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Six Tests That Prove One Really Loves God
Contributed by Jerry Cosper on May 23, 2012 (message contributor)
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1. Experiencing God's Incredible Love - Test #1
Contributed on May 23, 2012
We want to talk about experiencing God’s incredible love. There’s no greater subject in the world to talk about.
We continue our series with the next segment entitled “Six Tests that prove one really LOVES God.” Our Scripture passage is from 1 John 3: 1-3. We have been tested to see if we really KNOW God. But knowing someone and loving someone are two different things. Are you sure that you ...read more
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2. Being Marked By Love - Test #3
Contributed on May 23, 2012
The greatest proof of all that we love God is the mark of love. Since God is love, it’s impossible to love God and not to love one another.
Do you really love God? Tonight we look at a third test that proves if you really love God. Are you marked by love? Do we love one another? The greatest proof of all that we love God is the mark of love. Since God is love, it’s impossible to love God and not to love one another. If we ...read more
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3. Turning Away From Sin And Its Enslavement - Test #2
Contributed on May 23, 2012
The fact is if you are enslaved by some habit of sin, and you knowingly continue in that sin, you cannot truly love God. If you did, you would work at getting through that sinful habit.
Do you really love God? We need to be sure if we really love God the way God expects. And I have to ask the question “Do you consistently turn from sin or do you find that you have some little habits that are sinful and you just can’t seem to break away from them? Are you enslaved by ...read more
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4. Having A Clean Heart - Test #4
Contributed on May 23, 2012
If our hearts are really clean, then we love God, but if our hearts condemn us, we don’t love God. How can we have a clean heart
We are in the middle of 6 tests that prove if we really love God. Tonight’s test asks, “Do you have a clean heart?” If our hearts are really clean, then we love God, but if our hearts condemn us, we don’t love God. How can we have a clean heart? Let’s look at what ...read more
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5. Loving One Another
Contributed on May 23, 2012
I want to look at 7 things that are proven by loving one another.
Out of the last 16 messages out of 1 John, we have heard at least a dozen of them mention that we should love one another. I guess God figures we should never get tired of hearing it and definitely never get tired of practicing it. The 6th test that proves that we really love God, once again, has ...read more
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6. Testing The Spirits Of False Teachers
Contributed on Jul 10, 2012
This is the fifth test that proves if one really loves God.
The fifth test that proves if you really love God deals with true and false teachers. You can tell if someone really loves God by the spirits of the teachers they are following. Following the spirit of a true teacher is an indication that you love God. In contrast, following the spirit of a ...read more