Sermons on 1 John

Listening Carefully To God

7 …Instead, train yourself to be godly. 8 “Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come.” (1 Timothy 4:7-8)  5 But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him. 6 Those who…

Jesus Is The Light Of The World

2 The people walking in darkness     have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness     a light has dawned. (Isaiah 9:2) 16 the people living in darkness     have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death     a light has dawned.” (Matthew 4:16) 46 I have come…

Seeking Holiness Before A Holy God

10 “But you are my witnesses, O Israel!” says the Lord.     “You are my servant. You have been chosen to know me, believe in me,     and understand that I alone am God. There is no other God—     there never has been, and there never will be. (Isaiah 43:10) 6 Come, let us worship and bow down.     Let us…

Advent: Christ Brings God’s Love Into The World

7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This…

Why Did Jesus Come?

16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16) 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). (Matthew 1:23) 9 This is how God…

The Lies of Unforgiveness

23 Search me, God, and know my heart;     test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me,     and lead me in the way everlasting. (Psalm 139:23-24) Jesus said, “It is finished.” (John 19:30)  13 Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you…

Responding To God’s Love

35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as…