Series: Renewing Our Relationship with God Sermon: Responding to God’s Love Scripture: Various Renewing our relationship with God should be first on our list of priorities for a new year. The first task in renewing our relationship is accepting that God loves us, and the prime example of His love is…

the lust of the eyes INTRODUCTION: 1. Read 1 Jn. 1:6-2:6. (1) John had his share of battles to fight. (2) John had the deity and humanity of Jesus Christ to defend. (3) John had his share of warnings to sound out. A. John’s audience, in a sense had a once saved always saved attitude. B. View not exclusive…

Fullness of Joy—1:4 1. Joy Is God’s Will For the Believer. a) Joy is the second quality listed as “fruit of the Spirit” (Galatians 5:22). (1) Chara (joy) is used some 70 times in the New Testament, always to signify a feeling of happiness that is based on spiritual realities. (2) It is not an experience…

1 John 4:7-12 ÓFebruary 11, 2007 Rev. Bruce Goettsche REAL DEAL CHRISTIANS This week we will observe Valentine’s Day (a little reminder to the men). For some reason (our tax dollars at work), the US Census Bureau has the official statistics about this day of love. According to stats 65% of households…

WHAT MANNER OF LOVE I JOHN 3:1—10 I. THE DEPTHS OF CHRIST’S LOVE: ITS LAVISH BENEFITS I JOHN 3:1-3 A. “HOW GREAT IS THE LOVE THE FATHER HAS LAVISHED ON US, THAT WE SHOULD BE CALLED CHILDREN OF GOD! AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE! THE REASON THE WORLD DOES NOT KNOW US IS THAT IT DID NOT KNOW HIM.” V. 1 1. This…

1 John 4:7-12

Introduction: The key phrases are “If we say” and “He who says” or “If someone says” which are found seven times in this epistle. Our present lesson will cover profession vs. possession. Something had raised the issue of the assurance of salvation in the church that John was writing to. It runs through…

The test of knowing Him, Recent surveys have calculated that about 80 to 85% of Americans identify themselves as Christians 2 Corinthians 13:5 Matt 7:21 The key verse to the Gospel of John is John 20:31. "But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God, and that believing…

God’s loving plan of salvation for a sinful, fallen world so that we might be forgiven and find peace with Him.

1John Authorship Although there are of course a few dissenters the vast majority of scholars have attributed the Gospel of John, 1,2, and 3rd John, as well as the book of Revelation to John the apostle, son of Zebedee and brother of James. It is true that only in Revelation does the author mention himself…

Our Pastor preaches from 1 John 2:17 about the Trap of Christmas.

1John Authorship Although there are of course a few dissenters the vast majority of scholars have attributed the Gospel of John, 1,2, and 3rd John, as well as the book of Revelation to John the apostle, son of Zebedee and brother of James. It is true that only in Revelation does the author mention himself…

Prophecy abounds today! We want to hear from God but is it all true? In love for the saints John warns against false prophets, and gives clear tests to discern whether their message is from God or from the antichrist.

For the believer, Love is not optional. To seek for love is to seek for God himself

God commands us to Love Him exclusively and commands us not to love the World. We CANNOT love both Him and the World, thus this is another test of genuinely being in relationship with God - if you love the World you do not love the Father. But what is the World? Why should we hate the World? How do we put off the love of the World?

Are you a child of the Devil or a child of God? But how would you know? 1 John explains clearly how your walk of life reveals who your true father is. It also gives hope to sinners of how God adopts children, and hope to the adopted who have sinned since.

Obedience is a necessary requirement to be a Christian, but we must first abide in Christ.

1 John 5:6-9 1 John 5:6–9 (NKJV) This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three…

Your sin is serious because it angers God, BUT Jesus Christ saves his people from the wrath of Almighty God.

In Our Christian Walk – Our Relationship with the Father 1:6-7 – “If we walk in the light as He…” 1. 1:5 – “God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.” a) You cannot have fellowship with God & walk in darkness. (1) What does it mean to walk? The word "walk" refers to one's manner of life (2) Some…

Antichrists resist Christ, in attacking both his person and work, and so seek to lead Christians astray from the true Gospel. This sermon outlines what Antichrists look like and how to withstand them, so that Christ followers are equipped against their attacks.