Lord's Day: May 17, 2026  Preacher: Carlos Montijo  Series: First John  Topic: Of Woman  Scripture: Proverbs 31:10–31; Genesis 1:27; Titus 1:9; 2 Timothy 3:1–9; 1 Corinthians 11:3, 7–10

"An excellent woman, who can find? For her worth is far above pearls." Proverbs 31:10

• Feminism teaches women (and children, and men) to believe that the best thing for a woman, the highest good for a woman, is to be independent, to have her own career, finances, to make her own living—outside of a man.

• A godly woman acknowledges her proper place in her family, her marriage, her own family, her church, her society, and respects the boundaries of each God-ordained sphere.
• A godly woman does not make important, life-altering decisions independently, without first seeking godly counsel, including male authority, in her life—her father, mother, her heavenly Father, her church, the older, wiser women in her church, the male leadership in her church, premarital counseling, and so on.

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Lord's Day: May 10, 2026  Preacher: Carlos Montijo  Series: First John  Topic: Of Woman  Scripture: Proverbs 31:10–31; Ephesians 6:1–4; Colossians 3:21; Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16; Ephesians 2:10; Psalm 68:3–6; Proverbs 12:4; Mark 4:16–20; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; Philippians 2:13; 1 Peter 3:1–6; Ephesians 5:22–24

"An excellent woman, who can find? For her worth is far above pearls." Proverbs 31:10

• Motherhood cannot be considered in isolation.
• Motherhood presupposes other identities, roles, responsibilities, relationships.
• God has designed and instituted a logical, necessary creation order to our creation identities and roles as men and women.

• The Baptist Larger Catechism, Questions 113-117
• Psalm 68:3-6

• A godly wife trusts God her Father to always and continuously work in her, to accomplish all His good purpose in her life (Phil 2:13).
• 1 Peter 3:1–6, Ephesians 5:22–24

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Lord's Day: May 3, 2026  Preacher: Carlos Montijo  Series: First John  Topic: Means of Grace  Scripture: 1 John 5:9–12; Matthew 3:17; 1 John 5:1, 4; John 1:12–13; Romans 3:21–26; 2 Samuel 15:12, 31, 34; 17:14; Romans 6:23; Ephesians 2:8–10; John 3:13–18; Titus 2:11–14

10The one who believes in the Son of God has this witness in himself. The one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the witness which God has borne witness about His Son. 11And the witness is this, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have that life. 1 John 5:10–12

• God's Providence
• Does God ever accomplish his purpose without or apart from some means or other?
• ‘Gordon Clark and the Philosophy of Occasionalism’, Douglas Douma, 23 February 2018

• The difference between having the Son and not having the Son is the difference between having eternal life and not having eternal life.

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Lord's Day: April 26, 2026  Preacher: Carlos Montijo  Series: First John  Topic: Love  Scripture: 1 John 5:1–3; Philippians 2:13; 1 John 4:19; Hebrews 11:6; Romans 14:23; James 2:14–17; John 14:15, 21–23; 15:8–14, 17; Romans 13:8–10

2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do His commandments. 3For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome. 1 John 5:2–3

• The believer will grow in his/her love for God and for other believers, for those who also “have been born of Him”

• Martin Luther's Bondage of the Will: “For if there be nothing by which we are justified but faith only, it is evident that those who are not of faith, are not justified. And if they be not justified, they are sinners. And if they be sinners, they are evil trees and can do nothing but sin and bring forth evil fruit—Wherefore, "Free-will" is nothing but the servant of sin, of death, and of Satan, doing nothing, and being able to do or attempt nothing, but evil!”
• Faith without love...

• Both God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord define love (man’s true love) almost exclusively as obedience to Their commandments.

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Lord's Day: April 19, 2026  Preacher: Carlos Montijo  Series: First John  Topic: Truth  Scripture: 1 John 5:6–11; John 20:31; Mark 15:39; Matthew 3:16–17; Romans 3:21–26; Matthew 17:5; John 5:33–47; 10:1–10; Luke 10:16; 1 Samuel 8:4–9; 1 John 5:20

9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for the witness of God is this, that He has borne witness about His Son. 10The one who believes in the Son of God has this witness in himself. The one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the witness which God has borne witness about His Son. 1 John 5:9–10

• When did God the Father specifically bear witness about His Son? What is the witness of God pointing to, concerning His Son?

