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  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    If You Really Love God Series

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 1, 2002
    based on 218 ratings
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    I hope you passed last week’s love test. And assuming that you did, let's consider 4 results of loving God that will be evident in our lives.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED - 2018) TEXT: 1 John 2:3-5, 4:11-16; John 17:20-21; A. Last week, my sermon was titled "The Love Test," & we looked at a couple of passages of Scripture. The first was 2 Corinthians 13:5 where Paul tells the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Problem With Old Time Religion

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Aug 8, 2002
    based on 30 ratings
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    How to remain a Christian and grow in response to God’s grace

    The Problem with Old-Time Religion Text: 1 John 2:5-17 Topic: How to remain a Christian and grow in response to God’s grace A little boy was in a relative’s wedding. As he was coming down the aisle, he would take 2 steps, stop and trun to the crowd. While facing the crowd, he would put his ands up ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Blessed Assurance - Evidence #3 Series

    Contributed by Ray Scott on Jun 10, 2003
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    The 3rd EVIDENCE that gives us the ASSURANCE of our salvation is "Obedience To God’s Word", as seen in I John 2:3-6.

    “Blessed Assurance” – Evidence #3 1 John 2:3-6 INTRODUCTION: We have been looking at the EVIDENCES that give us the ASSURANCE of our salvation. These Biblical EVIDENCES will ASSURE us that EITHER: We are SAVED … or LOST. If a person is a true, born-again believer in Christ, surely there will ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Getting To Know Christ Series

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Jul 15, 2003
    based on 21 ratings
     | 5,202 views

    The importance of obedience in knowing Christ

    Getting to Know Christ I John 2:1-6 INTRO.: Verse one of this chapter is John’s warning to his readers not to think too lightly of sin. In the previous verses, he has written two things that might lead to shallow thinking about sin. (1.) He has written that everyone sins, and (2.) He has written ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Christ?

    Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Jul 26, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,718 views

    There have been many people who have asked me the question, how can I know I know Jesus and saved?

    CHRIST? lst John 2:3-6 A man was called Old Pete was talking to a doctor about his new birth into the family of God. The doctor said, Old Pete what would you say, if when you died, God took you to the mouth of hell and said, this is what you deserve, in you go? I would say you are right, but your ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeff Hughes avatar

    Obedience To His Commands

    Contributed by Jeff Hughes on Mar 17, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
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    We need to obey Jesus.

    Obedience to His Commandments 1st John 2:3-6 Jeff Hughes I. Introduction a. By way of introduction, let’s briefly look at the five verses we studied last time. b. First, we looked at the deception of sin, we looked at the deception of saying we don’t have a sin nature, and the deception of saying ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    First John Chapter Two Part 1

    Contributed by Robert Kerr on Dec 21, 2000
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    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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    Why Obey?

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Sep 2, 2001
    based on 41 ratings
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    Two biblical reasons for Christians to obey God.

    Two weeks ago, we looked at the solutions for dealing with our own sin. This morning, we will look at the opposite of our sin against God, which is our obedience to God. If we have tried to be obedient to God, and we are honest, we would agree that obedience is not easy. In fact, some of us ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    ¡una Juventud En Crisis!

    Contributed by Fernando Ocampo on Apr 16, 2002
    based on 104 ratings
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    La crisis que enfrenta nuestra juventud hoy en día se debe a que han colocado al mundo en el lugar que le corresponde a Dios, se sienten más atraídos por las cosas del mundo que por las de Dios, se están esforzando en practicar la maldad y no la voluntad

    ¡Una juventud en crisis! Texto: 1 Juan 2:1-17 Introducción ¿Qué le está pasando a nuestra juventud en el día de hoy? No entiendo por qué los jóvenes se están volviendo tan groseros y tan brutos. ¿Qué está ocurriendo en nuestro contorno, en nuestra sociedad, que hace que los jóvenes se vuelvan tan ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bill Sullivan avatar

    By This We Know

    Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Dec 10, 2002
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    The "litmus test" of our knowledge of Christ is obedience to His commands.

    By This We Know TCF Sermon 9/17/00 Turn with me to 1 John, chapter 2 - this will be our primary text this morning. Beginning with verse 3, “We know that we have come to know Him if we obey His commands. The man who says I know Him but does not do what He commands is a liar and the truth is not ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Ed Wood avatar

    Three Tests For Salvation Series

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 3, 2002
    based on 514 ratings
     | 33,508 views

    4th in First John Series

    THREE TESTS FOR SALVATION 1 John 2:3-11 INTRO: One of the main purposes of the book of 1 John is that you and I might come to know that we are truly children of God. To know that we are born again. The Bible plainly teaches that it is possible for a Christian to really and actually know he is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Walking In The Light Of Love

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 67 ratings
     | 7,780 views

    Walking in the light of God's love will change our lives and our outlook on life.

    Walking in The Light of Love 1 John 2:3-14 Obedience is the twin sister of discipleship. Jesus calls us to take up our cross, deny ourselves, and follow Him in obedience. The great German theologian, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, said that grace without repentance, grace without obedience is nothing more ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Paul Apple avatar

    Walking In The Light Means Obedience

    Contributed by Paul Apple on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 34 ratings
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    1. Obedience to the Revealed Word of God Indicates One is Walking in the Light (:3-5) a.

    1. Obedience to the Revealed Word of God Indicates One is Walking in the Light (:3-5) a. Disobedience indicates darkness regardless of the testimony b. Obedience indicates the light of love dwelling in the believer 2. Obedience to the Revealed Walk of God in Christ Indicates One is Walking in ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • John Covell avatar

    Taking Aim

    Contributed by John Covell on Oct 17, 2001
    based on 40 ratings
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    God is more concerned about where you aim, than where you land.

    How many of you have ever watched someone do something really well and wished you could do it too? As followers of Christ, just like we sometimes fantasize about being great athletes or performers, sometimes we see what appears to be deeper levels of spiritual commitment and dedication in other ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Next Level

    Contributed by Charles Lane Iii on Feb 28, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,354 views

    What is it that will bring you into the next level of commitment to Jesus Christ and the Christian life? Lack of commitment hinders our development and prevents spiritual growth. Lack of commitment to spiritual excellence keeps us on a slippery place wh

    What is it that will bring you into the next level of commitment to Jesus Christ and the Christian life? The original thought planned for tonight’s lesson was to present another lesson in this series on Apologetics, discussing some of the very specific statements in the Bible and some reasons that ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance