Stranger Things – "How Do I Know I Have Faith?" – 10/29/17

 
How do I know I have faith?
 
1 Corinthians 13:5
Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves.
 
1 Corinthians 13:5
Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?
 
1 John 1:5-7
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
 
Now testing
 
1.)Do I justify sin?
 
1 John 1:8-10 – If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.
 
2.) Do I obey Jesus commands?
 
1 John 2:3-5 – We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them.
 
3.) Do I love like Jesus?
 
1 John 4:7-8 – Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
 
1 John 4:10 – This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.  Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
 
Do you have faith?