All Sermons in 1 John

(Text Only) Title: Our Hands Have Handled Today, for the first time in 3 ½ years, we begin anew in our Theological pursuit of Truth.  That is not to say that as we begin studying 1 John today that the last three plus years in Romans have been wasted.   On the contrary, I have…

(Text Only) Title: Simple and Profound As we continue into week two of our study in I John, I want to remind us of a few things that we touched on last week in beginning this first book.  Remember that John’s language is not technical, but rather straight-forward, and extremely profound. Also, remember that John,…

(Text Only) Title: The River I find it very interesting today that the world seems to be very interested in the pursuit of truth, but also simultaneously against any discussion of sin. Look at what John writes at the end of Chapter one. (Read passage) we cannot obtain the Truth v.8 Verse eight seems rather…

(Text Only) Title: Christ as the Advocate As we move further into I John, now into the second chapter, my hope is that you are feeling more comfortable with the language that John uses, his style, and his method of almost understating dramatic truths to his readers. Today, I want to outline four brief points…

(Text Only) Title: The Test of Knowing Him Do Christians “size up” other Christians?  (Take answers) And it what ways do we do this?  (Answers) What should Christians do instead of “sizing up” others?  (Answers) And how should we do this?   By taking a look at today’s passage. I.  A Very Simple Self-Examination (Read…

(Text Only) Title: What in the World is John Saying??? Let us first read today’s passage.  (Read) Today, we have our work cut out for us, my brothers and sisters.  Today’s two verses could be very confusing, even seemingly contradictory, if we do not take the proper time to dissect what John is writing.  The…

(Text Only) Title: John Lays an Onion Today we are going to have some fun.  I must first tell you that it took me about 3x longer than usual to prepare today’s message.  There is reason that we don’t have a power point with the sermon today as well. I am befuddled and bewildered by…

(Text Only) Title: An Exercise in Title Two fathers and two sons go fishing.  Each one catches a fish.  At the end of the day, there are four fish caught.  How is this possible?  (Take answers.) The reasons riddles are so infuriating is because the answers are often quite simple, but they require that we…

(Text Only) Title: Do Not Love The World (Part One) I rather like today’s passage.  It is one of those passages that really separates the preaching at Heritage from other churches.  This is not a simple passage.  It can easily be misread, mis-taught, and misunderstood under the umbrella of simplicity. Even worse, this passage can…

(Text Only) Title: Do Not Love The World (Part Two) Today will pick up where we left off last week.  Again, I felt it very important to clearly define “love” as John used the word “Agape” in 2:15 last week.  Once we have a proper understanding of the type and depth of love that John…

(Text Only) Title: Antichrist or Antichrists? Today we return to I John after an absence of a few weeks, and we have a very interesting passage to look at.  At first read, it may seem troubling or confusing, but we will see it through this morning thoroughly, and come to a place, I hope, where…

(Text Only) Title: The Origin of All Things I.  What does John mean when he says, “you know all things”? (v. 20-21) At first, this statement by John seems a bit absurd, and in the hands of the ignorant, can be a disastrous verse to quote, but when we take it in context, and then…