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Letter Of John
Contributed by Chris Appleby on Oct 18, 2000 (message contributor)
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1. God's Love And Ours
Contributed on Oct 18, 2000
The wonderful thing about being made God’s children is that he gives us his Spirit to enable us to be like him, and that likeness is shown most clearly in our love for others. And so, as we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in u
I always get edgy when I hear someone make a definitive statement about God. There are so many aspects to God that any single statement always feels a bit deficient. So, for example, when someone says God is all-powerful, I find myself waiting for them to add that he’s also all-knowing, and ...read more
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2. Faith The Key To Victory - Michael Dowling
Contributed on Oct 18, 2000
The key to victory by faith is to exercise our faith in serving God
As you’re all aware, we’ve been following a sermon series on the first letter of John for many weeks now by exploring the great themes of John’s letter - truth and love; belief and behaviour. In our passage for today, 1 John 5:1-12 on page 231 of the pew bibles, we find that John has left the ...read more
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3. Christian Assurance
Contributed on Oct 18, 2000
If you want to be certain that you have nothing to fear from death, then put your confidence in Jesus Christ.
Death! It’s one of the 2 great certainties in life. Death and taxation aren’t they? Death! If you ever want to kill a conversation, just start talking about death. We’ll all face it in the end, but none of us seems to want to face it now. It’s almost as though we’re scared of it. For some there’s ...read more