The 2nd week in this year’s Advent Messages we look at the gift of Love and how transformative love requires knowing god personally, is counter-cultural, unites the Body of Christ and changes the World.
To encourage and equip people to love God, love our neighbors, and share the gospel of Jesus Christ.
To encourage and equip people to love God, love our neighbors, and share the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Sermons on 1 John
(1 John 4:7-12)
Whereas God’s love was front and center last week, humanity’s sin comes to the front this week. Yet, as is always the case, God’s enduring love never moves from the center. God is always clear about the depth of our depravity. While this reality is bad, such bad news is no match for the Good News!
As continues to Luke unpack the story of who Jesus is, he has given us greater glimpses of the power, grace, and love of Jesus. His writing calls us to live by faith believing that Jesus is who the Scriptures say he is. As we get into Luke 9:18-50, we see the disciples faced with a similar question, “Who do you say that I am?” This question leads them to consider who it is that they are really following and who it is that they truly worship?
(1 John 1:8;2:1/Romans 3:23-25;5:1/Ecclesiastes 7:20/Isaiah 59:1-2/1 Peter 1:3-4;3:18/2 Corinthians 5:17-18a/Ephesians 2:4-5/John 1:12-13)
The two most important commandments as laid out by Jesus show us how Jesus desires for us to live, which makes it an important piece of everything we do at Community Alliance.
(Romans 3:21-31/1 John 2:1-2)(Length 26:20/Size 9:04MB)
One of the regular practices of Jesus in the Gospels was to spend time alone with the Father offering up his desires in prayer, and this is something that we need to learn to incorporate in our Christian lives.
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(Genesis 3:6-19/1 John 4:18-21)(Length 36:06/Size 10:03MB)
(Romans 7:15-25/1 Peter 5:8/1 John 4:4/1 John 2:16/2 Corinthians 10:3-5/Matthew 4:4) (Length 28:41/Size 8:20MB)