The True and Abundant Life Foundational Truth: I John 5:12-13Those who HAVE the SON have LIFE.Those who don’t HAVE the SON don’t have LIFE. ABUNDANT LIFE leads to:I. VICTORY in
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1 John – A Fellowship of Life, Light, and Love. Part 4 | I John 4:7-21
What Love’s Got to do With it [NO AUDIO AVAILABLE THIS WEEK] I. A COMMUNITY of MUTUAL Love (1 John 4:7)A. We LOVE because we are LOVED (1 John 4:10)B.
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This is the Realm of Life [NO AUDIO AVAILABLE THIS WEEK] I. The POINT is to stay in Fellowship with ChristA. LOVING one another is the RESULT. (1John 2:28-29)B. Message
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The Dark pushes against the Light I. The reality of a TRINITY of DARKNESS. (2:15-17)A. FEELING, HAVING, and CONTROLLING.(v.16)B. This GOES way BACK. (Gen.3:6-7; Mt. 4:3-4,6,8-9) John is writing to
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How Light Leads to “Koinonia” I. JOHN has a specific PURPOSE. (1:1-4)A. PROCLAIMING the WORD of LIFE. (1:1-2; 2:19,22)B. COMPLETING the circle of FELLOWSHIP (koinonia). (1:3-4)C. Fellowship is SHARING the
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Believing and Receiving I. What JOHN has said thus FAR. (Chap. 1-4)1. The TRINITY’S table of “FELLOWSHIP”. (1:1-4)2. Living in LIGHT not DARKNESS. (1:5-3:11)3. Letting LOVE flow TO and THROUGH
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This is the message…part 2 I. The link between LOVE and FELLOWSHIP. (3:11-4:6)A. Love as a DIAGNOSTIC TOOL. (3:11-15, 19-24)B. CHRIST as the PROTOTYPE. (3:16-18)C. JESUS as the CONNECTION to
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Challenges to “Fellowship” in a Dark World I. The Challenge: A TRINITY of DARKNESS. (2:15-17)A. FEELING, HAVING, and CONTROLLING.(v.16)B. This is NOT their first APPEARANCE. (Gen.3:6-7; Mt. 4:3-4,6,8-9) When the
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Fellowship is more than a pot-luck I. WHY is John WRITING? (1:1-4)A. To PROCLAIM what others DENY. (1:1; 2:19,22)B. Jesus as the WORD of LIFE. (1:1-2)C. To COMPLETE the circle
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