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Introduction of This Book
Most Christians, even pastors, do not fully understand the Epistles of John. This is why they are reluctant to preach from them. Why have the Words of the Epistles of John become “difficult passages” for them? It is because they have not been born again of “water and the Spirit” (John 3:5).
In truth, many people confess to believing in Jesus, but very few have received “salvation through the remission of sins” (Luke 1:77) by believing in the Gospel of truth. The Apostle John points out these Christians who have not been born again, saying, “If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth” (1 John 1:6). This is a message from the Apostle of love to “Christian sinners”—those who confess Jesus as their Savior but still harbor sin (darkness) in their hearts. God urges them to recognize their spiritual state and be born again through the Gospel of truth. Only those “born of water and the Spirit” can have fellowship with God and with other righteous believers in the light, experiencing joy.
The Epistles of John also teach that only those born of God—the born again—can keep the new commandment to “love one another.” The love that the Bible speaks of is not carnal love, but spiritual love—“the love of the truth” (2 Thessalonians 2:10). The Apostle Paul said, “And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing” (1 Corinthians 13:3). How noble and adorable is the love of sacrificing one’s own life to save others?
However, such love is merely fleshly, contrasting with “the love of the truth” that saves souls through the true Gospel. “The love of the truth” is contained in the Original Gospel, “the Gospel of the water and the blood.” Therefore, those who have not been born again cannot know what “the love of the truth” is, nor can they practice this love that saves souls from all their sins. Just as Cain killed Abel, who practiced righteousness, Christians who have not been born again often reject and persecute the children of God who preach the Gospel of righteousness.
The Epistles of John lead us to a faith that is blameless before God. These Epistles declare that Jesus Christ came “by water and blood” (1 John 5:6) and perfectly cleansed all our sins. The born-again who believe in the Gospel of the water and the blood overcome the world.
The Apostle John also says, “And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one” (1 John 5:8). The Gospel of Truth comprises these three witnesses. The Spirit testifies that Jesus, who came in the flesh, is the Son of God. The water signifies the baptism that Jesus received from John the Baptist, the representative of humanity. Through “the baptism” (Acts 10:37) Jesus received by the laying on of hands, the sins of the world were passed onto Him, and the Scripture testifies that “all righteousness” (Matthew 3:15) was fulfilled in this world. The blood testifies that Jesus perfectly atoned for the sins of the world through the bloodshed on the cross until He cried out, “It is finished” (John 19:30).
If the witnesses of the water, blood, and Spirit “agree as one” (1 John 5:8), can we remove any one of these three witnesses and still have a perfect “one”? A charcoal brazier has three legs. Can the brazier still stand upright if we cut off one of its three legs? Absolutely not. Yet, most Christians believe in a half-gospel, omitting the witness of the water (baptism) from the ministry of Jesus, who “came by water and blood” (1 John 5:6). As a result, they remain “Christian sinners” who still harbor sin in their hearts.
I pray that through this expository sermon collection, all Christians will realize and believe in the Original Gospel of truth and receive the grace of being born again as the righteous.
About the author
Pastor Samuel Jungsoo Kim was born in 1952.
He majored in Policy Studies at the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy and the Graduate School of Yonsei University. He worked as a professor in the Department of Public Administration at Dongwoo College starting in 1981.
During his tenure, he served as an advisory professor for IVF (a Christian students’ fellowship) and led an urban community church.
After encountering the “Gospel of the Water and the Blood” in 1991, he was called by God and worked as a pastor and missionary in China, Russia, Bangladesh, and the United States.
Now retired, he devotes himself to evangelism through literature, serving as the CEO of Uijedang Press and the president of Original Gospel Mission.
Bibliographic information
Title Light and Darkness and The Love of Truth Expository - Sermons on the Epistles of John (1)
Author Samuel J. Kim
ISBN 979-11-87235-87-3 (ePub2)
Form ePub2 (eBook)
Publication date 2024-10-20
e-Book Store link
Download from Google Download from Amazon
Introduction of This Book
Most Christians, even pastors, do not fully understand the Epistles of John. This is why they are reluctant to preach from them. Why have the Words of the Epistles of John become “difficult passages” for them? It is because they have not been born again of “water and the Spirit” (John 3:5).
