Confessing the Son of God | 1 John 4:15
ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church · Carlos Montijo
August 31, 2025
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> August 31<span class="sermon-listing-detail">, 2025 </span><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Preacher:</strong> <a class="speaker" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a> <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-10" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/first-john">First John</a></span> <span class="sermon-topic"> <strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/faith" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Faith</a> </span></span><strong>Scripture: </strong>1 John 4:15; Titus 2:13; 1 Corinthians 13:8; 1 John 4:2–3; Mark 3:11–12; Matthew 25:41; Luke 15:25–32<strong><br /></strong></p> <p><sup>15</sup>Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 1 John 4:15</p> <ul> <li>There are familiar words, phrases, concepts that we have encountered before: <ul> <li>True believers, confession, assurance, mutual abiding/dwelling, God, love, God is love, glorification, eschatology ("day of judgment")</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Interpretive Principle:</strong> Whenever the word <em>God</em> is used, without any other qualification or reference to a specific Person of the Godhead, it usually refers to God the Father</li> </ul> <h4><strong>I. B</strong>elievers <em>know</em> that they belong to God and confess that reality</h4> <ul> <li>God’s love is final, immutable (never changes), never fails (1 Cor. 13:8)</li> <li>Confessing that Jesus is the Son of God means that you willingly believe, and accept, and receive everything He taught, even though we may not understand all of it perfectly, and are committed to “keep all that He has commanded you” (Matt. 28:20), without hypocrisy and without denying or rejecting the truth of God’s Word that you do understand.</li> </ul> <h4><strong>II. What confession is <em>not</em>…</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Important to both affirm and deny, compare and contrast, for clarity and understanding</li> <li>This is not a false, hypocritical confession, or a partial confession that willfully denies other primary doctrines (like cults do), but a true confession of faith in the true gospel</li> <li>Mark 3:11-12</li> <li>The Prodigal's older brother, Luke 15:25-32</li> </ul> <p><strong>Join us on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church</a></strong><br />4712 Montana Ave<br />El Paso, Texas 79903</li> </ul> <p><strong>Contact us at:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>web:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/">ThornCrownCovenant.Church</a><br /><strong>call/text:</strong> (915) 843-8088<br /><strong>email: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></li> </ul> <p>Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. <a href="http://lsbible.org/">LSBible.org</a> and <a href="http://316publishing.com/">316publishing.com</a></p>