Call the Witnesses!
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Call the Witnesses!

1 John 5:6–12  (ID: 1500)

Many come to faith in Christ by receiving testimony about Him. But how do we know the witnesses who offer that testimony are reliable? Responding to the charge that Jesus is not who He or His disciples say He is, Alistair Begg describes how John defended the testimony given about Christ in His baptism, crucifixion, and Spirit. God’s Word assures us that if we hear and believe, the Lord stirs up the testimony of Christ in our hearts so that we might also share it.

Series Containing This Sermon

A Study in 1 John, Volume 2

God’s Love in God’s People 1 John 3:11–5:21 Series ID: 16202


Testimony Concerning the Son of God

6This 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. 7For there are three that testify: 8the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree. 9If 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. 10Whoever 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. 11And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

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Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service.

Alistair Begg
Alistair Begg is Senior Pastor at Parkside Church in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Bible teacher on Truth For Life, which is heard on the radio and online around the world.