The God Who Gives Understanding | 1 John 5:20

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Lord's Day:</strong> August 2<span class="sermon-listing-detail">, 2026&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span class="sermon-listing-detail"><strong>Preacher:</strong>&nbsp;<a class="speaker" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/preacher/p/19307/carlos-montijo" rel="p-19307">Carlos Montijo</a>&nbsp; <span class="sermon-series"><strong>Series:</strong> <a id="series-10" class="series" href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/first-john">First John</a></span>&nbsp;<span class="sermon-topic">&nbsp;<strong>Topic:</strong> <a href="https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/topic/truth" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Truth</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><strong>Scripture: </strong>1 John 5:18&ndash;20, 1; John 14:6; 1 John 5:6; Galatians 4:3&ndash;9; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Romans 4:22&ndash;25, 6&ndash;8; Luke 10:29; John 6:63; 17:1&ndash;3; 2 John 1&ndash;3; 1 John 2:23&ndash;25; Romans 1:16</p> <p>And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us 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. 1 John 5:20</p> <ul> <li>Capstones the letter&mdash;profound emphasis on knowledge; God; His Son; what God has done for us, is doing; Incarnation; Union with Christ; Revelation, illumination; eternal life, vv. 18-20</li> </ul> <h4><strong>I.&nbsp; </strong>We know, that the Son of God has come&hellip;</h4> <ul> <li>What does this understanding entail? Why else did the Son of God come?</li> <li>The beauty of Double Imputation</li> <li>R.L. Dabney, <em>Systematic Theology</em>: &ldquo;to reckon or account to any one, is sometimes employed in the English Scriptures as the translation of <em>bv'h;, logizomai, ellogew</em>, and correctly. Of the former we have instances in Gen. 15:6; 38:15; 2 Sam. 19:19; of the next in Mark 15:28; Rom. 2:26; 4:5, etc.; Gal. 3:6, etc.; and of the last, in Rom. 5:13; Philem. 18.&rdquo;</li> </ul> <h4><strong>II. The Son of God has come, to give us a double imputation</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Romans 4:22&ndash;25</li> <li>Did Luther invent his doctrine of justification, imputation?</li> <li>What does <em>God</em> say? What did the ancient holy men of God speak and say? Romans 4:6&ndash;8</li> <li>A righteousness <em>extra nos</em></li> </ul> <h4><strong>III. Knowing God requires knowing true things about God</strong></h4> <ul> <li>John 17:1-3</li> <li>To be <em>in</em> God is to be in <e