Sermons

Study of 1 John 4:1-21 “Lies & Love” Continue Reading Study of 1 John 4:1-21

“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) Continue Reading Expectation Adaptation

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

– Hebrews 2:1 (ESV) Continue Reading Drift Alert

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) Continue Reading Study of 1 John 3:11-24

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

– Proverbs 29:18 (ESV) Continue Reading Big-Picture Blessing

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) Continue Reading Study of 1 John 2:28-29 and 3:1-10

“Who is like the wise? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.”

– Ecclesiastes 8:1 (ESV) Continue Reading The Glow of Godly Wisdom

Contemplations

(1) “Last Hour”. (vs. 18; John 2:4; 4:6, 21)

(2) “Antichrist” analysis. (Matt. 24:5, 23-24; 2 Thess. 2:3, 7-9; Rev. 13)

(3) The wonderful “promise of eternal life”. (vs. 25; Titus 1:2; Luke 18:18; John 6:40, 17:1-3; 1 John 5:11)

(4) Internal threat alert. (2:26)

(5) Abiding. (vs. 24, 2:28; John 15:4-7) Continue Reading Study of 1 John 2:18-27

“…If you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding…then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.”

– Proverbs 2:3, 5 (ESV) Continue Reading Call for Wisdom