Living as God’s children: Jesus is Life 1 John 5:5 ““ 13 Purpose: Jesus the Son of God is Life 1. Jesus is the Son of God (1 John 5:5) 2. Multiple witnesses! (1 John 5:6-8) 3. Have you received God’s Testimony? (1 John 5:9-10) 4. God’s Eternal Life or Death Verdict (1 John 5:11-12) John 14:6-7 5. Do you know where you stand? (1 John 5:13)
Living as God’s Children ““ Abiding in God’s Love I John 4:7-5:4 Purpose: Abiding in God’s Love abiding in Me 1. God is Love (1 John 4:7-8) 2. God’s Manifested Love In the Cross and In Us (1 John 4:9-14) 3. God In Me and Me In God (1 John 4:15-16) 4. God’s Love Lived Out (1 John 4:17-21) 5. Overcome the World by Being Born Again! (1 John 5:1-4)
Living as God’s children ““ We Overcome the World I John 4:1 – 6 Purpose: God’s Children Overcome the World 1. Do You Know how to Test False Teachers? (1 John 4:1) 2. Passing the Test! (1 John 4:2) It’s all about Jesus Christ 3. Failing the Test! (1 John 4:3) It’s all about Jesus Christ 4. Children From God Overcome the World! (1 John 4:4-6) John 16:33 1John 5:4
Living as God’s Children: Love (I John 3:10 ““ 24) Purpose: God’s Children Love Like He Loves 1. God’s Primary Message To Love One Another (1 John 3:10-11) 2. How Not to Love (1 John 3:12-15) Not like Cain (v. 12) Not like the world, you’re different now (v. 13) Not like you’re dead (v. 14) Not hating your brother (v. 15) 3. What is love? (1 John 3:16a) Philippians 2:3-11 4. How To Love (1 John 3:16b-24) Love like Jesus (v. 16b) Love using God’s provision (v. 17) Love is an action (v. 18) Love God with all your heart (vv. 19-20) Love God prayerfully, to please Him (vv. 21-22) God’s Love In and Through You (vv. 23-24)
God is Father (I John 3:1″“9) 1. Happy Birthday! (1 John 2:29) Welcome to the family! Who gave birth to you? See John 1:12-13 & 3:3-21 2. Your Inheritance (1 John 3:1a) 3. Your New Family (1 John 3:1b-2) 4. Future Glory, Present Purity (1 John 3:3) 5. Not My Kid! (1 John 3:4-9) Who’s Your Daddy? Of whom are you born? Children of the Sinless Savior, Sin Less
Living in the Light: Keep The Faith 1 John 2:18 ““ 29 The Fourth Condition for Living in the Light: Keep the Faith 1. Antichrists Attack the Faith (1 John 2:18, 22-23) Jesus IS the Faith John 8:19; 16:3; 17:3 1 John 4:15; 5:1 2 John 9 2. Adversaries Abandon the Faith (1 John 2:19, 26) 3. God’s Anointing Causes us to Abide in the Faith (1 John 2:20-21, 23-25, 27-29) Jesus IS Eternal Life 1John 5:11 1John 5:20 Do you have the real Jesus? Will you stay in Jesus no matter what?
Living in the Light: Reject Worldliness (I John 2:12 ““ 17) 1. True Christians Encouraged (1 John 2:12 ““ 14) Sins forgiven (v. 12) Know the Father (vv. 13-14) Word of God abides IN you (v. 14) Overcome the evil one (v. 14) 2. True Christians Love God, not the World (1 John 2:15) Overcome the evil one = Overcome the world! See 1 John 4:2-6; 5:3-5 Is the Love of the Father IN you? 3. Why? We shouldn’t love things that aren’t from God? (1 John 2:16) Worldly love is not from where? But is from where? 4. Live for the eternal rather than the temporal (1 John 2:17) What is passing away? What is forever? See 1John 3:8; 1Peter 4:1-5; 1Thessalonians 4:1-7; 1John 5:19-20 What do you live for?