We Know Christ is the True God

Finally, we know that Jesus is the true God. As Jesus Himself tells Peter, flesh and blood did not reveal this to us, we didn’t work it out ourselves, but God showed us. Remember my favourite verses in the Bible, the light of the glory of God in the face of Christ has shone into your hearts. We know Jesus is the true God, this is supernatural knowledge. John says that He has come, and that He has given understanding. He doesn’t leave us ignorant but He helps us grow. He was and He is. Christianity is practical, helpful and real, because Jesus was real! Why did Jesus come? So that we might know. Isn’t that good. Jesus came to eradicate doubt, to stop us doubting our salvation, to give us assurance. And we can trust Him, because He is true. That Jesus us true, and The Truth is vitally important in a world filled with the lies of the devil. Who can you trust in a world filled with distrust?

Jesus. Because Jesus is true, and we know He is the true God. To know these things, to have assurance of our salvation is the greatest gift that God can give us.

John finishes with the command, ‘little children, keep yourselves from idols.’ Why does he end with this? Well, partly because Ephesus was filled with idols, just like Greenville, but partly for another reason, All through the letter John has painted this black and white picture. There’s no middle ground, it’s either Jesus, or idols. It’s not whether you’ll worship, it’s what you worship. Anything we think more of in our heart than Jesus is an idol. Keep yourselves from idols.

We live in an uncertain world, but Jesus gives us the gift of certainty. If we’re saved, we know that Jesus is the true God, we know that we belong to God, and we know that we have victory over sin. As we live and grow as Christians, God gives these things to encourage us, assure us, and light our path.