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…1 .24. So I'll read it again. 1 Thessalonians 5, 21, which says, prove all things, right? He said, test all things. Hold fast what is good.1 John 4, verse 1. It says, beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test every spirit, whether they are of God. Because many false prophets have gone out into the…
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…darkness. God went into the darkness himself. He took the full weight of our fear and failure and shame so that you can be hidden in him forever.First John chapter 4, verse 18. Perfect love drives out fear. That perfect love has a name. That perfect love is Jesus. And Jesus in his love says to you this morning, please…
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…or I love this or I love that. God not just has or possesses whose attributes God is love. It makes up his essence. God is love in the words offirst John chapter 4, verse 8and verse 16. We're told there in those verses on those occasions that God is love. You can turn to that verse if you like. I'm going to read it…
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…that I am of God? I am of God because His Spirit dwells where? In me. And let's add these scriptures now. We may not read them. Let's add them.1 John chapter 4 verse 13. Extra scriptures. 1 John chapter 4 verse 13. 1 John chapter 3 verse 24. 1 John chapter 4 verse 13. 1 John chapter 3 verse 24. 2 Timothy chapter 1…
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…what? His love. The agape love of God for us while we were still sinners, Christ died. That's a sacrificial love. That's an unconditional love. In1 John chapter 4, verse 9. Whoever does not love, that word love right there is agapeo, it's the verb tense, does not know God because God is what? It's a different kind of…
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…must be cast away by light. So Jesus will go on to say that he is a light, right? Jesus said he was a light that entered the world. Reference to1 John 4, verse 1, when John was giving testimony about Jesus as the light that entered the world. Not 1 John, John 1, verse 4. In him was life, and the life was the…
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…John 4. It's a passage that I've been meditating a lot myself. It's nourished my faith, and I trust it'll do the same for you. Our reading is from1 John chapter 4, verses 7 through 16. Hear the word of God. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who…
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…Previous verse? Previous verse to read? So we have... Yes. No, not... This is not... This is not the text I'm looking for. Anyway, but give me1 John 4, verse 8and 16. 1 John 4, verse 8 and 16. It says, He who does not love does not know God. What is God? God is what? Is it loving? Verse 15. Go back. Verse…
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…be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is, And every man that hath this hope in Him purifieth himself, even as He is pure. What do you read infirst John 4, verse 8? See him in verse 16. We read this, God is love. What does that mean? It means it belongs to his nature. It's not something created. It's not just…
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…authority. You have dominion. Under you have dominion. The first one over the devil and his agents. The first one over the devil and his agents.1 John, chapter 4, verse 4. 1 John, chapter 4, verse 4. 1 John, chapter 4, verse 4. So you are of God. We're speaking to believers. You are of God, little children, and have…
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…to Buddha. But he says to me. And that's very, very important because here's his because the only Saviour is the Lord Jesus Christ. Remember infirst John 4 verse 14, we have said, as John has said, and we do testify, he's making a testimony that the Father sent the Son. Notice to be the saviour of the world,…
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…you contrast that with what 1 John says about love, love in John's letter is defined not by our feelings, but defined firstly by God's character.1 John chapter 4 verse 7. Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from an intense internal feeling. No, love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born…
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Good morning everyone. Good morning. The reading is taken from1 John chapter 4 verse 7. ! It's on page 1227. ! Dear friends, let us love one another for love comes from God. ! Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.…
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…that He came to save. He set aside His visible glory for you and for me. Why did God do this? It's because God is love. That's what He tells us in1 John 4 verse 16says, Church, you need to know and believe that God loves you. You want proof? Look to Christ. Enjoy the melody of God's love for you. The melody…
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…of the Father. That's what gets us there. To be saved is to realize that I now trust and rest in the finished work of Jesus. In fact, we read thefirst John 4:19every week. We love because he first loved us. So, the more we know in our hearts and not just our minds of what God has done and who God is.…
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…back to the love of God. Gives us. Just thought that love does, love does for neighbor. Uh, John, he says even more. So on the flip side of things,1 John 4:20 through 21. Notice how again just that doesn't passages later after our theme. He spells it out. He says if anyone says I love God, but hates his brother,…
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…life is messy, and life is hard, and people are difficult. We're going to get into all those things, the practical, but for today, Let's define it.1 John chapter 4 verse 8, we start with this because it's important to the definition. Why do we let God Define? Love, why are we looking at God's definition? Not the…
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…loves the things that God loves so prioritizing God. If you sum it up this way, this God goal is our joyful response to God who first loved us.1 John 4:19a passage as many people know and love: “We love because he first loved us.” Like this. God goal for your soul flows out of God's goal for your…
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…saves sinners. And this is love, not that we love God, but that he loved us and sent his son. Do you remember that word we looked at last week from1 John chapter 4, verse 10? He sent his son as a propitiation, as an atoning sacrifice. That means that you should not expect God to be any less just than you would expect…
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…it also comes from Colossians 2:12-214. If you want another reference to read later I'm not gonna bring that one up right now. But in that verse,First John chapter 4 verse 7. We see these dear friends. Let us love one another. That's this part, right? Let us love one another for love. Comes from God. Everyone who loves.…
