Sermons on 1 Juan 2:15:

Disciplines For Godliness

Contributed by Dana Chau on Mar 18, 2002

Learn three disciplines for growing in godliness.

By way of review, we talked last Sunday about how to regain hope in life. The three steps were, 1) accept God’s forgiveness through Jesus Christ, 2) build your hopes on your relationship with God and 3) commit to living out the power of God’s Word, the Bible. You can get the message on tape if ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17

Denomination: *other

Where Do You Stand?

Contributed by Mitch Chapman on Jan 11, 2003

A sermon looking at our place with God. Are we for him or against him? If we are tempted, does that mean we are against God?

Where do we stand? Where we stand becomes important. I was standing outside fishing, Having a lot of fun and catching a lot of fish. So I hadn’t even noticed the ants. Then it was to late I felt the first one bite me about my belly then they all started to bite me at once. It was like they all ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17

Denomination: Baptist

Flesh: What Is Its Nature

Contributed by Andy Almendarez on Apr 11, 2002

There is an ever present battle between the flesh and the Spirit.

Flesh: What is its Nature? Scripture Reading: 1 John 2:12-17 Text: Romans 7:18 Sermon Idea: There is an ever present battle between the flesh and the Spirit. There is the story of an old deacon who used to lead prayer meetings would often finish them with this phrase in his prayers “O Lord, ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:18, 1 John 2:12-17

Denomination: Holiness

¡una Juventud En Crisis!

Contributed by Fernando Ocampo on Apr 16, 2002

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

Scripture: 1 John 2:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

What In The World Is Worldliness? Series

Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 5, 2002

6th in First John Series

WHAT IN THE WORLD IS WORLDLINESS? 1 John 2:15-17 INTRO: Very soon after you become a Christian you discover that the Christian life is not a playground, it is a battleground. You make the discovery that to live the Christian life is not a bed of roses, but that you have enrolled in an intense ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17

Denomination: Baptist

Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places

Contributed by Dan Borchert on Aug 29, 2002

Often we go through life looking for love and do not find it, maybe we are looking for love in all the wrong places

1 John 2:15-17 Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places! Introduction A. Do you remember in Elementary School when a boy or a girl would like you? What did your mom tell you? They are the ones that pick on you. B. They are the ones you think hate you C. They are the ones that tell you they can ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Satan And His Devices Series

Contributed by Mark Hodges on Jun 16, 2001

The things that Satan uses in order to ruin and destroy.

Satan And His Devices Sermon by: Mark D. Hodges I John 2:15-17 Introduction: The February 26, 1974 edition of Insight told the story of Major William Martin, a British subject who was buried near Huelvo on the southern coast of Spain. Martin never knew the great contribution he made to the Allied ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17, Ephesians 6:12

Denomination: Baptist

Measure Of A Man

Contributed by Brent Williams on Jun 19, 2001

The world we live in puts us on their scales, but God Measures us completely different. Let us see how God measures us!

Measure of a Man 1 John 2:15-17 Intro: The apostle is giving us a picture of what the world is like. A picture of how the world wants us to be, but God has so much more in store for you and I. The world measures us by it’s standard. I want us to look at some of the things that the world ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17, 1 Corinthians 13:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

The Demas Syndrome Series

Contributed by Steven Dow on Oct 18, 2001

This sermon identifies the symptoms of The Demas Syndrome, which is the disease of falling in love with the world.

THE DEMAS SYNDROME by Steven L. Dow 1 John 2:15-17 INTRODUCTION: John begins this passage with a clear command: “Do not love the world or anything in the world.” Why can’t we love the world? The Bible tells us in John 3:16 that God loved the world, so why can’t we? In order to answer that ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17

Worrying For Our Treasure

Contributed by Russ Houser on Jan 19, 2002

Life sometimes deals us a rotten hand. We can either let that eat at us, or we can learn from it and move on. But what happens when we dwell on these bad things that happen to us and our families?

Worrying for our treasure 1-20-02 AM Matthew 6 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17, Matthew 6:19-34

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Warning This World Can Be Hazardous To Your Health

Contributed by Cedric Portis on Jan 22, 2002

We tend to get so tied up in the hustle and bustle of our daily lives that we can become idolatrous without even realizing it. Make God’s will a priority in your life to aviod the traps of this world.

Warning!! this world can be hazardous to your health John I 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. John I 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Party's Over!

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jan 5, 2002

When the party is over, the work begins!

THE PARTY’S OVER! INTRO.- What party? It might have been that New Year’s eve party. Did you have one? If so, what did you do? Eat food? Play games? Watch TV? Watch some movies? Laugh? Talk? Enjoy one another’s company? I hope that whatever you did, you enjoyed yourself. God does provides us ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Greater Inheritance (Part 3)

Contributed by Eddie Snipes on Jan 8, 2002

Is our inheritance in this life, the life to come, or both?

Greater Inheritance (Part 3) Forfeiting Our Reward In God’s plan, everything in life works together for our benefit. As we have looked at beforehand, it is our eternal benefit God has in mind. Sometimes what benefits today also has eternal rewards as well. However, many times what seems to be a ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:16-19, 1 John 2:15-17

Denomination: Baptist

Living A Worthy Life Series

Contributed by Charles Salmon on Jul 28, 2003

The glorious relationship we have with God, the benefites of it, and the means of maintaining the relationship.

Living a Worthy Life I John 2:12-17 INTRO.: Nehemiah was a great leader and motivator among the Jews during the rebuilding of Jerusalem. Just before the completion of the wall was a time of great stress. The enemies of Judah did all they could to dishearten and intimidate Nehemiah and his ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:12-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Walking In Love Series

Contributed by Shawn Drake on Aug 7, 2003

This is the 3rd study in the study "Light In The Darkness".

WALKING IN LOVE 1 John 2:7-17 As we continue in our study, “Light In The Darkness”, we will be studying the need to walk in love as Christians. In the Greek language there are four words for our word “love”. Eros: This is a sensual or erotic type of love. This word is never used in the ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:7-17

Denomination: Baptist