Do you live in expectation of the return of Christ?So let me ask you this - do you really believe that Jesus Christ is coming back to this earth and that it could happen at any moment? The Bible is very clear that Jesus is coming again.

John has been explaining what authentic faith is by providing the Church (children) with contrasts. John has used the contrast of light and dark as a clear picture of God’s perfect righteousness and sin’s complete sinfulness. Next he made clear the...

I want to ask you a series of questions about your life this last week. Don’t answer me aloud but really try to honestly answer these questions about yourself as you look back on last week. What motivated you to get out of bed or why did you find it...

God is invisible and almost everyone claims to believe in God. How do you know if you really know God? Have you ever had someone describe their spiritual experience and when you heard it you began to question your own?

With all this talk about grace covering our sin, one might be afraid that John’s teaching would lead to more sin. I mean as soon as a person hears that God’s grace in Jesus covers all their sin won’t they sin all the more. Answer: No, in fact in 2:1...

This week, in verses 5-10, we are told that truly knowing that Christ has been manifested in flesh is accompanied by a life of devotion and obedience. It is a fact that He has come, that He is the Son of God, that He is the savior, the light of the...

On a scale of 1-10, ten being the highest, how confident are you in the gospel message concerning Jesus? Do you know what the gospel is? Do you know how we got the gospel? Do you why we proclaim the gospel? On a scale of 1-10, where are you? The...

To gain confidence that your salvation is authenticyou must know what to look for. It is not as simple as knowing thedate you prayed a prayer, or having a baptism certificate, or a churchmembership covenant or certificate on file. To have...