Christian Obedience Begins on Day 1

If we want to understand the Christian life, then we must listen to the whole gospel. This includes repentance and faith.

John is reminding us of this in these verses. How does he remind us?

1. He says that obedience to God is part of the Christian life from the very beginning.
2. He gives an example of what the obedient Christian life looks like.
3. He give an example of the false Christian life.

Sermon Text: 1 John 2:7-11

7 Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. 8 At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. 9 Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. 10 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. 11 But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.