The Truth abides

Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. And this is the promise that he made to us – eternal life (1 John 2:24-25)

Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you

1. What the audience of John heard from the beginning
   1. Is the gospel preached
   2. Is the truth proclaimed
   3. Is the sum of things about Jesus the Son of God
2. The truth of the gospel should not be
   1. Compromised
   2. Altered
   3. Changed
3. The truth they embraced must remain the same
4. This is something which we all must seek to cultivate in our own life

If what you heard…then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father

1. This “if…then” approach
   1. Is natural
   2. Is critical
2. It is entirely up to us to abide in the truth
3. It is natural to reap what is sowed
   1. Staying faithful to the gospel is the same as abiding in the Son and the Father
   2. Choosing to be true to the Word is precisely how we must abide in the Lord of the Word

And this is the promise that he made to us – eternal life

1. The Lord Jesus gave us the promise of eternal life
   1. We will be raised up even though we actually die (John 11:25-26)
   2. The life we are given in Christ will be safe and secure forever (John 10:28-29)
2. The promise of eternal life too is contingent upon us
   1. As to the question of whether we will be faithful to the end
   2. As to how we seek to fulfil the Word given (Cf. Matt. 15:6-7)

Let us seek to stay true to the truth of the Gospel, regardless of its scandal of irrelevance. In doing so, we actually abide in Jesus the Son of God. In Christ we have no condemnation, but eternal life (Romans 8:1, 6:23).