Sermons on 1 John 1:8-5:13:

God’s Dream For Your Life Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Aug 14, 2017

God has a dream for your life! God has a plan for your life and mine. A perfect plan that brings honour and Glory to Him and blessing to us.

We are continuing in our series on discovering our destiny, and today we are thinking about the truth that God has a dream for your life. To focus our thoughts this evening, listen to the words of the Apostle Paul in Romans 12:1-2, And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-2, Matthew 5:48, Isaiah 61:10, James 1:6-8, 1 John 2:4-6, 1 John 2:15-17, Ephesians 2:10, Romans 3:23, Romans 3:24-26, Romans 3:27-28, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

God Is. Series

Contributed by Adam Weber on Aug 16, 2017

Others are able to reflect God, but no one is able to replace Him.

**Well… I just wanna welcome everyone here to Embrace… at all 5 of our campuses. My name is Adam… I’m one of the pastors here… And as always… we are so excited that you are here… ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:19

Overcoming Fear

Contributed by Shine Thomas on Aug 28, 2017

We all struggle with fear. This post brings out the danger of fear, the types of fear we face, and finally gives us three practical and proven ways to overcoming fear.

Follow us on: Website: https://cityharvestag.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CityHarvestA... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cityharvestag/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CityHarvestAGChurch/featured Fear Definition: Fear is an anxious feeling, caused by our anticipation of some ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 34:4, Isaiah 41:10-13, 1 John 4:18

Denomination: Assembly Of God

1 John: Be Real Series

Contributed by Tony Thomas on Aug 31, 2017

This message is an overview of the book of 1 John and part of a 2-year study of the Bible.

1 John: Be Real by, Tony Thomas Sr. Minister, Woodland Heights Christian Church, Crawfordsville, IN No. 62 in a series called, Route 66, a Road Trip Through the Bible In the fall of 2011, ABC-TV premiered a fantasy drama titled, Once Upon a Time. The setting is the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:18-22, 1 John 1:1-7, 1 John 2:1-2, 1 John 5:12-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Do You Know Him

Contributed by Steve Taylor on Sep 4, 2017

Many people who come to church say that they know what the Bible says. They say that they know Jesus. They feel they know God. They know that they have a relationship with Him.” But is it so.

Let the Church say AMEN. Let the Church say AMEN again! You know, God is so good. He woke us all up this morning and safely allowed us to make it to his Church. • Even if your back hurts, you got up. • If your feet hurt, you got up, • If your week at work was stressful, you got up, • If you ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:3-6

Once Saved, Always Saved? What Would Have To Happen If A Person Willingly Chooses To Lose Their Salvation

Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Sep 6, 2017

A review of the events described in the Bible that would have to take place if a person willingly chose to 'fall' and 'slip away,' losing their salvation and become unBorn-Again.

There are two fundamental schools about this have many branches of differing thought. First is the Armenian teaching that believes the believer maintains salvation and can be lost due to sin. Second is Calvinism, which teaches that salvation can never be lost because it was preordained from the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:8, James 2:26, 1 John 3:9, 1 John 5:4-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Persevere: Quitting Is Not An Option Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Sep 8, 2017

We are continuing in our series on Discovering Your Destiny and we are thinking about what it means to Persevere. This sermon focuses on a simple statement of Truth: Quitting is not an option. The Christian life, is not the easy option.

Persevere: Quitting is not an option We are continuing in our series on Discovering Your Destiny and we are thinking about what it means to Persevere. Today we are focussing on a simple statement of Truth: Quitting is not an option. Pastor and Author, Warren Wiersbe said “Those times when you ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:4-5, Lamentations 3:22-23, James 1:2-4

Denomination: Pentecostal

Talking With God

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Sep 20, 2017

Prayer is much more than a laundry list of wants; it is a time to talk with and listen to God

Talking with God September 17, 2017 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: Prayer is much more than a laundry list of wants; it is a time to talk with and listen to God. Focus Passage: 1 John 3:18-22 Supplemental Passage: You do not have because you do not ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:18-22

Denomination: Baptist

Providing Care Within The Community Series

Contributed by Davon Huss on May 31, 2014

A sermon on physical and spiritual care in God's community, the church (Outline and material adapted from Daniel Overdorf's book, What the Bible Says About the Church: Rediscovering Community, chapter 3 Communally Responsible, pages 71- 79)

HoHum: Older baseball fans remember when Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play MLB, joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. Wherever the Dodgers traveled, opposing players and fans spewed hateful words and racial slurs at Robinson. Pitchers threw fastballs at his head. Opposing base runners ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:16-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Deliverance From Sin

Contributed by David Leach on May 31, 2014

“The measure of our knowledge of God will be the measure of our sense of sin".

Rom 14:23 . . .Whatever is not from faith is sin,. .whatever is done without a conviction of its approval by God is sinful. AMP 1 Jo 3 :5-6 And you know that He (Jesus) was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin. Whoever abides in Him does not sin. .. The name "Keswick ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:5-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Great Love Deception; Human Love Condemning Divine Love

Contributed by David Leach on Jun 1, 2014

How do we receive God and therefore receive divine love in order that we can love?

What is divine love? 1 Jo 4:8 …God is love It isn’t that God has love as an attribute, no, God is Himself love. His very nature is love. Who then has this divine love and therefore can divinely love others? Since God is love, whoever has God has love; whoever has more of God has ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Loving Jesus Is To Hear, Understand, Retain In Our Heart And Do God’s Words

Contributed by David Leach on Jun 1, 2014

The world looks for God with the natural eye, but cannot find Him that way. The genuine Christian looks for God with his heart and always finds Him.

John 14:21-24 (Jesus) He who has My commandments (retains my words in his heart) and keeps them (by the power of My Spirit, which he has received and submits to, he obeys my words – Ezekiel 36:27), it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:5-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Faith That Endures Series

Contributed by Daren Mitchell on Jun 10, 2014

If you're struggling with your faith, not sure who to believe, not sure if you believe in Jesus, then you're struggling with obedience

Have you been in a situation, or a circumstance, or has something happened to you or your family and you just wonder how you’re going to get through it? I often wonder about what the followers of Jesus thought as they fled into the night when he was arrested and executed. They must have ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:4-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Words From Father

Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jun 12, 2014

Three things a child needs to hear from his dad and his Heavenly Father

“Words from Father” June 15, 2014 1 John 3:1-2 “See what great 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. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:1-2

Denomination: Holiness

Are You In Step With God?

Contributed by Juan P Barrientez Jr. on Jun 15, 2014

This message paints a picture of what it looks like to walk with God.

Are you In Step with God? 1 John 1:5-10 (NKJV) 5 This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:5-10

Denomination: Baptist