Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn’t believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son.
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… If we refuse to believe, we call the spirit a liar and we reject the record that God gave of his son. That's what 1 John 5, 10 tells us. He who believes in the son of God has the witness in himself. He who does not believe God has made him a liar. This is blaspheming the Holy Spirit because he has not believed the record that God has given of his son. Now, if you're like me, my next question is, how does this happen? Okay, that's what it is. How does this happen? Because I wanna make sure I'm not going down this road towards blaspheming the Holy Spirit. So how does it happen? How does it occur in someone's life? Well, I wanna let you know, it doesn't happen overnight. It takes time. It's a process, blaspheming the Holy Spirit. By continued exposure to the truth of God and a refusal to obey and respond to it, we can become guilty of blaspheming the Holy Spirit. …
In the son. You want life? The son's got it. And that's the only place. It's the only store in town. You can't go across the street to a different store. You want to know the big deal? This is the big deal. Jesus gives us life eternal. And it's the only place where it's being offered. He who has the Son has life. He who does not have the Son of God, guess what? Does not have life. There are not lots of different ways to get to heaven. There are not many roads that lead to God. and everyone's just blindly touching an elephant and describing the part of it that they're touching. And we all just got to feel good and be sincere and try and recycle and all the various things that you can do to make this world a happier, better place. According to this book, we either have the Son and have life, or we do not have the Son of God. And thus, we do not have life, because God is life. …
3. his soul, therefore, magnified the Lord, and his spirit rejoiced in God his Saviour. “He rejoiced in him with joy unspeakable,” who had reconciled him to God, even the Father; “in whom he had redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins.” he rejoiced in that witness of God’s Spirit with his spirit, that he was a child of God; and more abundantly, “in hope of the glory of God;” in hope of the glorious image of God, and full renewal of his soul in righteousness and true holiness, and in hope of that crown of glory, that “inheritance, incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away.” 4. “The love of God was also shed abroad in his heart by the Holy Ghost which was given unto him” (Rom. 5:5). “Because he was a son God had sent forth the Spirit of his Son into his heart, crying Abba, Father!” (Gal. 4:6). And that filial love of God was continually increased by the witness he had in himself (1 John 5:10) of God’s pardoning love to him; by “beholding what manner of love it was which the Father had bestowed upon him, that he should be called a child of God” (1 John 3:1). So that God was the. desire of his eyes, and the joy of his heart; his portion in time and in eternity. …
4. The tract itself treats, First, severally, of communion with the Father; (1 John 1:5–10; ) of communion with the Son; (1 John 2 and 3; ) of communion with the Spirit. (1 John 4.) Secondly, conjointly, of the testimony of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; on which faith in Christ, the being born of God, love to God and his children, the keeping his commandments, and victory over the world, are founded. (1 John 5:1–12.) 5. The recapitulation begins, (1 John 5:18, ) “We know that he who is born of God,” who sees and loves God, “sinneth not,” so long as this loving faith abideth in him. “We know we are of God;” children of God, by the witness and the fruit of the Spirit; “and the whole world,” all who have not the Spirit, “lieth in the wicked one.” They are, and live, and dwell in him, as the children of God do in the Holy One. “We know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us” a spiritual “understanding, that we may know the true One,” the faithful and true witness. “And we are in the true One,” as branches in the vine. “This is the true God, and eternal life.” In considering these important words, we may inquire, I. How is he the true God? …