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"The Incarnate Word"

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 8, 2005

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We have first hand testimony in the epistles of John; the kind that would be accepted in any court of law; of the incarnate existence of Jesus Christ. John proclaims him to us for the sake of our joy and fellowship

-and the life was manifested, and we have seen and bear witness and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us – WHAT WAS FROM THE BEGINNING Y’know what I like about the Bible? Well, I like lots of things about the Bible. But one thing I like about ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:1-4

Denomination: Orthodox

Experiencing Eternal Life

Contributed by Brad Bailey on Aug 3, 2004

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The reality of the Resurrection has deep transforming impact on our lives.

Max Lucado, in his book, “Six Hours One Friday,” tells the story of a missionary in Brazil who discovered a tribe of Indians in a remote part of the jungle. They lived near a large river. The tribe was in need of medical attention. A contagious disease was ravaging the population. People were dying ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:1

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Fellowship Or Friendship (Or Where Three Is Not A Crowd)

Contributed by Bramwell Hayes on Aug 9, 2004

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The basis of Christian fellowship and warnings about false attempts.

Fellowship or friendship? Or when three is not a crowd Introduction There was recently a debate on the name of the Salvation Army on the website armybarmy.com, one contributor, somewhat sarcastically, suggested that the name should be changed to the friendship club. In fact, corps and Churches ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:1-7

Denomination: Salvation Army

The True Fellowship Of The Church Series

Contributed by Kevin Cummins on Sep 2, 2003

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In an atmosphere of false teachings that sought to confuse the church and split it. John writes here about the true fellowship of the church and how we can recognize it.

Today I want to begin a series on the book of I John. It is believed by most that John, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was the author of this letter. He wrote this letter before he was exiled to the island of Patmos. Many put the date at around 85-90 A.D., which is real close to the date that ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:1-10

Denomination: Church Of God

What Does The Church Do? Series

Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Oct 21, 2003

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The world today sees the church as powerless and irrelevant in our culture and the reason is due in great part because of our failure to live life differently than the world around us.

In the play, My Fair Lady, Eliza is being courted by Freddy, who writes to her daily of his love for her. Eliza’s response to his notes is to cry out in frustration: Words! Words! I’m so sick of words!... Don’t talk of stars Burning above, If you’re in love, Show me! Don’t ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:1-5, Acts 2:41-47

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Beyond Jesus?

Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Oct 24, 2003

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In our day, as in John’s, there were people promoting a faith beyond the faith in Jesus Christ. Is there anything worthwhile beyond Jesus?

I wonder sometimes if the Church hasn’t become bored with Jesus. I mean, after all, there’s only so much we can know about Him; only so much praise, it seems, we can offer Him. And it’s tempting sometimes to create other messages, other goals, another focus besides this two thousand year old ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Elitist Christianity Series

Contributed by Dean Johnson on Feb 6, 2004

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The early church was planted in the Greek culture, and immediately the culture began to attempt to influence it. Gnostics applied Greek categories of thought to the Christian message,emphasizing higher spiritual knowledge, making it "elitist." But Chris

I John Sermon Series ELITIST CHRISTIANITY Introduction and I John 1:1-4 Pastor Dean Johnson, Lake Pointe Bible Church, 1-11-04 INTRODUCTION What is now called “The Church” was not yet 50 years old when a rather disturbing and even dangerous teaching began to creep in among Christians. The ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Fellowshipping With The Father And The Son Series

Contributed by Charles Brooks on Feb 10, 2004

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An exposition of the epistle commonly called 1st John

Fellowshipping with the Father and the Son - Week I Chuck Brooks, Pastor-Teacher, New Vision Bible Fellowship October 5, 2003 Background First John was written by the Apostle John. Though his name is nowhere to be found written in this letter. It has been traditionally ascribed to John the ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:1

Denomination: Baptist

Waiting On God Takes Faith

Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 14, 2003

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It’s never easy to WAIT...but why should we have to wait on God and what possible good could come from it?

Faith is explained in the first part of Hebrews 11 as “Being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible…” ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 22:1-19, 1 John 1:1-2

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Live What You Claim

Contributed by Jay Mcphearson on Dec 23, 2003

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The world changes when Christians live what they claim.

1st John 1:5-10 ¡§Live what you Claim¡¨ ¡§The world changes when Christians live what they claim.¡¨ FCC ¡V Piggott 5.18.03 Intro: (Start With Blank) It is not what men eat but what they digest that makes them strong; Not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:1-5

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Amazing

Contributed by Steven Davis on Jun 11, 2003

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The story of Jesus is an amazing story, which we sometimes take for granted. It should not be this way. We should be amazed!

It is an amazing story, wouldn’t you say? The story of Jesus - his birth, his life, his teachings, his death, his resurrection. An amazing story, indeed. As the title of a movie about Jesus’ life once described it, it’s “The Greatest Story Ever Told.” John the Baptist had told the people about ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:14-28, 1 John 1:1-9

Denomination: Methodist

Christian Fellowship Series

Contributed by Charles Salmon on Jun 23, 2003

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The nature and enemies of Christian felloship and the traits that characterize "fellow Christians."

Christian Fellowship I Jn. 1:3 INTRO.: Once at an area meeting, I invited a choir from a congregation of another Church to sing. They did a very good job, but a fellow preacher who attended took exception to bringing in "outsiders" to sing. He felt moved to write me a very strong letter, soundly ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:1-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Conditions For Fellowship

Contributed by Paul George on Jul 3, 2003

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Conditions for fellowship with the Lord and others is based on conformity to a standard and confession of sins.

When John wrote this epistle the heresy of Gnosticism was making its way into the church. Among the teachings were, knowledge is superior to virtue, the nonliteral sense of Scripture is correct and can be understood only by a select few, evil in the world precludes God being the only Creator, the ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:1-9

Denomination: Holiness

The Word Of Life

Contributed by Dan Borchert on Aug 29, 2002

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Talk about the Word(Ie God) and what all it means to our lives

1 John 1:1-4 The Word of Life I. Introduction a. We will be studying the book of 1 John for the next couple of weeks b. First John is a very fascinating book c. The author of 1 John is believed to be John who was the author of John and whom many feel was the author of Revelations. d. The reason ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:1-4

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

In Christ We Have...part 2

Contributed by Arlen Payne on Nov 24, 2002

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This is the second part of a two part message on the blessings and benifits we have in Christ. This second message is prmarily from 1 John.

In Christ, We have…. (2) 2 Peter 1:1-4 Intro: God has given us “exceeding great and precious promises:” -Last week we look at some of the promises of God. -These were based on the phrase “we have” -This phrase is found 229 times in the KJV. -God has abundantly blessed us through these ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:1-4, 1 John 1:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

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