To Know God is to Obey God

“Study the Bible to know about God, obey the Bible to really know God.” — Adrian Rogers

1. Jesus is our . (v. 1)

2. Jesus is our . (v. 2)

• Expiation: “The death of Christ removes the defilement of sin, causing it to be covered.”
• Propitiation: “The death of Christ satisfies the wrath of God.”

3. Obey Jesus and enjoy the of salvation. (vv. 3-6)

“Only he who believes is obedient; only he who is obedient believes.”
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship

• You will know that you (vv. 3-4)
• You will know His (v. 5)
• You will know that you are in Christ. (v. 6)

“The Christian life is not righteousness, but growth in righteousness, not health, but healing, not being, but becoming, not rest, but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it. The process is not yet finished but is going on. This is not the end, but it is the road. All does not gleam in glory, but all is being purified.”
— Martin Luther, Defense and Explanation of all the Articles

Read for next week: 1 John 2:7-14