Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

1 John

How Do We Know?

JEREMIAH 22:16 – He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy; then it was well. Is not that what it means to know Me?” declares the Lord. 1 JOHN 3:14 – We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death. THEME OF THE DAY. HOW DO…

The Scripture-Directed Spiritual Experiences and Safeguards

And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete. 1 John 1:4 A.  The Spiritual Experiences in 1 John 1.  Living relationship with our Triune God:  1 John 1:6-10 2.  Purposeful obedience to our God’s commands: 1 John 2:1-5, 1 John 3:24, 1 John 5:2-3 3.  Fruitful life clinging to Christ: 1 John 2:28 4.  Conforming life to…

The Life of Love: Understanding and Applying God’s Love in our Walks with Him

This Lord’s Day evening we continue our series in 1 John with our thematic study of his book exploring the second of five themes – love. In doing so, we gain understanding of what is to characterize our fellowship with God and other Christians – love for God in vertical fellowship leading to love for one another in horizontal fellowship.

Scripture-Directed Spiritual Experiences

This Lord’s Day evening we continue our series in 1 John looking at the spiritual experiences of the Christian life as they are directed by the Scriptures. We hope to establish the “spiritual guardrails” enabling us to discern if a spiritual experience we are having is truly of the Lord or a counterfeit as defined by the Word of God, not our subjective experience.