"Never the Same" (I John 4:7-12)

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"Never the Same" (I John 4:7-12)

I. Have you ever been stunned?                                (Introduction)

II. Indescribable gift                                                     (verses 7-10)

     A. God is the origin

     B. God is the original

     C. Compel us

III. Open heart, open hand                                       (Application)

Confidence to Love, 1 John 3:19-24, Pastor David Doster

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Confidence to Love

1 John 3:19-24

I. Stretching out                                                                                                             (Introduction)

 

II. Shoring up the believer's confidence

     A. Assurance of salvation

     

“So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,  leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.”

                                           Matthew 5:23-24

“A Christian who practices love grows in his understanding of God’s truth and enjoys a heart filled with confidence before God.”

                                                    Warren Wiersbe

 

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?”

                                                            Jeremiah 17:9

“I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”  Jeremiah 17:10

     B. Answered prayer

“Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4

“Prayer according to God’s will is prayer that understands what is pleasing to God and makes its petitions accordingly.” Therefore prayer such as this springs from a fruitful and intimate relationship with God that has already matured.

                                               Meye Thompson

     C. Abiding presence

 

“But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.”

                                            Galatians 5:16

 

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness…”

                                              Galatians 5:22

III. Growing in confidence                                                                                       (Application)

Love One Another, 1 John 3:11-18... Pastor David Doster

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Love One Another

1 John 3:11-18

I.  Fervent in love                                                                                  (Introduction)

 

II. Cain's painful example                                                                     (verses 11-15)

 

III. Christ's life giving Spirit                                                                   (verses 16-18)

 

IV. Who are you loving?                                                                       (Application)

Living with Distinction, 1 John 3:4-10... Pastor David Doster

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Living with Distinction

(1 John 3:4-`10)

I. Countering the counterfeit                                                                             (Introduction)

 

II. Christ changes our core                                                                                (verses 4-10)

     A. Take away our sin

     B. Destroy the works of the devil

     C. Compelling evidence

 

III. Abiding Christian character                                                                           (Application)

Love that Sticks, 1 John 2:7-11... Pastor David Doster

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Love that Sticks

(1 John 2:7-11)

I. From sentiment to substance                                                     (Introduction)

 

II. Ultimate test                                                                                (verses 7-11)

     A. Old and new love

     B. Piercing contrast

 

III. Love with the love of Christ                                                       (Application)