Faith & Love Begotten of God | 1 John 5:1-2

Lord's Day: October 19, 2025 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: First John Topic: Doctrines of Grace Scripture: 1 John 5:1–2; Isaiah 61:1–2; Matthew 22:14; John 1:12–13; Romans 8:28–30; 1 John 4:7–8, 16; John 3:21; 1 John 4:19

1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the One who gives new birth loves also the one who has been born of Him. 2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do His commandments. 1 John 5:1–2

I. The Source of Our Faith

• What does it mean to be “born of God”?
• See sermon “Know Your Enemy: The Flesh Examined | 2 Corinthians 5:16-18”[1]
• “Has been born of God” (γεγέννηται ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ) is in the perfect passive indicative—past tense, which point to a gospel indicative, not a law imperative (command), a completed action by God Himself—“born of God/Him.”
• The Word of God consistently teaches the same doctrines all throughout.

II. The Order of Our Faith

• Faith is the result, not the cause, of regeneration.
• ordo salutis (order of salvation): external call, internal/effectual call, regeneration, [adoption,] then repentance (change of mind) and faith (conversion), justification, adoption, sanctification, perseverance, glorification

III. The Fruit of Our Faith

• Both faith and love are begotten of God—not only faith, but our love is also born of God and comes from God, who is love (1 John 4:8, 16).
• Note the universals: God saves every believer in the same basic way.
• John 3:21: “But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been done by [Greek en] God.”

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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

[1] Carlos E. Montijo, Know Your Enemy: The Flesh Examined | 2 Corinthians 5:16-18, Know Your Enemy: The World, the Flesh, the Devil (ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church, 2024) [accessed 18 October 2025].