SEEING IS <del>BELIEVING</del>  DOING</strong>

<strong>INTRODUCTION</strong>
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	<li>People were using their <strong><em>human knowledge</em></strong>to <strong><em>define</em></strong>who Jesus was <u> </u></li>
	<li>Paul countered their <strong><em>human knowledge</em></strong>to <strong><em>define</em></strong>Jesus with the <strong><em>personal testimonies</em></strong>of those who had a <strong><em>relationship</em></strong>with Jesus <u> </u></li>
	<li>This led to tensions in John’s day between Fact and Faith <u> </u></li>
	<li>The Jesus of History versus the Christ of Faith</li>
	<li>The Humanity of Jesus versus the Divinity of Jesus</li>
	<li>Greek Dualism: spirit is good and matter is evil</li>
	<li>Since God is spirit (good), God did not created the material world (evil)</li>
	<li>Docetism: Deity cannot unite with anything material (like a body).</li>
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Therefore, Jesus did not have a physical body
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	<li>Accordingly, Jesus was not born, Jesus did not suffer, Jesus did not die,</li>
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and Jesus did not resurrect from the dead
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	<li><strong>1 Corinthians 15:3, 4, </strong><em>“<strong><sup>3 </sup></strong>For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, <strong><sup>4 </sup></strong>and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures</em>”</li>
	<li>Those tensions are still present today… <u> </u></li>
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<strong>I HAVE A TESTIMONY</strong>
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	<li>John’s Testimony <u> </u></li>
	<li>We have heard</li>
	<li>We have seen with our eyes</li>
	<li>We have looked at</li>
	<li>We have touched with our hands</li>
	<li>My Testimony</li>
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<strong>TO TESTIFY</strong>
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	<li>John Testifies</li>
	<li>Jesus (the Word of Life) was revealed, and we have seen it</li>
	<li>We testify to it</li>
	<li>And we declare to you</li>
	<li>I Testify <u> </u></li>
	<li>Jesus was revealed to me and I have seen Him</li>
	<li>I testify to others regarding Jesus</li>
	<li>And, I declare to others regarding Jesus</li>
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<strong>FOR FELLOWSHIP</strong>
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	<li>We declare to you what we have seen and heard so you may have fellowship with us <u>        </u></li>
	<li>And, our fellowship is with the Father, and His Son, Jesus Christ</li>
	<li>That your joy may be full / complete</li>
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