1 John 5 – Real Life: We Have Overcome

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Text: 1 John 5
Title: Real Life: We have Overcome
Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower
At a time when the first-century church had been invaded by false teachers, John knew Christians who are not sure of God’s truth could wander away, never to return. He wrote 1 John to help these early believers not only to know the real truth, but to be confident of it, and to rest upon it. If then, why not today? We all urgently need to hear and obey God’s loving message in 1 John and let God’s love shape how we live in this world as light in the darkness bringing hope to the hopeless. In the final chapter of 1 John, we remember that in Christ we have the power to overcome the sin that so easily entangles and entraps us and instead we are enabled to live as truly free and live people of God.

1 John 4 ~ Real Life: God Moves First

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Text: 1 John 4
Title: Real Life: God Moves First
Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower
At a time when the first-century church had been invaded by false teachers, John knew Christians who are not sure of God’s truth could wander away, never to return. He wrote 1 John to help these early believers not only to know the real truth, but to be confident of it, and to rest upon it. If then, why not today? We all urgently need to hear and obey God’s loving message in 1 John and let God’s love shape how we live in this world as light in the darkness bringing hope to the hopeless. In the fourth chapter of 1 John, we remember that God moves toward us first and as believers our love for others flows out of gratitude for what God has done in Jesus and not out of any anxiety, worry or need to earn God’s favor.

1 John 3 – Real Life: Love as God Sees It

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Text: 1 John 3
Title: Real Life: Love as God Sees It
Preacher: Rev. Rick VanderWall
People use the word love in so many different ways that after a while it just seems to be another word. God has a different view of what actual love is. As we search through the book of First John, Chapter 3 gives us a better understanding of how God intended for us to grasp the true meaning of the word love. This morning we look at love as God sees it.

1 John 2:3-29 ~ Love Like Jesus

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Text: 1 John 2:3-29
Title: Real Life: Love Like Jesus
Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower
At a time when the first-century church had been invaded by false teachers, John knew Christians who are not sure of God’s truth could wander away, never to return. He wrote 1 John to help these early believers not only to know the real truth, but to be confident of it, and to rest upon it. If then, why not today? We all urgently need to hear and obey God’s loving message in 1 John and let God’s love shape how we live in this world as light in the darkness bringing hope to the hopeless. In the second chapter of 1 John, we consider the call to love like Jesus even in the midst of conflict and tension.