The Well: Sermon Video

What issues are the most important to our faith, and what issues can we disagree on as believers? The Book of Jude compels readers to contend for the faith in orthodox Christianity and fight for unity in peripheral matters. We must be faithful to the truth, and that faithfulness to the truth will inform how we live. 

Jude, believed to be Jesus's half-brother, is writing a message of judgment to people who are not truly believers. The book of Jude exposes false teaching and compels readers to contend for the faith in light of false teachers. We must be faithful to the truth, and that faithfulness to the truth will inform how we live. Ultimately, the book of Jude raises our eyes to the beauty of a God who revealed himself in truth. 

In his third epistle, John writes a personal letter to Gaius to assure him of his integrity in supporting missionaries. John touches on light, truth, and love throughout all his writings and affirms the truth of who Jesus is.

This Easter we celebrate the resurrection of Christ, and the hope, unity, and peace only found through Jesus.

John writes to the Gentiles to assure them of eternal life based on his eyewitness account. So what does John mean when he speaks of sin leading to death and sin that doesn't lead to death? While there are several interpretations of this passage, we can be assured that because we have done nothing to earn our salvation, we can do nothing to lose it. 

John, the gospel writer known as the beloved apostle, writes three epistles to the Gentiles to assure them of eternal life based on his eyewitness account. John touches on light, truth, and love throughout his writing and affirms the truth of who Jesus is. In order to love others and John and Jesus command, we must be abiding in the Holy Spirit.

John, the gospel writer known as the beloved apostle, writes three epistles to the Gentiles to assure them of eternal life based on his eyewitness account. John touches on light, truth, and love throughout his writing and affirms the truth of who Jesus is. As Christians, we should love one another. Yet our love should not be religious compliance but an outpouring of God's love by abiding in Him.

John, the gospel writer known as the beloved apostle, writes three epistles to the Gentiles to assure them of eternal life based on his eyewitness account. John touches on light, truth, and love throughout his writing and affirms the truth of who Jesus is. John advises to "test the spirits" in order to discern false teachers and make sure they are from God. The real Spirit, the Holy Spirit, will keep with God's Word, exalt the person and work of Christ, and it will be affirmed by God's people. 

John, the gospel writer known as the beloved apostle, writes three epistles to the Gentiles to assure them of eternal life based on his eyewitness account. John touches on light, truth, and love throughout his writing and affirms the truth of who Jesus is. John reveals that the key to the Christian life is abiding and fixing our hope on Jesus. If we are not abiding, we are trying to do that which can only be accomplished by God in our own strength.