1 John 5:6-12
This is He who came by water and blood–Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
For there are three that testify:
the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree.
If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that He has borne concerning His Son.
Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning His Son.
And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. (ESV)
Theme:
The Certainty of Eternal Life in the Son of God
The Main Idea:
Believers can possess settled assurance of eternal life not through subjective spiritual experiences or self-examination but by resting on God’s objective triune testimony of the Spirit, water, and blood, which confirms the historical reality of Jesus Christ as the incarnate Son who truly suffered and died, since eternal life is found exclusively in having the Son, not in religious effort or mystical encounters.
1. The Historical Reality: Water and Blood (vv. 6-8)
2. The Divine Authority: The Testimony of God (vv. 9-10)
3. The Exclusive Locus: Life in the Son (vv. 11-12)
Application :
How shall we respond to this word?
First: Cling to the objective Christ.
Second: Tremble at the seriousness of unbelief.
Third: Rest in the exclusivity of the Gospel.
Finally: Pursue the assurance that John intends for us.