June 11, 2017

Knowing That You Have Fellowship With God

47 minutes

Assurance - Knowing That You Know

1 John 1:1-4

Harvest is a church where we love to worship God together, where the transforming message of the Gospel is preached weekly, where authentic community can be found, and where we are intentional about making disciples of Jesus Christ. We’d love for you to join us on Sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m. or 10:45 a.m. For more information you can visit www.harvestmemphis.org.

The Tests of Life:

Theological: Whether we believe that Jesus is the Son of God, the Christ come in the flesh to take away our sins.

Moral: Whether we are practicing righteousness and keeping the commands of God.

Social: Whether we love one another.

-Robert Law 1885

I. The Perspective of the Apostle

II. The Proof of Life

"Without Christ we should not know God, we could not call upon him, nor come to him. But without Christ we also could not know our brother, nor could we come to him. The way is blocked by our own ego. Christ opened the way to God and to our brother. Now Christians can live with one another in peace; they can love and serve one another; they can become one. But they can continue o do so only by way of Jesus Christ. Only in Jesus Christ are we one, only through him are we bound together. To eternity he remains the on Mediator."

-Bonhoeffer

“Christian Brotherhood is not an ideal which we must realize; it is rather a reality created by God in Christ in which we may participate. “

-Bonhoeffer

“Some Christians try to go to heaven alone, in solitude. But believers are not compared to bears or lions or other animals that wander alone. Those who belong to Christ are sheep in this respect, that they love to get together. Sheep go in flocks, and so do God’s people.” 

-Spurgeon

III. The Proclamation of the Gospel.

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