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 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 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, we said last…

This Sunday as we continue our expository series in the first epistle of John; we come to chapter 2, looking at verses 3-6.  Due to the amount of material here in this text we will be doing these verses in two parts, this week and next.  Here in this passage John, after laying the groundwork…

This Sunday we continue our expository series in the first epistle of John.  Our text this week continues in chapter 2, looking at verse 2.  Here in this passage John tells us that our advocate (we talked about last Sunday), is also the propitiation for our sins, and the sins of the whole world.  What…

This Sunday we return to and continue our expository series in the first epistle of John.  Our text this week begins chapter 2, looking at just verse 1.  Here in this passage John further deals with the trouble of sin and that we are sinners; and that we must be honest about that.  John now…