Lesson 3074

(Lesson 3074)(05-31-2020) 1 John 5:16-21
    “If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.”

   Today’s lesson tells us that we are to pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ when they stray into sin. The quote goes further to, again, point out that those of us whom have been born of God, (saved by His amazing grace through faith), cannot commit a sin that would again condemn us to death. Our eternal salvation is guaranteed by the Holy Spirit of God.
    There is another important point in verse twenty of this lesson. Therein, the author assures that those of us whom have been saved by grace through faith are, as of now, “IN HIM THAT IS TRUE, EVEN IN HIS SON JESUS CHRIST”. That statement means that the saved have been immersed (baptized) into, and are now ‘fixed’ within, Jesus Christ. This text confirms what is said in Galatians 3:27: “For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.” The text belies the contention that the baptism that saves the soul is a baptism into water. The baptism that saves the eternal soul is a baptism (immersion) into Jesus Christ.~