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The Quiet Pursuit of God Series This series focuses on calling Christians to seek God in the quiet place! Jesus instructed his disciples to seek God in the quiet places: Matthew 6:3–6 (CSB) — But when you give to the poor, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 …
https://youtu.be/eR7ABqxPcgk Verse 5: God is Light 5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in him. John’s first epistle is all about “life”: “the word of Life” (v.1), “the life” (v.2), and “the eternal life” (v.2). Therefore, John begins by …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8qu1Lhs_NY&feature=youtu.be Authorship The author of 1 John claims to be an eyewitness of Christ (1 John 1:1–3) Emphasizes his sensory perception of Jesus, “the Word of life” Testifies to what was physically revealed to the apostles Unfortunately, Johannine authorship and the author’s claim to eyewitness testimony has come under attack from modern scholars Many suggest …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKLY81Rn7D8&feature=youtu.be Psalm 1:1–3 (CSB) — 1 How happy is the one who does not walk in the advice of the wicked or stand in the pathway with sinners or sit in the company of mockers! 2 Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction, and he meditates on it day and night. 3 He is …
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If you know that he is righteous, you know this as well: Everyone who does what is right has been born of him. An important break in thought occurs as John introduces a new topic – “the tests for knowing the children of God” – and brings his attention away from the false teachers and …
So now, little children, remain in him so that when he appears we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming. This verse makes the transition from concern about false teachers that has dominated the previous chapter to concern for the children of God, which will dominate the remaining chapters. “Remain …
Verse 19a: The Antichrists Within They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us. To wrap our heads around this verse requires us to see the Church …
VERSE 3: FELLOWSHIP what we have seen and heard we also declare to you, so that you may also have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. John lays out the chief aims of his endeavor to unfold the eternal life that has been manifest …
Paul's epistles to the Corinthians are an incredibly timely message for the Church in the U.S. Corinth was an epicenter of trade, wealth, political power, culture, and idolatrous religion; the ancient world made the term "corinthianize" synonymous with "practice evil". Amidst all this wickedness and spiritual oppression, the Holy Spirit inspires Paul to pen a …
We began this sermon series under the great conviction of our desperate need for a complete renewing in humility. This series is less of a "comprehensive" series on the subject, and more about the seeds God has placed in our hearts that are growing to bear fruit in our lives. Our desire is to walk …
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