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Sermons on 1John
Acts 4:32-37
1. They were united
2. They were taking care of one another
3. They were proclaiming Jesus
Genesis 9:18-11:26
The One Big Idea: To be named a child of God bestows on every believer the highest value and is the greatest privilege.
1. The only means of salvation, for both Jews and Gentiles, is by God’s gift of faith in Jesus Christ.
2. We do not bring God down to shape him in out image, he brings us up to restore his image in us.
3. Our value is not in the name we make for ourselves but in the name God has written on our hearts and on the hands of his Son.
John 15: 12-17
1. Love One Another (found 13 times in the new testament)
2. You Are My Friends
3. Go And Bear Fruit
The greatest thing that you and I can do for those we love is to love Christ first.
The greatest thing that you and I can do for Christ is to love our brothers and sisters in Christ.
Also see 1John 3:4-10, 4: 7-8, 16, 19,21
John 14:15
One Main Idea: Love for Jesus motivates us to keep His commandments.
1. Loving Jesus
a. Love is from God
b. Those who don’t love do not know God
c. God’s love was revealed to us by His sending Jesus into the world
d. God loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins
2. Obeying Jesus
1John 1: 8-9, 14:23-24
God has provided all the means necessary to obey via changed hearts, no longer being slaves to sin, the Holy Spirit, belonging to the body of Christ.
1John 5:19-23