A. And by this we know that we have come to know Him (v.3) 1. If we keep His commandments (v.3) 2. If we keep His word (v.5) B. The Result: 1. The love of God is perfected in us (v.5) 2. Assurance: We know that we have come to know Him (v.3) C. This is related to obedience The Test: Do we keep His commandments?—1…

Sunday, October 5, 2008 What is involved in following Christ? John 12:20-36 26 Whoever serves Me must follow Me; and where I am, My servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves Me. -- 36 Put your trust in the light while you have it, so that you may become sons of light.” John 12:26…

Sunday, October 19, 2008 Believing in Jesus moves us into the light John 12:44-50 46 I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should stay in darkness. John 12:46 NIV When you open your Bibles to the New Testament, you find that the first four books are stories of the life…

Introduction: Happy 2019 I love getting another shot to reach my goal of reading through the whole Bible in a year We treasure the Scriptures as a whole, but there are certain parts that I love to just campout in Background: Jesus is literally hours away from laying down his life to be turned over to…

We are in a sermon Series in the Epistles of John entitled Radical Community . This morning we are going to be talking about, “the battle for truth.” To be honest the subject of TRUTH is a huge subject..… we are just going to be skimming the surface morning of the meaning of truth… What we are going…

This passed month we have been looking at the names of Jesus has many names and many powerful functions and responsibilities. Many time we look at His names and just glance by them but His names always deserve our attention because there are reasons why Jesus is called what is He called. There are reason…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Sunday, October 26, 2008 Washing feet – a shameful act for our honorable Lord to do John 13:1-11 4 so He got up from the meal, took off His outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around His waist. 5 After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash His disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

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Olivet Discourse- Matthew 24 The famous Olivet Discourse of our Messiah occurred between two significant events. Immediately preceding the Olivet Discourse, the Messiah spoke the final words of His public ministry found in Matthew 23:1–39, which contain the denunciation of the leadership, especially…

Nathan works for the Post Office and his job is to process mail that has been posted with incomplete or illegible addresses. One day, Nathan comes across a letter addressed in shaky handwriting to Hashem with no actual address on the envelope. So Nathan opens the envelope and reads the letter inside:…

Prayer — SIS Why are we here? Why do we exist? What is our purpose? You haven’t just thought about that question, you’ve felt that question? That’s one of those questions that you don’t just think about, you feel it. You feel its weight bearing down on you. Why am I here? What am I supposed to be doing?…

1 On the third day a wedding took place in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and 2 Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding as well. 3 When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother told Him, “They don’t have any wine.” 4 “What has this concern of yours to do with Me, woman?” Jesus asked. “My…

Pastor Chase continues on in our series, and addresses the topic of The Origin of Satan", before diving into the topic of Spiritual Warfare. Grab your Bibles and follow along.

Introduction: Illustration - The Reality of Trials It's been said concerning trials and storms of life that, "Either you just came through one, are now entering one, or one looms on your horizon." Main Thought: Prepare today for the persecutions of tomorrow looking for the promise of eternity. Sub-intro:…

Jesus prays for unity for his disciples - it is a unity we cannot do away with as followers of Jesus. Pursue unity in love. Be slow to judge.

You may remember that last week’s lesson was based out of John 17:20-26. In those seven verses, we saw how Jesus prayed for His entire church, including every believer who has ever lived. He prayed for the Church as a body, that they might be unified. We discovered that an unbelieving world will see…

16 Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all 17 (as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations” ) in…