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  • Receive Not, Greet Not, Welcome Not the Enemies of Christ | 2 John 9-13

    Receive Not, Greet Not, Welcome Not the Enemies of Christ | 2 John 9-13
    2026/09/27
    Lord's Day: September 27, 2026 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: Second John Topic: Church Discipline Scripture: 2 John 7–13; 1 John 4:2; Matthew 12:30; John 6:63; 14:6; 8:51; Jude 3–5; Romans 16:17; 2 Corinthians 6:14–18; Ephesians 5:11; 1 Corinthians 10:14–22; James 4:4; Hebrews 5:13–14; Titus 1:9–11; 1 John 5:20 10If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting, 11for the one who gives him a greeting participates in his evil deeds. 2 John 10–11 Dealing with deceivers: defense and offenseYou can judge a great deal about someone, not just by what he says, but by what he does not say.Early church practiced what the Apostles preached. I. The Manner of Deceivers Many deceivers deny and distort Biblical doctrines, not just of Christ’s Person, but also several of Christ’s teachings in general.Deceivers are no respecters of doctrines.God justifies us by belief in His gospel alone—not by any of our works before or works after we are born again.“Whether it be Romanism, Shepherdism, the “New Perspective on Paul”, or “Federal Vision”, there is a constant siren song of works righteousness coming from outside the doors of the Church, attempting to convince the sheep to plead their own righteousness before God for their final justification [or final salvation].” (Timothy F. Kauffman, ‘Romans 2:13 and the Jealousy Narrative’, The Trinity Review (Unicoi, TN), April 2015 )See Thomas W. Juodaitis, ‘The Reformation at 500: Is It Over or Is It Needed Now More than Ever?’, The Trinity Review (Unicoi, TN), no. 347 (April 2018) II. Receive Not, Greet Not, Welcome Not False teaching and teachers adversely affect many, especially those who lack discernment.What about the cults that come knocking at your door?John W. Robbins, “Why Heretics Win Battles,” The Trinity Review (Unicoi, TN), nos. 243–244 (June 2005), https://www.trinityfoundation.org/journal.php?id=207John W. Robbins, “The Virtue of Name-Calling,” The Trinity Review (Unicoi, TN), no. 7 (October 1979), https://www.trinityfoundation.org/journal.php?id=8 III. God commands us to separate ourselves from evil men, evil teaching, evil works Sanctification requires separationConferences, hero worshipTrue churches remain true insofar as they stand against the lie. IV. Hopeful Farewell ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church Contact us: web: ThornCrown Covenant Baptist ChurchThornCrownMinistries.comcall/text: (915) 843-8088email: 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
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  • Do Not Lose What We Have Gained | 2 John 8

    Do Not Lose What We Have Gained | 2 John 8
    2026/09/20

    Lord's Day: September 20, 2026 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: Second John Topic: Heaven Scripture: 2 John 8–9; Revelation 9:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:21–22; 1 Timothy 3:14–15; Matthew 5:13–16; Psalm 127:1–2; 2 Thessalonians 1:5–10; Mark 10:28–31; James 3:1; 1 Corinthians 3:6–15; Romans 14:12; 2 Corinthians 5:10–11; 1 John 2:1; Luke 17:7–10; Revelation 3:17–18; 21:12, 14; Psalm 119:89; Luke 10:19–20

    See to yourselves, that you do not lose what we accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward. 2 John 8

    I. Does this loss and reward refer primarily to an immediate context in this life, or a future context in the next life? Both?

    II. What is the reward that this letter refers to?

    • Losing and gaining rewards
    • “When Protestants Err on the Side of Rome: John Piper, ‘Final Salvation,’ and the Decline and Fall of Sola Fide at the Last Day (Part I),” The Scripturalist, May 6, 2018, https://thorncrownministries.com/blog/2018/5/6/john-piper-final-salvation-and-the-decline-and-fall-of-sola-fide-part-i
    • “When Protestants Err on the Side of Rome: John Piper, ‘Final Salvation,’ and the Decline and Fall of Sola Fide at the Last Day (Part II),” The Scripturalist, September 16, 2018, https://thorncrownministries.com/blog/2018/9/16/john-piper-final-salvation-and-the-decline-and-fall-of-sola-fide-part-ii
    • Gordon Clark: “The rewards here are not said to be merited by the hard labor, for after we have done all that is commanded we are still unprofitable servants; but grace apportions the rewards to the work.” (First Corinthians: A Contemporary Commentary, Trinity Paper, 29, 2nd edition (The Trinity Foundation, 1991) )

    III. God’s Gracious Rewards for Good Works—Rightly Understood

    • A false view of rewards can stem from false views of other foundational doctrines.
    • We must rebuke these false, antichrist deceptions, which make men delusional into thinking that they are better than they really are.

