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  • Mike Hays avatar

    Who Do You Love?

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 74 ratings
     | 8,385 views

    Will we love the ways of the world or the ways of God?

    "Who Do You Love?" 1 John 2:15-17 Dr. Jorge Crespo de Toral was born into an aristocratic family in Ecuador. He was educated as a lawyer and it seemed that he was destined for a life of affluence and power. Instead, Jorge Crespo became a labor lawyer and took up the cause of the poor in a land ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Bradley White-Findeisen avatar

    God: You Gotta Love Him

    Contributed by Bradley White-Findeisen on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 11 ratings
     | 2,820 views

    I’m a Boomer.

    I’m a Boomer. No, I’m not talking about my preaching style. I’m talking about the generation in which I was born and raised. I grew up during a time of social upheaval when demonstrations in the streets were commonplace. It was the age of the bumper sticker. One bumper sticker that was popular in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Mike Hays avatar

    Let The Body Beware!

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 30 ratings
     | 6,626 views

    If we do not desire God's will for the life of the church, then we will see the Body of Christ fall far short of God's will.

    "Let The Body Beware!" 1 John 2:18-28 The human body gives us one of the most awe-inspiring illustrations of a deep biblical truth that all of us should aspire to live out as we seek to be obedient to God's call upon our lives. Once we receive Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior we are placed ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Walking In The Light

    Contributed by Paul Apple on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 13 ratings
     | 2,842 views

    Walking in the Light Means Separation From the World 1.

    Walking in the Light Means Separation From the World 1. Total Separation from the World is Commanded (:15a) a. The nature of the separation --"do not love" an obligation, not an option for the believer b. The extent of the separation -- total 1) From the world system 2) From the particular ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Walking In The Light - Abiding In The Truth

    Contributed by Paul Apple on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,071 views

    Walking in the Light Means Abiding in the Truth 1.

    Walking in the Light Means Abiding in the Truth 1. Abiding in the Truth Requires Recognition of those Forces That Oppose the Truth (:18-19) a. We are living in the age of antichrist -- of apostasy and final opposition to Christ (:18) b. Departure from the truth unmasks antichrists (:19) 1) no ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Is Your World Spinning? Series

    Contributed by Dave Martin on Nov 21, 2000
    based on 87 ratings
     | 3,963 views

    How the things of the world affects our lives.

    "Is Your World Spinning?" "Knowing Our Enemy" series - Part 2 of 7 Text: 1 John 2:15-17 & Selected Cross Creek Community Church July 2, 2000 God’s Word is Powerful, Relevant, and Up to Date! 1 John 2:15-17 "Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

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    First John Chapter Two Part 1

    Contributed by Robert Kerr on Dec 21, 2000
    based on 54 ratings
     | 12,650 views

    Bible Study

    THE FIRST EPISTLE OF JOHN -CHAPTER 2 I JOHN 2:1 - A FRIEND OF THE ACCUSED "My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous" John uses the family term "my little children" to warn us that the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    First John Chapter Two Part 2

    Contributed by Robert Kerr on Dec 21, 2000
    based on 70 ratings
     | 4,160 views

    Bible Study

    LIVE IN TRUTH 1 John 2:18-27 I. THERE WILL BE CHALLENGERS IN THE LAST HOUR A. AN APPEARANCE OF ANTICHRISTS 1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. 1. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Love Not The World Series

    Contributed by Frank Lay on Jul 19, 2006
    based on 25 ratings
     | 35,027 views

    However, there is a love that God hates which John warns us about. It is love for the world. Why are believers not to love the world?

    WARNING AGAINST LOVE FOR THE WORLD 1 John 2:12-17 John reveals something about his audience in verses 12-14. John is writing to "little children” because their sins are forgiven. Note that verses 12 and 13 use two different words. Verse 12 refers to all believers as the word means literally ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Counterfeit Christianity Series

    Contributed by Frank Lay on Jul 19, 2006
    based on 28 ratings
     | 11,549 views

    John gives us several characteristics of counterfeit Christianity, as well as several characteristics of true Christianity.

    WARNING AGAINST COUNTERFEIT CHRISTIANITY I John 2:18-29 For almost two thousand years of Christianity there have been those who would offer a counterfeit faith as a substitute for the real. In verse 18, John reminds us that the antichrist is coming. According to Nelsons New Illustrated Bible ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Out Of This World Series

    Contributed by Guy Caley on Jul 24, 2006
    based on 50 ratings
     | 8,957 views

    3rd in the series "Love Notes: A Letter from John." If you love the Lord you’ll love Holiness, the Church and the Truth.

    You might be a church member if… -You think God’s presence is strongest on the back three pews. - You think "Amazing Grace" is the national anthem. - You judge the quality of the sermon by the amount of sweat worked up by the preacher. - Your definition of fellowship has something to do with ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Love One Another/Love Not The World Series

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Aug 8, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,708 views

    God calls us to show love towards people in the world while at the same time renouncing the world. Viewed as people, the world must be loved; viewed as a corrupt system opposed to God, the world is not to be loved.

    Sermon Series on First John, “Collecting Evidence of Faith” “Love one another/Love not the world”, 2:7-17 -Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts Love, the Mark of the Believer, 7-11… “Dear friends, I am not writing a new command…” What John’s saying is ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    The Holy One Series

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Jan 7, 2004
    based on 19 ratings
     | 3,700 views

    Last in series. The demons feared him. The disciples trusted him. You know him. He is the Holy One of God and he is our friend.

    The Holy One The Demons Feared Him Mark 4:21-26 21 Jesus and his followers went to Capernaum. On the Sabbath day He went to the synagogue and began to teach. 22 The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught like a person who had authority, not like their teachers of the law. 23 Just ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Test Of Spiritual Maturity

    Contributed by Abraham Shanklin on Jan 31, 2004
    based on 35 ratings
     | 11,569 views

    John’s epistle has reminded us to exercise love (1 John 2:7–11)—the right kind of love. Now it warns us that there is a wrong kind of love, a love that God hates. This is love for what the Bible calls “the world.”

    The Test of Spiritual Maturity Scripture Reference: 1 John 2:12 – 17 Introduction A group of first-graders had just completed a tour of a hospital, and the nurse who had directed them was asking for questions. Immediately a hand went up. “How come the people who work here are always washing their ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Counterfeit Christianity

    Contributed by Abraham Shanklin on Jan 31, 2004
    based on 35 ratings
     | 10,258 views

    In other words, John was declaring one of the evidences of last times is the increase of false Christians, false church members, false teachers inside the church and outside the church.

    Living The Life: Counterfeit Christianity Scripture Reference: 1 John 2:18 – 27 Introduction There was a game show that debut on television December 18, 1956 entitled, “To Tell The Truth”. Three contestants claim to be the same person. A celebrity panel asks them questions, and must guess who’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational