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Being The Family Of God

Contributed by David Gant on Apr 25, 2004

based on 44 ratings

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This sermon can be used to call a congregation into closer fellowship, or to teach the believer’s responsibility toward the church family. [Key points in this sermon may have come from other sources. If you see anything that should be credited to another,

Being the Family of God Drawn from 1st John 3 The church is Identified With God as being His Children … therefore, we make up the Family of God [John 3.1] Many Christians have been infected with the most virulent virus of modern American life, what sociologist Robert Bellah calls "radical ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:1-24

Denomination: Baptist

What Are You Doing? Anything?

Contributed by Charles Whatley on May 20, 2004

based on 54 ratings

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We know the goal, but we keep running off down "rabbit trails." We keep letting ourselves be distracted away from the important things.

Bill Bright tells the story of a farmer who told his wife he was going out to plow the "south forty." He got off to an early start so he could oil the tractor. He needed more oil, so he went to the shop to get it. On the way to the shop he noticed the pigs weren’t fed. So he proceeded to the corn ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:1-7

Denomination: Methodist

We Know We Have Passed From Death To Life

Contributed by Glen Lawhun on May 23, 2004

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We know we have passed from death to life if we love the brethern.

We know we have passed from death to life because… I John 3:7-15 1. Read I John 3:7-15 2. I John 3:7 Little children, let know one deceive you…. a. (do not let the devil trick you into thinking you love someone by saying, “I love him but I don’t like him!”) (I John 3:18) b. Col. 2:8 Beware ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:7-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Using What You've Got Series

Contributed by Tim Bond on May 27, 2004

based on 44 ratings

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The Holy Spirit not only give us spiritual gifts to use in our service to God, He also gives us the power, love and self-discipline to utilize them effectively.

Last week we began a series of 3 messages on the nature and responsibility of having Spiritual Gifts. If you were here you might remember that we read from Romans 12 and 1 Peter 4. And we learned that every believer has at least one spiritual gift. These are God given abilities distributed among ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:3-7, 1 John 3:14-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Characteristics That Distinguish The Christian

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 28, 2004

based on 57 ratings

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Everything has what we consider to be identifying marks or characteristics--things that make them distinguishable from other things. In the same manner, the child of God should exhibit traits that set them apart from the world.

CHARACTERISTICS THAT DISTINGUISH THE CHRISTIAN Text: I John 3: 1-2 Intro: The characteristics of a thing help us not only recognize it, but also to define it. This is especially true with people. Our physical characteristics as well as our individual personality define who we are. There ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

Got Hope?

Contributed by Richard Tow on Dec 1, 2003

based on 115 ratings

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Hope empowers us to live godly lives in the now. This sermons discusses how hope strengthens us against temptation and enables us to persevere in our walk with God. How hope is to be nurtured is also addressed.

Got Hope? I John 3:2-3 11-30-03 Intro: We take our text this morning from 1 John 2:28-3:3. 28And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming. 29If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:2-3, Romans 15:13

Denomination: Charismatic

The Greatest Gift

Contributed by Abraham Shanklin on Jan 31, 2004

based on 24 ratings

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That’s what you are going to find in this text this morning…what true love is. You are going to find in God’s word…1 John 3, what the real reason for the season is…You will find what the true motivation for living is.

Living the Life With the Greatest Gift Scripture Reference: 1 John 3:1 – 9 Introduction Each December, I vowed to make Christmas a calm and peaceful experience. I had cut back on nonessential obligations -- extensive card writing, endless baking, decorating, and even overspending. Yet still, I ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:1-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Christmas- Why Did Jesus Come?

Contributed by Dr. C. David White on Dec 2, 2002

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There were two main purposes for the incarnation and life of Christ.

Why Did Jesus Come? 1 ¶ How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Loving On Purpose

Contributed by David Derry on Dec 23, 2002

based on 37 ratings

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God demonstrated His love for us on purpose. Can can we in turn love Him and others on purpose?

Loving on Purpose December 22, 2002 As we continue our series of “living on purpose”, today’s topic is “loving on purpose”. We’ll be focusing on a verse that is well known to most of us. (John 3:16) 16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:16-18, John 3:16

Denomination: Baptist

True Love In A Nutshell

Contributed by Bradley Boydston on Jan 12, 2003

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Four practical words built around the idea that true love manifests itself in action.

- - - - - - - - - Unless otherwise noted all scripture is quoted from the New Living Translation of the Bible. - - - - - - - - - Bud was a factory worker with more than a slight resemblance to Archie Bunker. Every single day he’d come home sweaty and dirty. He’d go in the back door, grab a beer ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:11-24, 1 John 3:11-21

Denomination: *other

Living Up To Our Hope Series

Contributed by Charles Salmon on Aug 25, 2003

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What we are now, what we shall be, and what we ought to be.

Living Up To Our Hope I John 3:2, 3 INTRO.: The promise of Jesus’ return is prominent in the Scriptures. John 14:1-3 is a comforting promise from Jesus to His disciples. Hebrews 9:27, 28 points to the completion of our salvation when He returns. There are many other passages we could cite. To the ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:2-3

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Love Is Only True In Action

Contributed by Aldy Duque on Oct 28, 2003

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Love is never a true love unless it is expressed in action.

I. INTRODUCTION The letter of the apostle John had two purposes in writing this letter: (1) to expose and reject the doctrinal ethical errors of the false teachers, and (2) to exhort the Christians to pursue a life of fellowship with God characterized by truth. His main concern is for the ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:11-19

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Matchless Love Of God

Contributed by Dewayne Howard on Feb 4, 2003

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God loves everyone the same, regardless of who they are, where they’ve been, or what they’ve done. And that’s what I want us to look at this morning.

Introduction: Sometimes I feel so unlovable. Have you ever felt that way? I look around and sometimes wonder just how God could love somebody like me. I have met people whose lives were in shambles and full of sin that had destroyed their lives and felt like God could never love them because ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:1

Denomination: Baptist

Four Faces Of Love

Contributed by Gary Kins on Feb 7, 2003

based on 154 ratings

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A sermon describing the charcateristics of biblical love in contrast to worldly love.

The Four Faces of Love Introduction: Valentine - an amatory or sentimental card, token or gift sent by one person to another on St. Valentine’s Day; a sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine’s Day; the object of one’s affection. St. Valentine - Valentinus -- Christian martyr, c270 A.D. -- ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, Romans 5:1-11, 1 John 3:1-3

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"We Know Love By This"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on May 9, 2003

based on 20 ratings

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Jesus loves us so much, and that means that we ought to love others.

1 John 3:16-24 “We Know Love By This” By: Rev. Kenneth Emerson Sauer Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA Humankind has made so many attempts to define love. Volumes upon volumes of books have been written about it. Over the centuries romantic love has been the theme of ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:16-24

Denomination: United Methodist

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