1 John 4:7-10 | For love is of God
Intro This Sunday we take up where we left off last week as we noted the entirety of this section on love is from verse 7-21 and a simple outline: Vs. 7-12 The exhortation to love one another Vs. 13-16…
1 John 4:7-8 | Love one another: What God Is
Intro Reading this general letter of John’s, you begin to understand that John developed TESTS by which the reader could determine if they were a maturing child of God: The moral test: Righteousness The social test: Love The doctrinal test:…
1 John 4:1-6 | Testing Truths
Intro The key to understanding this section is found in the phrase of 3:24: “And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.” John had taken up the matter of “TESTING”…
1 John 3:18-24 | The Antidote To Hate
Intro This morning we take up the antidote to the three examples in “types of human relationships” that should NOT be in the body of Christ. Vs. 12 Murder Vs. 13-15 Hatred Vs. 16-17 Indifference As we shall examine what…
1 John 3:13-17 | Loving one another – Part II
Intro The third chapter of John’s first letter is a contrast between two different groups of people the Child of God and the Child of the devil. In verse 10 John wrote, “Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of…
1 John 3:11-12 | Loving One Another – Part I
Intro John’s letter of 1st John has a circular nature to it as he continues writing about “fellowship with God” from three things that are keys to maintaining it: Obedience, Love, and Truth! Each time John returns to one of…
1 John 3:7-10 | Two Fathers
Intro To take our study of 1st John starting from verses 3:4-12 would be unfair to the heart in which the Holy Spirit wanted to communicate through John. John made certain that what he was about to say about SIN…
1 John 3:4-6 | Practicing Righteousness
Intro The start of chapter 3 makes it abundantly clear that John is address the true child of God who is enjoying the benefits of their relationship with God. As we noted last week in 2:28 John used three words…
1 John 2:28-3:3 | What Manner of Love
Intro Verse 2:28 is a bridge verse as the Apostle John links what he wants to write next with what he has been saying. So, this verse is a look backwards as well as a look forward. The point of…
1 John 2:24-27 | Truth Verse False – Part III
Intro We now move to the last part of Apostle John’s words on the self-test of WALKING IN TRUTH 2:18-27 Truth. In this section John has developed the teaching by breaking apart these verses three ways: Vs.18-21 Where we noted…
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