This Sunday we’re continuing our series in the first epistle of John.  We are beginning chapter 3 looking at verse 1.  Here in this verse, John begins to talk about what we are, and what we have in Christ.  And it’s all because of God’s love for us!  Behold, he says, look at, notice, see,…

This Sunday, as we continue our series in the first epistle of John, we are in the final verses of chapter 2 – verses 28-29.  Here in these 2 verses, John begins a new section represented by a new paragraph in the original Greek.  Some call this the hinge section between the previous and the…

This Sunday we continue our series in the first epistle of John, in chapter 2 looking at verses 20-27.  Here in these verses, John continues to encourage, help the people in the (his) church, and shares with them the truth of the Trinity and the important role of the Holy Spirit in their Christian lives. …

This Sunday we continue our series in the first epistle of John, in chapter 2 looking now at verses 18-19.  Here in these verses, John shifts gears a bit and begins to talk about the “last time” or “last hour.” Signs of the times, what will happen in the future?  We know that it’s the…

This Sunday we continue our series in the first epistle of John, in chapter 2 looking at verse 17.  Here in this verse, John says what the world will do in the future.  It will pass away.  It’s another reason John gives here to explain why it is impossible to love God and the world’s…

This Sunday we continue our series in the first epistle of John; in chapter 2 looking at verse 15b & 16.  Here in these verses, John says if we love the world, (the imperative in 15a we talked about last week) the love of the Father is not in us.  In other words, it is…

This Sunday continuing our series in the first epistle of John; we are in chapter 2 looking at verse 15.  Here in this verse, John now gives his first command (imperative) in this letter, the first of 10 imperatives (commands) that he gives.  This command he gives is about the world, loving the world, and…

This Sunday continuing our series in the first epistle of 1 John; we are in chapter 2 looking at verses 12-14.  Here in this text, John takes a break from topic and develops a sort of parenthesis here in order to encourage his readers and to help them remember about levels of Christian growth.  He…

This Sunday we are in our expository series in the first epistle of John; we continue in chapter 2 looking at verses 7-11.  Here in this text, John gives another evidence that shows that we are truly saved.  Because, as we said last week; we show that we are truly born again when we are…

This Sunday as we continue our expository series in the first epistle of John; we come to our 2nd part, part 2 of chapter 2, verses 3-6.  Here in part 2, John, has been saying that we can know that we are saved!  That our salvation is not guesswork!  So how do we know?  Because,…