VAIN V S REAL
By this we know that we have come
to know Him, if we keep His
commandments. ‎4 The one who
says, “I have come to know Him,”
and does not keep His
commandments, is a liar, and the
truth is not in him…
1 JOHN 2:3-4
VAIN
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Professing to know God and not keeping His
commandments makes one to be a liar.
“Know” speaks of intimate knowledge
grounded in personal experience.
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will
enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the
will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. ‎22
“Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did
we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name
cast out demons, and in Your name perform many
miracles?’ ‎23 “And then I will declare to them, ‘I
never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO
PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.’”
MATTHEW 7:21-23
“Why do you call Me,
‘Lord, Lord,’ and do
not do what I say?”
LUKE 6:46
VAIN
Professing to know God and not keeping His
commandments makes one to be a liar.
• “Know” speaks of intimate knowledge
grounded in personal experience.
• Matthew 7:21-23 & Luke 6:46
• Lips can say one thing, and life can say
something else.
• This makes one’s profession to be vain
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They profess to know God,
but by their deeds they deny
Him, being detestable and
disobedient and worthless
for any good deed.
TITUS 1:16
Put the trumpet to your lips! Like an eagle the enemy
comes against the house of the LORD, Because they
have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against
My law. ‎2 They cry out to Me, “My God, we of Israel
know You!” ‎3 Israel has rejected the good; the enemy
will pursue him. ‎4 They have set up kings, but not by
Me; they have appointed princes, but I did not know it.
With their silver and gold they have made idols for
themselves, that they might be cut off.
HOSEA 8:1-4
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being
by itself. ‎18 But someone may well say, “You
have faith and I have works; show me your faith
without the works, and I will show you my faith
by my works.” ‎19 You believe that God is one.
You do well; the demons also believe, and
shudder. ‎20 But are you willing to recognize,
you foolish fellow, that faith without works is
useless?
JAMES 2:17-20
...but whoever keeps His word, in
him the love of God has truly been
perfected. By this we know that we
are in Him: ‎6 the one who says he
abides in Him ought himself to walk
in the same manner as He walked.
1 JOHN 2:5-6
REAL
Whoever keeps God’s word the love of God
has been perfected in them.
• If we profess that we abide in God we are
obligated to live as Jesus lived.
• If, If, & If…
• John 8:31-32; John 14:15, 23-26 ; 15:9-10
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So Jesus was saying to those Jews
who had believed Him, “If you
continue in My word, then you are
truly disciples of Mine; ‎32 and you
will know the truth, and the truth
will make you free.”
JOHN 8:31-32
“If you love Me, you will keep My
commandments…If anyone loves Me, he will
keep My word; and My Father will love him,
and We will come to him and make Our
abode with him. ‎24 “He who does not love
Me does not keep My words; and the word
which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s
who sent Me.
JOHN 14:15, 23-24
“Just as the Father has loved Me, I
have also loved you; abide in My
love. ‎10 “If you keep My
commandments, you will abide in My
love; just as I have kept My Father’s
commandments and abide in His
love.”
JOHN 15:9-10
REAL
Whoever keeps God’s word the love of God
has been perfected in them.
• If we profess that we abide in God we are
obligated to live as Jesus lived.
• If, If, & If…
• John 8:31-32; John 14:15, 23-26 ; 15:9-10
• The Possession of God – Jeremiah 31:31-34*
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VAIN V S REAL