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Devoted to Truth – Defined by Love

Sermon recorded at Liberty Fellowship in Wimberley Texas -- Text is 1 Jn.1:1-2:2

It’s been a heck of a week for sanctimonious political types that don’t even pretend to pray to God lecture the rest of us about what Jesus is REALLY like. John makes a point of reminding his readers that HIS account comes from personal experience.

John knew him face-to-face.

Christ Jesus took John from being a scrappy unlettered fisherman who showed himself eager to call fire down on Samaritans who had refused to welcome Jesus — to the ‘disciple of love’ whose theological chops and careful thinking, especially in the opening of his gospel, have been favorably compared to Plato.

Right off the top, John is picking a fight with exactly the people looking to redefine Jesus and squeeze him into boxes of their own making in the service of some lesser worldview.

He is not being ‘seeker sensitive’, or ‘agreeing to disagree’. John is going scorched earth on some of the most popular rival beliefs of his day. Beliefs that, when you look a little closer, still carry a lot of sway today.

And he begins by calling himself to the witness stand as the guy in the room who actually KNEW Jesus.

However much today’s skinny-jeans preachers might emphasize feelings and inclusion, John’s point is clear — Theology matters. If you’re building on the wrong foundation, you can miss Jesus completely.

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Doug Giles

Doug Giles is Pastor of Liberty Fellowship in Wimberley, TX, and is the founder of ClashDaily.com (290M+ page views). Giles is also the author of the NEW book, The Wildman Devotional: A 50 Day Devotional For Men. Follow Doug on Instagram and Truth Social at @thegilesway and on Twitter @TheArtOfDoug.