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  1 JOHN 4:15
  by John Gill
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of confessing Jesus as the
Son of God and the significance of faith in Christ for salvation.

Topics: "Confession of Faith", "True Belief"

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John Gill emphasizes the significance of confessing Jesus as the Son of
God, highlighting that this confession goes beyond mere acknowledgment;
it requires a heartfelt belief that leads to righteousness and
obedience. He contrasts true faith with the belief of demons and
unregenerate individuals, stressing that genuine faith is accompanied by
love and a commitment to Christ's teachings. Gill encourages believers
to openly profess their faith in Jesus, assuring them that such a
confession brings them into communion with God.

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Ver. 15. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God,....

The only begotten of the Father; that he is not a mere man, as the Jews,
and Ebion and Cerinthus said, but a divine person, equal with the
Father; which contains all that relates to the dignity of his person,
and his fitness for his office as a Saviour, and which was the test of
faith in those times, and the grand article of belief: not that a bare
assent to this had what followed annexed to it; for the devils believed
and owned that Jesus was the Son of God; and so might, and did,
unregenerate persons, as the centurion at the cross of Christ, who know
nothing what communion with God is; but this confession is such as is
attended with a believing in Christ from the heart unto righteousness,
life, and salvation, and a cheerful obedience to his ordinances and
commands, from a principle of love to him, and faith in him, things not
to be found in devils and carnal men; see Ro 10:9.

God dwelleth in him, and he in God; See Gill on "1Jo 4:13"; this should
encourage to an open and hearty confession of Christ as the Son of God,
and Saviour of sinners, and to a public profession of his name, and
faith in him, and an holding it fast without wavering.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/john-gill/1-john-415/
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