Speaker: Pastor Ron Case

“I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.” – Revelation 1:18 (NKJV)

“But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, ‘Great is the LORD!’” – Psalm 40:16 (ESV)

Contemplations:

(1) Reasons for writing the letter (1:4, 2:1, 5:13).

(2) Praying according to God’s will (John 16:23-24; James 4:3).

(3) “Sin leading to death” (1 Cor. 11:29-30; Acts 4:4-5).

(4) Abrupt close regarding idolatry.

“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)