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On Easter Sunday morning the Apostle John outran Peter to the tomb.... some sixty years later the Risen Lord appeared again to John.
Surely if God intended the Revelation to be understood He would have given us the basics we need to understand it... and this He has done...
John's third letter is addressed to the beloved Gaius, and in it we will be challenged to prosper in the truth, support the truth, submit to the truth, and witness to the truth.
John wraps up his letter in the last four verses with three more assurances, actually certainties, and a final warning.
Paul's made it absolutely clear that if we’ve received the gospel and are holding fast to it, we’re saved. Saved from the consequences of our sin. Do you believe that?
After all, Nikes make you a winner, or at least they make you look like one. And as a result they have become the most recognizable shoe in the world and a household name.
God is love and the ultimate expression of God’s love was made 2,000 years ago when He sent His only begotten Son. That fact has changed our lives. However by itself that fact doesn’t change many lives.
God defines love. And if we define love as expressed in God and revealed the Bible, love can be the guiding principle of life.
John reminds us that even though the spirit of the antichrist is prominent, the spirit of truth will win.
A Christian must be a believer... a Christian is also called to be an unbeliever. The same Scriptures that encourage us to believe also encourage us not to believe.
John has made it very clear that we can be assured of our standing before God... Not only can we have assurance, we can actually have confidence before God.
This morning we continue our study of the two most powerful forces in the world: love and hate.
John has already drawn our attention to light and darkness, life and death, truth and error, God and the devil. And this morning we come to love and hate, the two most powerful forces on earth.
There are more children of the devil in the world than there are children of God.
Ignatius, one of the early church fathers who was a disciple of the Apostle John, said ingratitude was the cause, the beginning, and the origin, of all evils and sins. And that understanding didn’t come just from John.
If we are abiding in Him there will be no need for shame. In fact, as John points out, we can even be confident when He appears.
You’ve no doubt heard that the current war in Israel may very well be the beginning of that battle... I don’t accept that line of thinking. Let me simply say that I believe the battle pictured in Revelation is spiritual in nature.
It’s impossible to be driven by the lusts of the world and the love of God at the same time.
Immature Christians may be standing in the light, but they are not walking in the light. They are going nowhere, suffering from arrested spiritual development.
The Apostle John speaks of something that is both old and new that when carried into a marriage not only blesses it, but guarantees its success. In fact, it’s something that needs to be carried into every relationship of life including our relationship with God.
The Apostle John speaks of something that is both old and new that when carried into a marriage not only blesses it, but guarantees its success. In fact, it’s something that needs to be carried into every relationship of life including our relationship with God.
Let’s take an honest look at sin... and see what John has to say about it.
Let’s take an honest look at sin... and see what John has to say about it.
How would you finish this sentence: "God is ____" ?
