Does the weight of the world feel overwhelming? Are your burdens weighing you down? Jesus has given us the victory over the world and its oppressive system. The operating system of God, a system of grace, is not burdensome. John invites us to live in the victory of Christ.

After John writes about false teachers, his audience might want to fight them. John reminds us that we are to operate out of love. That we don't need to fear, because God's love drives out fear.

With all the talk in 1 John about antichrists, we can begin to feel overwhelmed. We know there are many false prophets in the world today. How can we have confidence? John gives us encouragement: greater is He who is in you, than he who is in the world. (disclaimer: we did have some issues with the audio for this sermon)

Have you ever felt like a loser Christian? Like every week you fail Christ? Like you are just one big disappointment to God? If your heart condemns you, God is greater!

How do you react when confronted about sin? Do you justify or repent? Do you turn or continue in your sin? How you react gives evidence as to who you belong to.

How do you identify a counterfeit?

What is the difference between knowing about God and knowing God? How can you know God better, not just know about God better?

When you think of love and hate do you think of emotion? Is there more to love and hate than an intense feeling of affection or repulsion? To hate others means to walk in the darkness. To love others means to walk in the light. The only way we can love how God has called us to love is to be plugged into the very source of love.

This week Aaron answers two questions about, then jumps into 1 John.

We often teach the Sermon on the Mount in sections. How could we not? The richness of the teaching is too much to gloss over. Yet we can sectionalize it and forget that the Sermon on the Mount is in fact one unified sermon. Today we examine the sermon as a whole.