Sermons

“And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”

– Matthew 16:18 (ESV)

Contemplations:

(1) The simplicity and assurance of salvation (5:1, 11, 3:24; Acts 16:31; Romans 8:15-17)

(2) “Water & blood”?

(3) “Overcomers” (5:4-5, Romans 8:37; Revelation 3:21)

“Making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.”

– Ephesians 5:16 (ESV)

“… But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.”

– Luke 22:53 (ESV)

Study of 1 John 4:1-21 “Lies & Love”

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.”

– Proverbs 13:12 (ESV)

“Then the angel showed me… the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.”

– Revelation 22:1-2 (ESV)

“Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.”

– Hebrews 2:1 (ESV)

Contemplations

(1) Epistle structure? (1:5; 3:11)

(2) Love and material goods. (3:17; James 2:14-17; Acts 2:45, 4:32)

(3) New Covenant commandment. (3:23; 1 John 2:8-10; John 6:29, 40; 15:12)

(4) Love as confirmation of salvation. (19-20; Gal. 5:22; Rom. 5:5; 1 Peter 1:22)

“Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law.”

– Proverbs 29:18 (ESV)

Contemplations

(1) Value of “Abiding” (2:28, 2:24; John 15:4-7)

(2) The “appearances” of Jesus. (2:28, 3:2, 5, 8; Titus 2:13)

(3) The “Blessed Hope” (3:2-3; Titus 2:13; Heb. 9:28)
(4) 2 Dominions (3:8; 1 John 5:19; John 8:44; Acts 26:18; Col. 1:13)

(5) “Practice of sinning”? (vs. 3, 8-9; Rom.6:2, 12; Heb. 3:13-14)