The keyword in this section of 1 John 5:13-20 is the word “know”. There are 3 “know” statements highlighted in this sermon: We know that we have Eternal Life, We know that God hears us when we pray and We know that the evil one cannot harm us.

The Apostle John defends the credibility of the witnesses through Scripture that declare Jesus is the Son of God. Are we willing to also testify to who Jesus is and what He's done in our lives?

Pastor Matt discusses two important issues that face the church today, discipling the next generation and honouring our God-given leaders.

The Apostle John, in 1 John 5, affirms our salvation comes only by believing that Jesus is God’s Son. Then John reminds us that if we love God and if we love others around us, then the evidence of our love must be seen in our obeying God’s commands. This sermon looks at several questions. What is the evidence of our love for God? How are we doing at obeying God’s commands? What is the antidote for our disobedience? What liberates us from our sin and restores us to our true identity as children of God.

We all hunger and thirst for encouragement. Encouragement gives life to relationships, it revives and refreshes. It can actually keep us from falling into despair and giving into temptation to sin. Encouragement helps us overcome when we feel overwhelmed. It helps us soar rather than to sink. There is great power in encouragement and the Bible has much to say about it.

Any view of God that doesn’t affirm the centrality of His love is deficient. Any dominant mental image of God that we have that doesn’t reflect His loving heart most certainly falls short of the description of God in the Bible. In 1 John 4:16-21, the Apostle John describes the effect of knowing God’s love. First of all, we are freed from our fears including the fear of punishment. Secondly, we are freed to love others. We have a new capacity to love because our hearts are now filled with the assurance of God’s love.

We understand true love through the sacrifice of Christ and we are called to share this love with others around us.

This sermon continues the series in I John. It examines what God’s love is, what it isn’t, and what God’s love looks like in everyday life. How we exercise God’s love gives us assurance of our position in Christ and empowers our prayer life.