A message from the series “1 John ’08-09 // A Father’s Loving Words.” In this final chapter of 1 John, Pastor Jack looks at the distinguishing features of believers that he calls “birthmarks.”
A message from the series “1 John ’08-09 // A Father’s Loving Words.” As Pastor Jack covers these verses, he will point out that the one distinguishing attribute of Christianity is love. No other religious system has love as its basis for belief. This love that only comes from God will manifest itself in the life of the believer vindicating his relationship to God and that he has been born again. Moreover, this love, that only comes from God, enables the believer to love as God loves even those who are not particularly lovable.
A message from the series “1 John ’08-09 // A Father’s Loving Words.” In John’s day, there were many false teachers seeking to draw believers away from the truth of God’s Word. Therefore, John warns the people of these false teachers and then gives them a means of discerning the true teachers of God’s Word versus the false. Basically the test comes down to what is being said about Jesus and His deity. John then gives believer’s the assurance of God’s protection by telling that since God lives in us by His Spirit, He then is greater than the false spirit of the world. In this study, Pastor Jack brings John’s application into the context for today’s world.
A message from the series “1 John ’08-09 // A Father’s Loving Words.” From time to time, believers doubt their relationship with God especially when circumstances tell them otherwise. In the final verses of 1 John chapter 3, Pastor Jack points out many foundational truths that should give believers confidence in their standing before God and the peace and rest that follows.
A message from the series “1 John ’08-09 // A Father’s Loving Words.” When a person comes to Christ and becomes born again, he then begins to have a love that only a child of God can experience. In this study, Pastor Jack goes to great length to draw a comparison between God’s love as seen in a believer and that of a seemingly religious individual. He takes us back to Genesis 4 and the account of Cain and Abel showing that what happened in that early day is the basis for what we see now. This love that comes only from God will be clearly in individuals who have a relationship with Him.
A message from the series “1 John ’08-09 // A Father’s Loving Words.” On the surface, it seems that John is telling us that believers must live sinless lives. But is that possible? Our own experience teaches us otherwise. The Bible is filled with individuals who lived less than perfect lives, yet we know they were saints who died and one day we will meet them in heaven. In this study, Pastor Jack will look at certain Greek terms to show the true meaning of what John was teaching and how we as Christians can live victorious lives as we allow Jesus to live His life through us.
A message from the series “1 John ’08-09 // A Father’s Loving Words.” The one distinguishing trait of believers is this element of hope. No one else has the hope of heaven except those who belong to Jesus Christ. In this study, Pastor Jack gives us five aspects of the hope of believers and how it is to be maintained.
A message from the series “1 John ’08-09 // A Father’s Loving Words.” In contrast to the false teachers (18-19), we, the true believers, have the anointing of the Holy Spirit so that we can know and keep to the truth. Typically false teachers claim they have special insight into the mysteries of God’s Word, but Pastor Jack points out that according to John’s teaching all true believers, because of the Holy Spirit, can know and understand the truth of God’s Word. Without naming names, John teaches that anyone who denies that Jesus is the Christ is a liar when it comes to their claim of knowing the truth and rest assured they do not have the Lord in them. In summary, Pastor says that God has given us two safeguards that will keep us from false teachers and their doctrine – the Word of God and the Holy Spirit.
A message from the series “1 John ’08-09 // A Father’s Loving Words.” At the close of the first century, John spoke of the last days, a period of time that has extended from John’s day until the present. In this study, Pastor Jack brings out two important issues that characterize these last days that will be under attack; doctrinal purity and perseverance. Since we are almost 2000 years past the time of John’s writing, we need to all the more pay attention to the warnings that John gave to the Early Church.
A message from the series “1 John ’08-09 // A Father’s Loving Words.” In this study, Pastor Jack looks at two important truths of God’s Word. First he looks at spiritual growth. John addresses three groups of people: little children, young men, and fathers. Regardless of where we are at in our spiritual development, we all still need to grow in our relationship with the Lord. Secondly, John addresses a kind of love that God hates: a love for the world and the things of the world. A love for this world involves the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. All three of these attributes are contrary to having a right relation with God.
