Crossroads Cadiz Podcast

How To Help Your Church: 

1. Be ______________ (3 John 13-15)

1. Be ______________ (3 John 1-2)

1. Be _____________ (3 John 3-4) 

1. Be ________________ (3 John 5-8) 

1. Be ________________ (3 John 3-4, 11-12)

How To Hurt Your Church:

1. Be ___________ (3 John 9)

1. Be _____________ (3 John 9)

1. Be _________________ (3 John 10, Matthew 25:31-46)

Memory Verse: Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God. - 3 John 11 ESV

We Recognize a Brother Or Sister in Christ By Their Relationship to the ___________ (2 John 1:1-3)

__________ In The Truth (2 John 4-6, Galatians 5:22-24)

Love and truth are two sides of the same ________

________________ Of The Truth (2 John 7-11)

God doesn’t call us to _________ or ______________ anyone outside of God’s Will

_______________ Around The Truth (2 John 12-14)

We Recognize a Brother or Sister in Christ by their Relationship to the _____________

Memory Verse: I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father. - 2 John 4 ESV

Being An Overcomer means we have hope for a New _____________ (John 16:33, 2 Peter 3:13)

Being An Overcomer means victory over ________ and ____________ (1 John 2:14, Revelation 12:11)

Being an Overcomer means we are free from the fear of ____________ (Revelation 2-3)

Three Ingredients for Thriving in a Messed Up World…

___________ From God (1 John 5:4-5)

New Birth Comes ___________ Then Faith ___________ (1 John 5:1)

Faith is Not the Result of Psychological Manipulation But of Supernatural _______________ (Ephesians 2:8-9)

________ For God (1 John 5:2-3, John 14:15)

A _____________ Faith is a Faith That Loves God, Loves Others, And Obeys His Commands

God's Commands Are Not Given To Us In Order To Kill Our Joy But To ____________ Our Joy!

________________ In God (1 John 5:6-12)

Our Assurance Is _______________ in the Testimony of Jesus.

Memory Verse: For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.

1 John 5:4 ESV

Behind Every Teaching is a __________ At Work (1 John 4:1)

We Must __________ the Spirits to Discern What It True (1 John 4:1, 1 Thessalonians 5:21)

Three Tests To Discern the Spirits…

1. The ______________ Test (1 John 4:2-3)

Who Does the Teacher ___________? (John 16:13-14)

What Do They Teach About __________? (1 John 4:2-3, 13-15)

We Must Be ____________ But Not ____________ of False Teaching (1 John 4:4, Romans 8:11)

1. The ______________ Test (1 John 4:5-6)

Who Do They ___________ To? (1 John 4:5, Proverbs 18:17)

Who Are They ______________ For? (1 John 4:6)

If You Know God, You Will Listen To The ______________

1. The ___________ Test (1 John 4:7-21)

False Teaching Is Not Simply False Doctrine, but also False _____________ (1 John 4:7-21)

We Don’t Simply Need These Tests To Discern The ____________ Of Others, We Need These Tests To Discern The Truth Of Our Own ______________

Memory Verse: Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 John 4:1 ESV

______________ are false teachers who are opposed to Christ in their life and teaching by rejecting His authority. (18)

The ______________ are not the last few days of human history, but refer to the time between the first and second coming of Jesus. (18, 2 Timothy 3:1)

1. ________________ From God's Community (19-20)

The Holy Spirit has given us divine knowledge to know the ____________.

1. _____________ of Biblical Truth (21-25)

To recognize the counterfeit, you need to know the _____________.

1. __________________ Attempts to Deceive (26-27, 4:1-3, 2 Timothy 4:2-5)

Even as the kingdom of darkness has a scheme to deceive you, the kingdom of God has given you a gift to _______________ you.

Memory Verse: Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. - 1 John 2:18