What is love? If you’re looking for what love is or about to give up on love, don’t give up on love, and John is showing us what love is in 1 John. God is love. Through Scripture, we see that God’s love is show and tell, God’s love is strong enough for the unlovable, and the presence of God is marked by love. Understanding what love is allows us to be loved and go out and share love by loving one another as we have been commanded. Listen to this sermon about what love is in the fifth part of our In The Word series, walking through the book of 1 John.

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As followers of Christ, how do we live in the love of God? We need to embrace the world we live in and love people no matter what. What does it look like to live the way God wants us to? We look to Christ and His love for us; this is the same love we should show others. You can love people well, like Jesus, wherever you are or whatever you’re doing. It requires us to lay down our life. Listen to this sermon about how to live in the love of God in the fourth part of our In The Word series, walking through 1 John.

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As followers of Christ, how can we know who we are, and how can we be sure of this? If you are in Jesus, you are a son or daughter of the King. If we are born-again believers, this is our new identity. If we could focus and grasp the love of God, our lives would look vastly different. This is how we can be sure of our identity. We will be known by what we do and by how we love. Not only can you see that you are born again based on how you love others, but the people around you can, too. Listen to this sermon about our identity in Christ and being sure of it in the third part of our In The Word series, walking through 1 John.

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If you have a genuine relationship with Jesus Christ, you will look different than you did before you met Him. In his letter, John is saying it's not enough for us just to have Jesus all to ourselves. But our joy is ultimately made complete when we get the opportunity to tell others about the experience that we have. As a child of God, if you have truly experienced a relationship with Jesus Christ, it is not enough for you to keep it to yourself. You are commanded by the Word of God that once you have tasted and seen that the Lord is good, it is your responsibility to tell others about Him. Listen to this sermon about joy-giving principles in the first part of our In The Word series, walking through the book of 1 John.

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If you have a genuine relationship with Jesus Christ, you will look different than you did before you met Him. In his letter, John is saying it's not enough for us just to have Jesus all to ourselves. But our joy is ultimately made complete when we get the opportunity to tell others about the experience that we have. As a child of God, if you have truly experienced a relationship with Jesus Christ, it is not enough for you to keep it to yourself. You are commanded by the Word of God that once you have tasted and seen that the Lord is good, it is your responsibility to tell others about Him. Listen to this sermon about joy-giving principles in the first part of our In The Word series, walking through the book of 1 John.

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Looking to Adam and Nehemiah, the importance of men taking a stand is seen. The devil will wait for the opportune time to step in and turn your life upside down. There is a danger in being only physically present but not emotionally or spiritually present. God has called you to lead your home, to love your home, to lead your spouse, to love your children. If He calls you away from doing that, it’s not of God. Don’t be lured away or distracted. Before you can lead your family, you’ve got to learn to lead yourself. Before you can lead yourself, you’ve got to learn to follow Jesus. Listen to this Father’s Day sermon about dads and husbands taking a stand.

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The final piece of armor in the whole armor of God is an important piece of armor. It’s both a defensive weapon and an offensive weapon. The Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. The Sword of the Spirit is important because it equips the man and woman of God for every good work. The Bible is undefeated, the Bible is alive, the Bible is forever, and the Bible is the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. It is our battle weapon. It’s not just our battle weapon of choice. It’s the only one that we will ever need because it contains in it everything needed for every battle. Listen to this sermon about the sword of the spirit in the final part of our Stand series.

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For the Roman soldier, the helmet was important as it protected the head, but the design of the helmet still allowed for the soldier to have mobility to see the direction of the enemy’s attack. Paul is telling the Ephesians not to even engage in battle with the enemy until they have accepted or received salvation. Don’t even attempt to battle the enemy in your flesh. In the same way that a soldier would depend on the helmet to save their life, we have to depend on the gift of salvation to save our lives. We have to not only accept the helmet of salvation but we have to apply the helmet of salvation to our lives. Similarly to how the soldiers turn to their leader in the midst of an attack to lead them to safety, we have to turn our eyes to Jesus no matter the attacks and circumstances we face. Listen to this sermon about the helmet of salvation in the sixth part of our Stand series.

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After putting on the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, and the shoes of peace, Paul reminds believers to take up the shield of faith. Just as a shield protected Roman soldiers from arrows and flaming arrows being shot at them all around, the shield of faith can be taken up to protect us from the attacks of the enemy. But what is faith and how do we grow our faith to be able to take up the shield of faith? Listen to this sermon about the shield of faith in the fifth part of our Stand series.

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The shoes that Roman soldiers wore were important so that they allowed them to be stabilized and mobilized. As Paul writes in Ephesians, he calls Christians to stand and put on the armor of God, including shoes of peace. You can’t afford to let life’s circumstances cause you to stumble. You are called by God to stand, and you are called to stand on the gospel of peace. The enemy wants to hinder that calmness, comfort, and confidence of where your peace is found. This is the very reason that your peace must come from the gospel and the gospel alone. Listen to this sermon about putting on the shoes of peace in the fourth part of our Stand series.

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