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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
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  • To Die or Not to Die? That Is the Question of Sin | 1 John 5:16-17

    To Die or Not to Die? That Is the Question of Sin | 1 John 5:16-17
    2026/06/28

    Lord's Day: June 28, 2026 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: First John Topic: Sin Scripture: 1 John 5:11–17; Hebrews 7:25; Romans 5:9; Galatians 6:1; Proverbs 27:17; 1 John 2:19–20; Psalm 97:10; 1 John 2:9, 11; 3:15–17; Romans 6:23; James 2:10

    16If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask and God will for him give life to those who commit sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death; I do not say that he should make request for this. 17All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death. 1 John 5:16–17

    • Challenging, difficult verses to translate and to interpret
    • Any translation requires interpretation
    • Who is “the brother” sinning not unto death? Who do the pronouns refer to? What is the sin unto death and not unto death? What kind of death and life? Whio should we pray for and not pray for?

    I. Many have misunderstood and misused this text to develop false doctrines and conclusions.

    • Mortal and venial sin
    • Intercessory prayer
    • "Prayer is not to be made for the dead, nor for those who are known to have sinned the sin leading to death” (1689 Baptist Confession, cf. Westminster Confession of Faith).
    • Galatians 6:1

    II. Who do the pronouns refer to?

    • Every interpretation has difficulties.

    III. Four major views of the passage

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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
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  • The Sin Unto Death | 1 John 5:16-17

    The Sin Unto Death | 1 John 5:16-17
    2026/07/05

    Lord's Day: July 5, 2026 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: First John Topic: Sin Scripture: 1 John 5:16–19; Psalm 97:10; Acts 5:1–11; 1 Corinthians 5:5; 11:30; 1 John 5:20; 3:14; 2:19–20; Hebrews 6:4–8; 1 John 5:10–12; Galatians 1:6–9; 5:12

    Gordon Clark: "If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and he will give him life, to those who sin not unto death. There is sin to death. I do not say that he should ask concerning it. All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not unto death." 1 John 5:16–17

    • The two best interpretations

    I. (3) Believers can both sin unto death and not unto death.

    • God may discipline the believer sinning unto death with physical death, or the sin itself may lead to physical death.
    • Objections

    II. (4) A believer commits sin not unto eternal death, and an unbeliever commits sin unto eternal death.

    • How do you judge apostasy?
    • Catechism of the Catholic Church: “Mortal sin is sin whose object is grave matter and which is also committed with full knowledge and deliberate consent.”
    • Objections
    • Interpretive key: already, not yet
    • 1689 Baptist Confession, Chapter 18: The Assurance of Grace and Salvation

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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
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  • The Power of God vs the Evil One | 1 John 5:18-19

    The Power of God vs the Evil One | 1 John 5:18-19
    2026/07/19

    Lord's Day: July 19, 2026 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: First John Topic: Spiritual Warfare Scripture: 1 John 5:18–20; Psalm 97:10; 2 Timothy 2:15; Matthew 5:37; 6:13; 1 John 3:8–13; 2:13–14; 4:4; Job 1:8–22; 2:3–6; Luke 22:31–32; Ephesians 6:12–13; 4:26–27; 1 Peter 5:8; Ephesians 6:16; Romans 8:28–39; Philippians 1:6

    18We know that everyone fathered by God does not sin, but God protects the one he has fathered, and the evil one cannot touch him. 19We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. 1 John 5:18–19 (NET)

    • Another interpretive dilemma
    • The devil is God’s devil. He is on God’s leash, a defeated foe whose days are numbered.

    I. Define: We, God, evil one, touch, whole world

    • Define correctly, understand correctly

    II. And the evil one cannot touch him

    • What does touch mean in this verse?
    • Job

    III. Are there covenantal differences?

    • Peter
    • 1689 Baptist Confession, Chapter 17: The Perseverance of Believers

    IV. How do we reconcile all this?

    "When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, / my grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply;
    the flame shall not hurt thee; I only design / thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.

    "The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose, / I will not, I will not desert to its foes;
    that soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake, / I'll never, no, never, no, never forsake."

