In the final week of our John Series Pastor LeeWood closes out Johns first letter by addressing five things that John wants all believers to know. John's entire purpose in writing this epistle was to assure his readers that they can have certainty about their salvation.

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Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction

9:40 - We Know We Have Eternal Life (13)

21:24 - We Know God Answers Prayer (14-17)

39:19 - We Know We Have Victory (18)

44:47 - We Know We Belong To God (19)

48:48 - We Know What is True (20-21)

53:58 - Conclusion

Pastor LeeWood tackles our twelfth installment of our 1 John series. In this session we discuss how John's focus on love now shows itself through his intensification of his language surrounding the results of this perfecting love.

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Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction

10:36 - Trinity Reflected in Love (13-16)

23:57 - Results Reflected in Perfect Love (17-18)

34:14 - God's Character Reflected in Love (19-21)

53:34 - Final Thoughts

56:00 - Conclusion

For our eleventh week in 1 John we will now discuss John's third section that focuses primarily on love. In this session we will see the importance of loving like Jesus does, and how we are to submit to God's definition of love.

5:12 - Examples of Repetition

10:06 - Origin of Love (7-8)

31:18 - Demonstration of Love (9-10)

39:28 - Effects of Love (11-12)

45:42 - Final Thoughts

49:50 - Discussion Questions

58:40 - Wrap Up

In our return from Spring Break Pastor LeeWood walks us through 1 John 4:1-6. In this section we hear a dual command from John to not believe every spirit, but to put them all to the test. These commands show us how we see fidelity to Christ when we are applying biblical discernment and judgement.

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Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction

6:32 - Running Start (chapter 3, 23-24)

8:29 - Dual Command Concerning Spirits (1)

21:57 - Quick Review of Antichrist (chapter 2, 18-22)

25:05 - Singular Test for Spirits (2-3)

42:56 - Prophetic Audiences (4-6)

53:22 - Final Thoughts

57:25 - Discussion Questions and Homework

In week 9 of our 1 John study Pastor LeeWood returns to speak about one of the most pivotal sections in the entire epistle. By looking at John's argument about how we can have confidence when our hearts convict us we see that he explicitly mentions both faith and the Holy Spirit for the first time each to address our anxious hearts.

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Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction

7:53 - Running Start (18)

11:01 - Assurance of Our Hearts (19)

16:00 - God's Greatness (20)

27:23 - Assurance of Confidence (21-22)

38:22 - Assurance of Valid Faith (23)

42:53 - Assurance of Abiding (24)

49:40 - Final Thoughts

55:18 - Discussion Questions

In the eighth week of our 1 John Study Pastor Anthony steps in for LeeWood to explain how John addresses the topic of love in chapter 3.

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In the seventh week of our 1 John Study Pastor LeeWood explains how John is starting to apply all three of his tests (obedience, love, doctrine) and how he begins to mix them together in our section. We will see why John reaches forward to the Second Coming of Christ in the closing portion of chapter 2 to explain how we can be blessed because of our abiding in Christ. Additionally, we looked at how John looks backward to Christ's first coming to explain what it was the Christ accomplished for us then.

Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction

9:41 - Four Blessings of Abiding (28-3)

26:14 - Deliverance from Sin (4-6)

34:06 - Destruction of the Devil's Works (7-8)

41:18 - Identification of the Children of God (9-10)

47:11 - Final Thoughts

51:03 - Discussion Questions

In the sixth week of our series Pastor LeeWood addresses John's test of doctrine or belief. By looking LeeWood firsts looks at what should be our understanding of John's use of the word antichrist is, then looks at each of the three sections of this text.

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Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction

6:35 - About Antichrist(s)

34:27 - True and False Christians (18-21)

43:47 - Nature and Effect of Heresy (22-23)

52:40 - Two Safeguards for Christians (24-27)

1:00:30 - Final Thoughts

1:05:50 - Discussion Questions

In this session of our 1 John Series Pastor LeeWood walks us through the digression about the Church and the World in 2:12-17. LeeWood explains John's address given to the church which holds three key truths. From there We talk about the meaning of the word "world" and how in John that has varied usage. The last portion of the night centers around the command to reject world love and the two reasons why John provides it.

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