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1 John
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 3, 2001 (message contributor)
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1. A Walk In The Dark
Contributed on May 3, 2001
Three Truths we must face about God, ourselves, and Jesus
Last Sunday we studied the first 4 verses of chapter 1. 1) John alerted us to the missing ingredient in life of church and in most Christian’s experience: TRUE FELLOWSHIP. 2) The foundation of this kind of fellowship is not an agreement of facts or ideas but is a Person(1:1-2) 3) The ...read more
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2. Agreeing With God
Contributed on May 6, 2001
What is my response to sin to be if I want to walk in the light.
Agreeing With God - 1 John 1:8-10 INTRODUCTION: In chapter 1 we have the elder statesman of the church, the last living apostle, writing to a church that, since the death of Paul 30 yrs earlier, has fallen into various forms of heresy. John the mender of nets writes at the age of 90 to fix ...read more
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3. When A Christian Sins
Contributed on May 6, 2001
Who Jesus is when we deal with sin in our lives
WHEN A CHRISTIAN SINS - I John 2:1-2 My Little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those ...read more
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4. Proof Of Brotherly Love
Contributed on May 25, 2001
A sign that I am walking with God is that I have a love for my brother’s and sister’s in Christ
Caricatures: Drawn with similarities to the real thing but distorted(Nose, eyebrows, eyes, mouth, hair, ears). Rarely are they mistaken for the real thing, except in Christianity. The work of the devil is always to twist and distort the truth into something close but far enough away to be of no ...read more
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5. The Proof Of An Obedient Life
Contributed on May 25, 2001
The fact of our new life is proven by the way we live our lives.
Today we continue discuss John’s concern that believers discover how to maintain unbroken fellowship with Christ. It is the secret to living a dynamic Christian life. If anyone thirst, let him come to Me and drink….out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water(JN 7:37-38) ...read more
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6. Beware Of False Prophets
Contributed on Nov 27, 2001
John warns the church against listening to those in false ministries.
PREWARNED & PREPARED - I JOHN 4:1-6 I came across a list of ANAGRAMS(rearrange letters of one word or phrase to form another) DORMITORY – Dirty Room/DESPERATION-A rope ends it THE MORSE CODE-Here come dots SLOT MACHINES-Cash lost in em ELEVEN PLUS TWO-Twelve plus one ASTRONOMER-Moon ...read more
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7. The Power Of The Promise
Contributed on Sep 24, 2003
A battle within every believer is to keep us from living out the Eternal Life which Jesus has given us.
THE POWER OF A PROMISE 1 John 2:25-29 (25) And this is the promise that He Himself made to us; eternal life. (26) I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. (27) The anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you don’t need anyone to teach you. ...read more
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8. Fourth Dimension Love
Contributed on Nov 8, 2003
John calls the body of Christ to love each other as Jesus loved us.
Loving In The Fourth Dimension I John 4:7-12 A man passed by a cage at the zoo and noticed that in the cage was both a large lion and an active monkey. He saw a zoo worker nearby and asked, ‘How does that work having both a lion and a monkey in the same cage? It works ok for the most part. ...read more
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9. Essentials Of An Overcoming Life
Contributed on Dec 4, 2003
Four Key things for living a life radically different from the world
Essentials for an Overcoming Life 1 John 5:1-5 1. Turn with me to 1 John 5 as we get back into our study of 1 John. Some time back I shared the difference between flying and flying. Track in KC area when the Blue Angels took off from a nearby airport and began to practice for an ...read more
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10. When Love Abides In Us
Contributed on Dec 4, 2003
What happens when God loves channels through our lives
When Love Abides In Us 1 John 4:12-21 We live in a world that is subject to certain changes in opinion. For a generation we have been worried about cholesterol and have tried to cut it out of our diets. Now, just to confuse us, we are told there is a good & a bad cholesterol. For years ...read more