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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
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  • We Are of God, Not of the World of the Evil One | 1 John 5:19

    We Are of God, Not of the World of the Evil One | 1 John 5:19
    2026/07/26

    Lord's Day: July 26, 2026 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: First John Topic: End Times Scripture: 1 John 5:18–19; Colossians 1:12–14; 1 John 2:1–2, 15–20; 3:1, 13; John 17:9; Galatians 1:3–5; 1 John 4:3–5; John 15:19; Revelation 19:15–19; 2 Corinthians 4:3–4; 2 Timothy 3:1–14; 1 John 5:4–5

    19We know that we are of God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. 1 John 5:19

    I. And that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one

    • One of Apostle’s favorite words, uses it to the fullest extent and range of meanings

    II. Is the “entire world that lies under the evil one” getting better, or worse? Shrinking? Expanding?

    • Postmillennialism—highly optimistic

    III. Why is Jesus coming back with eyes of flaming fire, clothed with a robe dipped in blood…

    • Know Your Enemy: The Devil’s End | Revelation 20, Know Your Enemy: The World, the Flesh, the Devil, ThornCrown Covenant Baptist Church, June 16, 2024, mp3, https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/sermon/2024-06-16/know-your-enemy:-the-devil-s-end-revelation-20
    • We must ensure that our theological timeline, past, present, future, is biblical, so that we not be deceived, and abide in hope, well-grounded assurance

    The world is very evil, / The times are waxing late;
    Be sober and keep vigil, / The Judge is at the gate;
    The Judge that comes in mercy, / The Judge that comes with might,
    To terminate the evil, / To diadem the right.

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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
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  • The God Who Gives Understanding | 1 John 5:20

    The God Who Gives Understanding | 1 John 5:20
    2026/08/02

    Lord's Day: August 2, 2026 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: First John Topic: Truth Scripture: 1 John 5:18–20, 1; John 14:6; 1 John 5:6; Galatians 4:3–9; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Romans 4:22–25, 6–8; Luke 10:29; John 6:63; 17:1–3; 2 John 1–3; 1 John 2:23–25; Romans 1:16

    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

    • Capstones the letter—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

    I. We know, that the Son of God has come…

    • What does this understanding entail? Why else did the Son of God come?
    • The beauty of Double Imputation
    • R.L. Dabney, Systematic Theology: “to reckon or account to any one, is sometimes employed in the English Scriptures as the translation of bv'h;, logizomai, ellogew, 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.”

    II. The Son of God has come, to give us a double imputation

    • Romans 4:22–25
    • Did Luther invent his doctrine of justification, imputation?
    • What does God say? What did the ancient holy men of God speak and say? Romans 4:6–8
    • A righteousness extra nos

    III. Knowing God requires knowing true things about God

    • John 17:1-3
    • To be in God is to be in Christ, and to be outside of Christ is to be outside of God
    • One of the most important gifts that God has given us...

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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
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  • Be on Guard Against Idols | 1 John 5:20-21

    Be on Guard Against Idols | 1 John 5:20-21
    2026/08/09

    Lord's Day: August 9, 2026 Preacher: Carlos Montijo Series: First John Topic: Sin Scripture: 1 John 5:18–21; Jeremiah 17:9; Exodus 20:3–7; Deuteronomy 5:12; Colossians 3:5; Matthew 6:24; 1 Samuel 15:23; Genesis 3:5; Isaiah 14:13–14; Galatians 4:8–9; John 1:1; Romans 13:12; Ephesians 6:10–11; 2 John 9–11; 1 Timothy 6:20–21; 1 John 5:11

    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. Little children, guard yourselves from idols. 1 John 5:20-21

    • Concludes with an exhortation, two commands: to do something and not do something

    I. Children, guard yourselves from idols.

    • John Calvin: The fallen, sinful human heart (inner man) is an “idol factory,” and the “mind begets an idol, and the hand gives it birth."
    • Belgic Confession, Article 22: The Righteousness of Faith

    II. What is an idol?

    • Idolatry is a fundamental sin, root sin, major sin
    • The Baptist Catechism, Q. 51-52

    III. Idolatry is a pervasive sin

    • Widespread sin, motivates many sins, encompasses several sins
    • See Timothy F. Kauffman, “‘Getting Sanctification Done’: The Primacy of Narrative in Tim Keller’s Exegetical Method,” The Trinity Review (Unicoi, TN), no. 311 (June 2013), https://www.trinityfoundation.org/journal.php?id=293.
    • For criticisms and refutations of Doug Wilson, see: https://thorncrownministries.com/search?q=wilson
    • Thomas Manton: “Now self is the great idol of the world.”

    IV. How do we protect ourselves from idols?

    • One of the most important gifts that God has given us, and to protect ourselves with—is understanding, knowledge, truth
    • Jehovah’s Witnesses
    • Ephesians 6:10–1, Romans 13:12
    • Abstain from false teaching—do not let false teaching/teachers into your home, church (2 John 9-11)
    • Six S’s of Spiritual Deliverance & Combat
    • Sermon series, Know Your Enemy: The World, the Flesh, the Devil: https://www.thorncrowncovenant.church/sermons/series/know-your-enemy:-the-world-the-flesh-the-devil

    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
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