• The Death of Death in the Death of Christ

• The Word of God makes no distinction between believing a person, or believing in a person, or believing a proposition, or something about someone.
• To reject God’s witnesses and means is to reject God Himself.

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Lord's Day: April 12, 2026  Preacher: Carlos Montijo  Series: First John  Topic: Truth  Scripture: 1 John 5:7–9, 11; John 17:1–5; Deuteronomy 19:15–21; Matthew 18:16; 2 Corinthians 13:1, 8, 14; Leviticus 19:11–16; Proverbs 14:5, 25; 1 Corinthians 14:37–40; Matthew 3:16–17; Romans 3:21–26; Matthew 17:5; John 5:33–47; 1 John 5:20

7For there are three that bear witness: 8the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. 9If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for the witness of God is this, that He has borne witness about His Son. 1 John 5:7-9

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Lord's Day: April 5, 2026  Preacher: Carlos Montijo  Series: Seasoned with Grace  Topic: Resurrection  Scripture: Luke 24:1–53; Acts 12:4; Exodus 12:12–13, 21–27; John 1:29; Jude 5; Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:2; John 4:24; 1 Corinthians 15:1–8; Isaiah 53:5; Acts 2:24; Mark 10:45; John 11:24–26; 3:16; Romans 6:3–11; Colossians 2:8–15; Ephesians 2:4–7

• Resurrection in Greek is anastasis

• 1 Corinthians 15
• The Resurrection of Christ presupposes the vicarious, sin-bearing, wrath-satisfying, Death of Christ.
• This does not mean that God the Father was ever angry at His beloved, eternal Son with whom He was well pleased (Matthew 3:17, Matthew 17:5, Mark 1:11, Mark 9:7, Luke 3:22, Luke 9:35, 2 Peter 1:17).

• John 11:24-26, Romans 6:3-11, Colossians 2:8-15, Ephesians 2:4-7

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Lord's Day: March 29, 2026  Preacher: Carlos Montijo  Series: First John  Topic: Scripture  Scripture: 1 John 5:6–8; Romans 8:15–17; Psalm 31:5; Isaiah 65:15–16; John 14:5–6; Hebrews 6:18; Matthew 17:1–8; Luke 2:13–14; 12:57

6.... It is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is the truth. 7For there are three that bear witness: 8the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. 1 John 5:6–8

• What does it mean that the Spirit of God bears witness?

• Psalm 31:5, Isaiah 65:15–16, John 14:5–6

• 1 John 5:7–8 (NKJV) "7For there are three that bear witness [in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. 8And there are three that bear witness on earth]: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.”
• Textual variants, textual criticism, King James Onlyism

• Matthew 17:1-8

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Lord's Day: March 22, 2026  Preacher: Carlos Montijo  Series: First John  Topic: Christ  Scripture: 1 John 5:6; Matthew 16:16; 2 Peter 3:17–18; John 1:1–4, 14–15; 1 Timothy 1:15; Galatians 4:4–5; John 3:16; 1 John 4:14; John 19:32–37; Mark 1:9–11; 10:45; 1 Corinthians 2:8; 15:47; John 3:13; Leviticus 17:10–11, 14; Hebrews 9:17–28; Acts 20:28; Ephesians 1:7–10

This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. It is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is the truth. 1 John 5:6

• "Familiarity breeds contempt"

• Gnosticism, Cerinthus, Docetists
• Athanasius, On the Incarnation
• "cross and circulatory speech"

• The importance of blood
• Without blood, you cannot live

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Lord's Day: March 15, 2026  Preacher: Carlos Montijo  Series: First John  Topic: Union with Christ  Scripture: 1 John 5:5; John 17:3; 1 Timothy 5:25; John 14:28; Matthew 28:17; John 9:35–39; Matthew 16:13–17; John 5:17–24; 19:7; Hebrews 13:8–9; Titus 2:13; 1 John 1:3; 5:20

5Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 1 John 5:5

• "Faith” is not just a verb—it is also a noun.

• The Apostle John emphasizes believing, receiving, knowing, confessing, seeing, abiding over 100 times in this letter.
• John 17:3

• Arianism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism
• Matthew 28:17, John 9:35-39

• Matthew 16:13–17; John 5:17–24, 19:7

• Icthus: "Ἰησοῦς Χρῑστός Θεοῦ Uἱός Σωτήρ", "Jesus Christ, God's Son, Savior"

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