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  • Getting Real About The Christian Life Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Mar 4, 2014
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    If God is light, if God is perfect righteousness, then we’d better get real about our own righteousness.

    John is writing to his followers in the final years of his life. You get the feeling that he thinks he’s running out of time because there’s a certain urgency to the way he writes. He doesn’t waste words. There’s no polite greeting at the start of the letter. He just gets ...read more

  • Word Comes Alive

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 6, 2014
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     | 3,882 views

    Do your actions, your faithfulness show you are a part of God's program or does it show that you are outside of it looking on? For you is worshiping the Lord a matter of service to others and obeying Him. This is what honors Him and gives us our purpose.

    Opening Illustration: This line between truth and falsehood is blurred in our society. We pick up newspapers and read touching stories and later find out that the stories were complete fabrications. We are used to politicians making us promises to get our votes, only to forget those promises once ...read more

  • Maturity In Christ

    Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Mar 8, 2014
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     | 15,607 views

    John tells Christians that no matter where they are in their spiritual maturity, they can still learn.

    Maturity In Christ 1 John 2: 12 -14 Intro: A little boy fell out of the bed in his sleep. His father picked him up and put him back in bed. He asked him, "Son, what happened?" The little boy responded, "I fell asleep too close to where I got in." . I believe that describes too many Christians ...read more

  • Confession And Absolution Series

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Mar 9, 2014
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    Confession and Absolution helps us approach God with humility and confidence.

    Did you and your friends ever form a club when you were growing up? Perhaps you draped blankets over the couches in the basement to serve as your clubhouse, and to get in everyone had to speak the password. Well heaven is a club like that. Only those who know and speak the password will get in. ...read more

  • Chapter One Series

    Contributed by David Taylor on Mar 20, 2014
     | 3,698 views

    1 John: Chapter One Setting

    1 John: Chapter One 1 John 1:1-4 Setting There is nothing internal to the epistle that tells us the location of the recipients. We know they are Christians, well known and endeared to the author. They are facing false teachers that are within (2:18-19).  The writer is familiar with the ...read more

  • Chapter Two Series

    Contributed by David Taylor on Mar 20, 2014
     | 4,496 views

    1 John: Chapter Two 2:1 Warning - Do Not Sin

    1 John: Chapter Two 2:1 Warning - Do Not Sin John starts a new section, 2:1-17, with a term of endearment, ‘my little children.’ His next purpose in writing is that they ‘not sin.’ 'These things' he writes refers back to vs. 8-10. Sin is defined by John as lawlessness ...read more

  • What Is Fellowship? Series

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Apr 8, 2014
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     | 17,142 views

    "God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another"

    Open your Bible to the Epistle of 1 John, and I would like for you to follow with me as I read from chapter 1 verse 3 to 8 “We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. We ...read more

  • What's Love Got To Do With It? Series

    Contributed by Tim Diack on Jul 9, 2013
     | 7,114 views

    Love is meant to be the defining characteristic of the Christian. What’s that look like in the context of your life?

    What’s Love Got To Do With It? - 1 John 2:7-11 - June 30, 2013 Series: That We May Know – Life With Jesus - #6 I’ll invite you to open your Bibles with me this morning to the book of 1 John as we continue in our series entitled, “That We May Know – Life With ...read more

  • The Demas Dilemma Series

    Contributed by Tim Diack on Jul 17, 2013
     | 7,960 views

    John has given his readers a great deal of corrective instruction in the opening chapters of this book - now he speaks words of encouragement and exhortation for them (and for us!) to take to heart and to put into practice in our own lives.

    The Demas Dilemma - 1 John 2:12-17 - July 14, 2013 Series: That We May Know – Life With Jesus - #7 As a parent I’ve learned something about myself over the years and it’s something I’ve seen in others as well. This is what I’ve learned … I’ve ...read more

  • True Confessions

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Jul 27, 2013
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     | 2,729 views

    Here is a very short teaching on what confessing means in regard to 1 John 1:9

    True Confessions 1 John 1:9 says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and will purify us from all unrighteousness." Over the years, many revivals have happened when God poured out His Holy Spirit so mankind may have the opportunity to be restored back ...read more

  • The Catalyst For Cleansing

    Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Aug 4, 2013
     | 4,582 views

    A sermon that describes the importance of the blood in cleansing us from our sins.

    "The Catalyst for Cleansing" I John 1:7 "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." INTRODUCTION: Let me start this morning with the definition of the word catalyst. Encarta ...read more

  • Saving Knowledge Series

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Aug 12, 2013
     | 4,254 views

    How does one come to faith in Christ. And just what is saving faith?

    Saving Knowledge I John 2:1-6 Introduction Last week, we talked about our relationship we have in Jesus Christ in terms of light and darkness. Our fellowship with the Father requires us to be pure light without any dark spot. And we all too well know that this makes any fellowship with the Father ...read more

  • The Truth Hurts, But Here's Help Series

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Aug 12, 2013
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     | 6,995 views

    John describes the universal lost condition of humankind and its cure in six short verses, what Paul in Romans takes chapters to develop

    The Truth Hurts, But There's Help I John 1:5-10 Introduction Last week, we saw the importance of grounding our faith in Jesus who is both God and human. John wanted us to know that he witnessed with his eyes, ears, and hand the earthly Jesus. This experience had forever changed John, and now he ...read more

  • The Christian Walk Series

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Aug 13, 2013
     | 6,109 views

    We who claim to be Christians must be sure they are on the true path.

    The Christian Walk 1 John 2:7-14 Introduction Last week we learned that sin is not normal in the Christian. The Christian’s sin does not affect just that person, but the entire body of Christ. We saw from the plural "we have an advocate" that there has to at least be a sense in which the ...read more

  • Confronting And Overcoming Sin Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 11, 2014
     | 7,885 views

    Sin is something that touches all of our lives and the consequences can be dire. Paul puts it this way: “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God’s.” Romans 3:23

    Confronting and Overcoming Sin 1 John 1:7-9 Two elderly, Southern women were sitting together in the front pew of church listening to a fiery preacher.
When he condemned the sin of stealing, the two ladies cried out at the tops of their lungs, "Amen Brother!!" When the preacher condemned the ...read more