Lord's Day: March 15, 2026 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: First John Topic: Union with Christ Scripture: 1 John 5:5; John 17:3; 1 Timothy 5:25; John 14:28; Matthew 28:17; John 9:35–39; Matthew 16:13–17; John 5:17–24; 19:7; Hebrews 13:8–9; Titus 2:13; 1 John 1:3; 5:20

5Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 1 John 5:5

• "Faith” is not just a verb—it is also a noun.

I. What does it mean to believe that Jesus is the Son of God?

• The Apostle John emphasizes believing, receiving, knowing, confessing, seeing, abiding over 100 times in this letter.
• John 17:3

II. How is Jesus the Son of God?

• Arianism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism
• Matthew 28:17, John 9:35-39

III. What saith the Scripture?

• Matthew 16:13–17; John 5:17–24, 19:7

IV. One of the primary subjects of John’s entire letter...

• Icthus: "Ἰησοῦς Χρῑστός Θεοῦ Uἱός Σωτήρ", "Jesus Christ, God's Son, Savior"

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Lord's Day: March 8, 2026 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: First John Topic: Doctrines of Grace Scripture: 1 John 5:4–5; Jude 3; Hebrews 5:12; Romans 12:1; Psalm 9:10; Acts 20:27; Ephesians 2:8; 1 Peter 5:10; Jude 13; Genesis 49:4; Ephesians 4:14; Matthew 11:7; 2 Peter 2:1; Zechariah 4:6; John 18:33–37; Romans 8:37–39; 2 Corinthians 2:14–17; Deuteronomy 6:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:11–12; Revelation 19:11–15; 1:15; Colossians 1:21–23; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Ephesians 3:14–21

4For everything that has been born of God overcomes the world; and this is the overcoming that has overcome the world—our faith. 5Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 1 John 5:4–5

I. What is this “faith” that overcomes the world?

• Personal faith? Or the faith? Body of divinity?
• Thomas Watson: "The second proposition is, that the way for Christians to be settled—is to be well grounded. "If you continue grounded and settled" (Colossians 1:23). The Greek word for grounded is a metaphor which alludes to a building that has the foundation well laid. So Christians should be grounded in the essential points of true religion, and have their foundation well laid."

II. Overcoming by believing that Jesus is the Son of God.

• Verb tenses are important in the Bible, to maintain proper balance and distinction of the law and the gospel, to avoid confusing primary doctrines, such as distinguishing justification (one time act) and sanctification (progressive, ongoing).

III. How do we overcome the world?

IV. Not by might…not by sight…

• Zechariah 4:6, John 18:33-37, 2 Corinthians 2:14-17, 2 Thessalonians 2:11–12, Revelation 19:11–15

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Lord's Day: March 1, 2026 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: First John Topic: Typology Scripture: 1 John 5:1–5; John 3:16; 1:9, 12–13; 1 John 4:4–6; Philippians 1:6; 2 Timothy 4:2; Titus 1:9; 2:13; Exodus 12:50–51; Jude 5; Hebrews 3:14–19; Numbers 21:5–9; 1 Corinthians 10:9; John 3:14–15; Numbers 14:13–14; Isaiah 63:10–14; Romans 8:37–39

4For everything that has been born of God overcomes the world; and this is the overcoming that has overcome the world—our faith. 5Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 1 John 5:4–5

I. Why the word “everything” (pan, v. 4) instead of “everyone” (pas, v. 1)?

II. This is partly why we seek to baptize only true believers who "have been born of God..."

• Westminster Larger Catechism (MESV), Q. 165. What is baptism? A. Baptism is a sacrament of the new testament, in which Christ has ordained the washing with water in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, to be a sign and seal of ingrafting into himself, of remission of sins by his blood, and regeneration by his Spirit; of adoption, and resurrection to everlasting life; and by which the parties baptized are solemnly admitted into the visible church, and enter into an open and professed engagement to be wholly and only the Lord’s.

III. What is this “world” that we believing conquerors overcome?

• First define key terms, otherwise you cannot make proper sense of the passage.
• Context is king.

IV. Born of God…the Father

• Need to account more carefully for what both the Old and New Testaments reveal about Christ.
• The Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics, Article III. WE AFFIRM that the Person and work of Jesus Christ are the central focus of the entire Bible. WE DENY that any method of interpretation which rejects or obscures the Christ-centeredness of Scripture is correct.

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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. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com