Lord's Day: March 29, 2026 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: First John Topic: Scripture Scripture: 1 John 5:6–8; Romans 8:15–17; Psalm 31:5; Isaiah 65:15–16; John 14:5–6; Hebrews 6:18; Matthew 17:1–8; Luke 2:13–14; 12:57

6.... It is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is the truth. 7For there are three that bear witness: 8the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. 1 John 5:6–8

I. The Spirit of Truth

• What does it mean that the Spirit of God bears witness?

II. The Spirit of God is the truth, and bears witness to nothing but the truth

• Psalm 31:5, Isaiah 65:15–16, John 14:5–6

III. The Johannine Comma (Comma Johanneum)

• 1 John 5:7–8 (NKJV) "7For there are three that bear witness [in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. 8And there are three that bear witness on earth]: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.”
• Textual variants, textual criticism, King James Onlyism

IV. Textual Support for the Johannine Comma

• Matthew 17:1-8

V. Is the Johannine Comma authentic?

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Lord's Day: March 22, 2026 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: First John Topic: Christ Scripture: 1 John 5:6; Matthew 16:16; 2 Peter 3:17–18; John 1:1–4, 14–15; 1 Timothy 1:15; Galatians 4:4–5; John 3:16; 1 John 4:14; John 19:32–37; Mark 1:9–11; 10:45; 1 Corinthians 2:8; 15:47; John 3:13; Leviticus 17:10–11, 14; Hebrews 9:17–28; Acts 20:28; Ephesians 1:7–10

This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. It is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is the truth. 1 John 5:6

I. The One who came…

• "Familiarity breeds contempt"

II. Water and blood?

III. What is the significance of Jesus coming by water and blood?

• Gnosticism, Cerinthus, Docetists
• Athanasius, On the Incarnation
• "cross and circulatory speech"

IV. Not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood

• The importance of blood
• Without blood, you cannot live

V. Does God have blood?

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Lord's Day: March 15, 2026 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: First John Topic: Union with Christ Scripture: 1 John 5:5; John 17:3; 1 Timothy 5:25; John 14:28; Matthew 28:17; John 9:35–39; Matthew 16:13–17; John 5:17–24; 19:7; Hebrews 13:8–9; Titus 2:13; 1 John 1:3; 5:20

5Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 1 John 5:5

• "Faith” is not just a verb—it is also a noun.

I. What does it mean to believe that Jesus is the Son of God?

• The Apostle John emphasizes believing, receiving, knowing, confessing, seeing, abiding over 100 times in this letter.
• John 17:3

II. How is Jesus the Son of God?

• Arianism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism
• Matthew 28:17, John 9:35-39

III. What saith the Scripture?

• Matthew 16:13–17; John 5:17–24, 19:7

IV. One of the primary subjects of John’s entire letter...

• Icthus: "Ἰησοῦς Χρῑστός Θεοῦ Uἱός Σωτήρ", "Jesus Christ, God's Son, Savior"

Join us on Sundays for worship at 10:00am:

• ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church
  4712 Montana Ave
  El Paso, Texas 79903

Contact us at:

• web: ThornCrownCovenant.Church
  call/text: (915) 843-8088
  email: ThornCrownCovenantBChurch@gmail.com

Scripture quotations taken from the (LSB®) Legacy Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2021 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org and 316publishing.com