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The Epistles Of John - Knowing You Have Eternal Life
Contributed by Allan Quak on Jun 12, 2020 (message contributor)
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1. John The Authoritative Apostle
Contributed on Jun 12, 2020
John starts his letter with a declaration of authority and an invitation to know you have eternal life because you have heard, seen, looked and felt the touch of the Word who was from the beginning.
Knowing You Have Eternal Life 1 John 1:1-4 John the Authoritative Apostle How do you know if you can trust what you are reading or hearing? … … The first question you want to ask is, “Who is the author?” Who wrote what I am reading? Who spoke what I am hearing? Do they know what they are talking ...read more
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2. Calling All Hypocrites
Contributed on Jun 19, 2020
God’s character is that He is light. This light calls all hypocrites to take off their masks and allow the light to reveal the truth.
Knowing You Have Eternal Life 1 John 1:5–2:2 “Calling All Hypocrites.” Christians are hypocrites! That is an accusation that is regularly stated. And there are times … too many times … when the accusation is well deserved. Years ago there was a publication called the Christian Business ...read more
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3. Knowing That You Know Jesus.
Contributed on Jun 27, 2020
John encourages his readers to persist in their spiritual walk by confronting them with a social test. Do they love the adelphos (brothers and sisters) or do they hate the adelphos because they stumble and cause others to stumble?
Message 1 John 2:3-11 Knowing That You Know Jesus. A distinct memory from my childhood is the method my mum used to cheer me on at a sports day. When I was doing the 100m sprint she would run along the side yelling and cheering. “Keep going.” “Run faster.” “You’re nearly there.” For the 50m ...read more
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4. When Identity And Actions Are Incompatible
Contributed on Jun 27, 2020
In Jesus our identity is to be children of God who are mature, or growing in maturity. This identity means that we are incompatible with the world, therefore we cannot love the world.
Message 1 John 2:12-17 When Identity and Actions Are Incompatible Last year I brought an USB router off ebay – it was really cheap. I made sure it was being sold by a seller based in Australia. It turned out that, somehow, sellers can pretend they are based in Australia even when they are ...read more
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5. The Nice Antichrists
Contributed on Jul 10, 2020
The antichrists are around all the time and many of them are very nice. If they are going to be saved our radically calling is not to be nice Christians, but sacrificially loving Christians. John teaches us how to do this.
Message 1 John 2:18-29 “The Nice Antichrists” We can’t put an exact picture together of the historical situation which John is addressing, but it is very obvious that there has been some sort of breakup within the church. One group has stayed with the church and John continues to write to them to ...read more
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6. Lavish Love Lavishly Shared
Contributed on Jul 17, 2020
God’s unconditional, forgiving, accepting love has caused God to take responsibility to save us. We take this lavish love and lavish that love onto others.
Message 1 John 3:1-24 “Lavish Love Lavishly Shared” Here is a question for all of us, whether we are older or younger. Who sometimes feels, or felt, that their parents don't understand them? … or that their parents weren’t listening and were distracted? … or that their parents were taking you ...read more
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7. No Fear In Love
Contributed on Jul 24, 2020
We know that we have eternal life when we fully understand that the love of God means our relationship with God will never be driven by fear.
Message 1 John 4:1-21 “No Fear In Love” Let’s open our Bibles to 1 John and read the next section … 1 John 4:1-21 Read Does reading through the book of 1 John kind of feel like going in a spiral to you? We seem to keep coming back to the same themes, concepts and teachings The antichrists in 1 ...read more
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8. Being Overcomers
Contributed on Jul 31, 2020
The struggles and hardships of life, and our sinful failures, can bring us to a point where we don't feel like overcomers. John calls us not to trust our feelings, but to trust Jesus who truly calls us overcomers.
Message 1 John 5:1-12 “Being Overcomers” Read 1 John 5:1-12 When we read this section of 1 John there is no doubt about it … we are blessed. We are so blessed to know Jesus and to be included in the family of God. We are blessed to serve a God who doesn’t put burdensome commands upon us … the ...read more
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9. Keep Yourself From Idols
Contributed on Aug 7, 2020
In the first century idols were a prevalent and ordinary part of society, and they were a spiritual distraction for Christians. Today we need to be just as much on our guard against the idols of this age.
Message 1 John 5:13-21 “Keep Yourself From Idols” Read 1 John 5:13-21 “Keep yourselves from idols.” What a random thing to say as the very last sentence of the letter. Paul never ends his letters that way – he usually says something like “Greet these people in your church … grace and ...read more
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10. Sometimes Be Inhospitable
Contributed on Aug 14, 2020
There are times when Christians can be inhospitable towards those who are seeking to deceive or cause us to lose enthusiasm for eternity. Who are you accepting and giving credibility to when it comes to directing your spiritual life?
Message 2 John 1-13 "Sometimes Be Inhospitable” Let’s open our Bible to the letter of 2 John. It is a short letter … 315 words in the NIV translation. … 245 in the original Greek 1 The elder, To the lady chosen by God and to her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I only, but also all ...read more
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11. Genuine Ministry Life
Contributed on Aug 19, 2020
Through this very personal letter we are called to a life of encouragement, to honestly look at our ministry motives, and to live a life of sacrificial involvement.
Message 3 John 1-14 “Genuine Ministry Life” Human beings are so good at making pendulum swings in their life. We might wake up one day thinking, “I need to get more exercise”. You haven’t been for a run for the last 7 years but you still get up at 5:00am and try and go for a 5km jog. You are so ...read more