Certainties in an Uncertain World
Life in the Son: Belief, Obedience, and Love
1 John 5:18-21

Context
1.   We know...we are secure, v. 18
2.   We know...we belong to God, v. 19
3.   We know...the true God, v. 20
But...be careful, v. 21

Westside Chapel | Ken Mitchell

Promises and Questions
Life in the Son: Belief, Obedience, and Love
1 John 5:13-17

Context
1.   The assurance of eternal life, v. 13
2.   Our confidence in prayer, vs. 14-15
3.   A ministry of restoration, vs. 16-17

Westside Chapel | Ken Mitchell

How Can We Know?
Life in the Son: Belief, Obedience, and Love
1 John 5:6-12

Context
1.   The testimony of God, v. 6-9
2.   Accepting the testimony of God, v. 10-12

Three witnesses testify… 

• The first witness is water
• The second witness is blood
• The third witness is the Spirit
• The witness of God that testifies that Jesus is the Savior 
• And the testimony that Jesus is the Savior means that there is eternal life only in Him

Westside Chapel | Ken Mitchell

Love in the Real World
Life in the Son: Belief, Obedience, and Love
1 John 5:1-5

Context
1. The ideal of love, v. 1
2. The practice of love, v. 2
3. The blessing of love, v. 3
4. The possibility of love, v. 4-5
So what do we learn? 

Westside Chapel | Ken Mitchell

Marked by Love
Life in the Son: Belief, Obedience, and Love
1 John 4:7-12

Context
1.   The importance of loving one another, v. 7-8
2.   Understanding God's love, v. 9-10
3.   The implication of God's love, v. 11
4.   The community of love, v. 12
A few reflections on the love of God

Westside Chapel | Ken Mitchell

Who Touched My Clothes?
Familiar Phenomena
Mark 5:21-43

Context
Jesus and Jairus, vs. 22-24
Jesus and the Unwell Woman, vs. 25-34
Jesus and Jairus's Daughter, vs. 35-43
Conclusion

• Jesus has the power and authority to purify those who are unclean, without being corrupted Himself.
• As those who have been touched by and cleansed by the gospel of Jesus, the redeemed of the Lord, we now have the capacity to go to others and offer them healing from sin that Jesus has given to us. 

Westside Chapel | Billy Poe

Truth Matters
Life in the Son: Belief, Obedience, and Love
1 John 4:1-6

Context
1.   The need for discernment, v. 1.
2.   The test for truth, vs. 2-3
Identifying the truth, v. 2.
Identifying error, v. 3.
3.   The battle for truth, vs. 4-5.
Those from God, v. 4. 
Those from the world, v. 5. 

4.   The spirit of truth, v. 6.
Summary and take away

• There is a body of authoritative truth that really matters.
• There is battle going on for the souls of people that really matters.
• What people believe about Jesus really matters. 

Westside Chapel | Ken Mitchell

Confidence in the Midst of Discouragement
Life in the Son: Belief, Obedience, and Love
1 John 3:19-24

Context
1 John 2:22
1 John 2:3-4
1 John 3:11
1 John 3:16

Confidence that we are walking in the truth, vs. 19-20.
Confidence in our relationship to God, vs. 21-22.
Confidence through keeping His commandments, v. 23.
Confidence of our fellowship with Him, v. 25.
Galatians 5:16 

Summary and Conclusion
We need to focus on walking in the truth.
We need to focus on God's character.
We need to focus on keeping His commandments.  
We need to focus on our faith. 
We need to focus on loving one another.
We need to focus on our abiding relationship with Him.

Westside Chapel | Dr. Ken Mitchell

Surprised by Forgiveness
Familiar Phenomena
Mark 2:1-12

Context
The Surprise Roof Makeover, vs. 1-4
The Surprising Authority of the Man, vs. 5-9
The Surprised Crowd, vs. 10-12
Conclusion

• The friends of the paralytic were intentional, tenacious, and creative in their efforts to get their friend to Jesus. 
• The most important and immediate need for the paralytic was the need for a right relationship with God.
• Let each one of us be intentional, tenacious, and creative in our efforts to bring people to Jesus, the One who is able to fulfill their most important and immediate need. 

Billy Poe
Westside Chapel

Modeling the Incarnation
Christmas in Carols
Philippians 2:3-11

Context
A model of selflessness: the incarnation, vs. 5-11.

• The mind of Christ, v. 5.
• The preexistence of Christ, v. 6.
• The incarnation of Christ, v. 7. 
• The humiliation of Christ, v. 8.
• The exaltation of Christ, vs. 9-11.

The Spirit of the Incarnation
The exhortation to selflessness, vs. 3-4.

Ken Mitchell, Pastor
Westside Chapel