Hidden Life vs. Deep Life
Matthew 13:5–8, 23
(Parable of the sower—full passage included)
5 And others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.
6 But when the sun rose, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered.
The Objective God vs. The Subjective God
John 1:14 — “The Word became flesh and tabernacled among us, full of grace and reality; and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only Begotten from the Father.”
Knowing the True One vs. Experiencing the True One vs. Abiding in the True One
1 John 5:20 – “We know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.”
John 1:14 – “The Word became flesh and tabernacled among us, full of grace and reality.”
“The True One Called the True God” VS “His Son Jesus Christ Called the Eternal Life”
John 17:3 – “This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”
The Triune God Revealed in the Epistles of John
1 John 4:9–14: “God sent his only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through him…The Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.”
1 John 4:13: “Hereby know we that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us his Spirit.”
The Father Has Sent the Son as the Savior of the World VS The Father Has Given Us His Spirit
1 John 4:13–14 “By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.”
In the True God vs. In His Son Jesus Christ
1 John 5:20 — “The Son of God has come and has given us understanding that we might know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.”
John 15:4–5 — “Abide in Me and I in you… I am the vine; you are the branches.”
The True God vs. Eternal Life
John 17:3 – “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”
1 John 5:11–12 – “And this is the testimony: that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.”
Understanding VS Knowing the True God
1 John 5:20 – “We know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding to know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.”
The “Four Tunings” of Divine Fellowship — Blending, Regulating, Adjusting, and Attuning
1 Corinthians 10:16–17 – “The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?”
2 Corinthians 13:14 – “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.”
Taking Christ as Our Sin Offering vs. Taking Christ as Our Trespass Offering
Romans 6:6 — “Our old man has been crucified with Him…”
Romans 8:3 — “God… condemned sin in the flesh.”
1 John 1:9 — “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us…”
1 John 2:1–2 — “If anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father…”
The Relationship of Life vs The Fellowship of Life
Romans 8:15–17 – “You have received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, ‘Abba, Father.’”
1 John 1:3, 6–9 – “Our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ... If we say we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in darkness... If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us.”