In truth, many people confess to believing in Jesus, but very few have received “salvation through the remission of sins” (Luke 1:77) by believing in the Gospel of truth. The Apostle John points out these Christians who have not been born again, saying, “If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth” (1 John 1:6). This is a message from the Apostle of love to “Christian sinners”—those who confess Jesus as their Savior but still harbor sin (darkness) in their hearts. God urges them to recognize their spiritual state and be born again through the Gospel of truth. Only those “born of water and the Spirit” can have fellowship with God and with other righteous believers in the light, experiencing joy.
The Epistles of John also teach that only those born of God—the born again—can keep the new commandment to “love one another.” The love that the Bible speaks of is not carnal love, but spiritual love—“the love of the truth” (2 Thessalonians 2:10). The Apostle Paul said, “And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing” (1 Corinthians 13:3). How noble and adorable is the love of sacrificing one’s own life to save others?
However, such love is merely fleshly, contrasting with “the love of the truth” that saves souls through the true Gospel. “The love of the truth” is contained in the Original Gospel, “the Gospel of the water and the blood.” Therefore, those who have not been born again cannot know what “the love of the truth” is, nor can they practice this love that saves souls from all their sins. Just as Cain killed Abel, who practiced righteousness, Christians who have not been born again often reject and persecute the children of God who preach the Gospel of righteousness.
The Epistles of John lead us to a faith that is blameless before God. These Epistles declare that Jesus Christ came “by water and blood” (1 John 5:6) and perfectly cleansed all our sins. The born-again who believe in the Gospel of the water and the blood overcome the world.
The Apostle John also says, “And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one” (1 John 5:8). The Gospel of Truth comprises these three witnesses. The Spirit testifies that Jesus, who came in the flesh, is the Son of God. The water signifies the baptism that Jesus received from John the Baptist, the representative of humanity. Through “the baptism” (Acts 10:37) Jesus received by the laying on of hands, the sins of the world were passed onto Him, and the Scripture testifies that “all righteousness” (Matthew 3:15) was fulfilled in this world. The blood testifies that Jesus perfectly atoned for the sins of the world through the bloodshed on the cross until He cried out, “It is finished” (John 19:30).
If the witnesses of the water, blood, and Spirit “agree as one” (1 John 5:8), can we remove any one of these three witnesses and still have a perfect “one”? A charcoal brazier has three legs. Can the brazier still stand upright if we cut off one of its three legs? Absolutely not. Yet, most Christians believe in a half-gospel, omitting the witness of the water (baptism) from the ministry of Jesus, who “came by water and blood” (1 John 5:6). As a result, they remain “Christian sinners” who still harbor sin in their hearts.
I pray that through this expository sermon collection, all Christians will realize and believe in the Original Gospel of truth and receive the grace of being born again as the righteous.
About the author
Pastor Samuel Jungsoo Kim was born in 1952.
He majored in Policy Studies at the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy and the Graduate School of Yonsei University. He worked as a professor in the Department of Public Administration at Dongwoo College starting in 1981.
During his tenure, he served as an advisory professor for IVF (a Christian students’ fellowship) and led an urban community church.
After encountering the “Gospel of the Water and the Blood” in 1991, he was called by God and worked as a pastor and missionary in China, Russia, Bangladesh, and the United States.
Now retired, he devotes himself to evangelism through literature, serving as the CEO of Uijedang Press and the president of Original Gospel Mission.
Bibliographic information
Title Light and Darkness and The Love of Truth Expository - Sermons on the Epistles of John (1)
Author Samuel J. Kim
ISBN 979-11-87235-87-3 (ePub2)
Form ePub2 (eBook)
Publication date 2024-10-20
e-Book Store link