1 John 3:16-18 {Prayer} Have you ever tried to fit a square peg into a round hole? Pretty much impossible right? In order to do it there has to be some major alterations. In the one of my favorite movies, one which may get a lot of dad jokes developed from being that…
{Prayer} To refresh our memories, I want to read our sermon text again from 1 John 3. “How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not…
1 John 3:4-6 (ESV)4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. Dear Friends in Christ, “So,…
1 John 5:13 Concluding Affirmations 13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. Dear Friends in Christ, I came across a story recently that some of you here today, unfortunately, might be able to relate to, especially…
1 John 3:1-3 1 See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made…
his one and only Son THEME: “The Only One and Only” March 11, 2018 Dear Friends in Christ, “his one and only Son” For years he was recognized as perhaps the greatest basketball player of all time. His powerful slam dunks, his graceful ability to elevate and then hang in mid-air a few milliseconds longer…
1 John 5:13-15 13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if…
1 John 3:1-7 1See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will…