The God Who Gives Understanding | 1 John 5:20

Lord's Day: August 2, 2026  Preacher: Carlos Montijo  Series: First John  Topic: Truth  Scripture: 1 John 5:18–20, 1; John 14:6; 1 John 5:6; Galatians 4:3–9; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Romans 4:22–25, 6–8; Luke 10:29; John 6:63; 17:1–3; 2 John 1–3; 1 John 2:23–25; Romans 1:16 And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. 1 John 5:20 Capstones the letter—profound emphasis on knowledge; God; His Son; what God has done for us, is doing; Incarnation; Union with Christ; Revelation, illumination; eternal life, vv. 18-20 I.  We know, that the Son of God has come… What does this understanding entail? Why else did the Son of God come? The beauty of Double Imputation R.L. Dabney, Systematic Theology: “to reckon or account to any one, is sometimes employed in the English Scriptures as the translation of bv'h;, logizomai, ellogew, and correctly. Of the former we have instances in Gen. 15:6; 38:15; 2 Sam. 19:19; of the next in Mark 15:28; Rom. 2:26; 4:5, etc.; Gal. 3:6, etc.; and of the last, in Rom. 5:13; Philem. 18.” II. The Son of God has come, to give us a double imputation Romans 4:22–25 Did Luther invent his doctrine of justification, imputation? What does God say? What did the ancient holy men of God speak and say? Romans 4:6–8 A righteousness extra nos III. Knowing God requires knowing true things about God John 17:1-3 To be in God is to be in Christ, and to be outside of Christ is to be outside of God One of the most important gifts that God has given us... Join us on Sundays for worship at 10:00am: ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church4712 Montana AveEl Paso, Texas 79903 Contact us at: web: ThornCrownCovenant.Churchcall/text: (915) 843-8088email: [email protected] Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com