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…any of us is because we were running to God, and he ran faster. He ran faster. We were running away from him with our whole lives, and he caught usfirst. John 4:19says, We love because he first loved us. He loved us. Here's kind of the balancing act, right? God puts the desires in our heart to seek him…
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…Both of those things make the love of God just something that's mind-blowing. So first of all, the loveliness of God's love. Well, we're told in1 John 4, verse 16that God is love. We know that God is, from his scripture, God is eternal. So God is love and God is eternal. Therefore, God loves beyond…
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…right? We don't say it with our mouths, but we type it a lot, right? I mean, I love it, but I just hate her. No, that doesn't work. In fact, John,First John 4:20, says for whoever does not love their brother or sister who they have seen cannot love God, who they have not seen. Clearly hate clouds our ability…
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…love with who Jesus is. And you need to as John would tell us, just lean up into Jesus's business a little bit and find the maker. Find the maker,1 John 4:19, right? We love. Why? Because he first loved us. John's life was on the line. It was on the balancing line. Love and truth, love and truth and…
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…say, God, put more love in me. What am I saying? I believe we need more of the love of the Holy Spirit of God to go on and do more for God. Look at1 John chapter 4. Stay with me. 1 John chapter 4. Are you getting this tonight? Well, I hope so. 1 John chapter 4. Stay with me. 1 John chapter 4. And notice verse…
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…Island Bible College with no idea that this path could ultimately bring me across the globe to Indianapolis. And I stand from the book of John,1 John chapter 4, 9 to 10. It says, this is how God showed his love among us. He sent his one and only son into the world that he might live through him. This is…
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…Hold fast to it. Don't depart from it. Love it. The Apostle John, later in life, inspired by the Spirit, gave us the letter 1 John. And in1 John chapter 4, our Father in the faith gives us a warning regarding the theology of the person of Christ. In 1 John 4, I'll read it. You can stay in Philippians.…
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…but just remember this, the Bible says. But God commanded his love toward us, and while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. And over there infirst John chapter 4and in the verse 10, we read here in his love, not that we love God, but He loved us and sent the Son to be the repatiation for our sins. Verse 19…
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…he's done for us. It deepens our understanding, for God so loved the world, that's why he gave Jesus for us. We think about he initiated the gift.1 John chapter 4says this, not that we loved him, but he first loved us and gave Jesus to be the payment for our sins. God initiated that gift. You think about the…
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…conquering that enemy. So we have an application that we can take from this that says we must bind the strong man. I want to draw your attention to1 John chapter 4and verse 4. The one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. How many of y'all would agree with that statement? Amen. The one…
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…another. No one has ever seen God but if we love one another God lives in us. And his love is made complete in us. Well keep your Bibles open at1 John chapter 4. Let me pray and ask for the Lord's help as we come to his word. Let me pray. Lord we do pray and ask for your help now as we come and look at your…
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…In other words, you do not have the Son without the Father, and you do not have the Father without the Son, and it's the same for the Spirit.1 John chapter 4. Again, by this we know that we abide in Him and He in us because He has given us of His Spirit. The Holy Spirit seals us into salvation and…
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…and he wrote three letters. First John, second John, and third John. And those are at the end of the New Testament. In one of those letters, infirst John chapter 4, John wrote that God is love. Now I think there's a lot of misunderstanding about God's love today. There's people who say, well, you know, if God…
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…Savior displaying all the love of God where he demonstrates his love for us in this and that while we were still sinners Christ died for us where1 John chapter 4says this is love not that we have loved God but that God has loved us and gave his son as a propitiation for sin. He didn't see something lovely…
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…around us and around the globe, it appears that the portals of hell have been opened unlike any time we've ever seen in our life. John said in1 John, chapter 4and verse 3, this is the spirit of the Antichristrist, which you heard was coming and listen. He adds, and now is already in the world. I believe…
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…And so, in a lot of John's writings he unpacks exactly what love is and I discovered and one of the most loving sections that John ever wrote in1 John chapter 4there's one verse that actually checks, all three boxes, it reminds us of the obligation and the Salvation and the motivation. That's why today, I…
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…of every bathroom stall in Hell. But he does not. He is so filled with love that he loves us and does, what's best? No matter who. Let's go back to1 John chapter 4, I love this little line. John says, this is love. Not that we love God. He deserves it. He's worthy of it. No, this is love that God loved Us.…
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…right. We're gonna apply it over the next few weeks. And help us do that today. We're going to turn to God's word. We're going to turn to1 John chapter 4. And here's what you're going to find in the Bible. Like we as Americans we who speak the English language have this one word that describes all…
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…breathing people and he prioritized, you. This is the thing that doesn't make sense. But that can change your heart. Here's what the Bible says it.1 John chapter 4we love. Which means obeying God's commands. Why? Because God first loved us. 2000 years ago, God did something that was so illogical. And…
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…about the reason it is possible. It is because God has prioritized, you. And has always loved you and always will love you. Remember these words of1 John chapter 4we read them earlier. This is God. And this helps us with this goal for our soul. This is how God showed his love Among Us. He sent us what? Only…
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…who Jesus is and how singular he is in his purpose. The Bible tells us, for God so loved the world that he sent his only Son. The Bible tells us in1 John chapter 4, not that we loved him, but he first loved us and gave himself to be the payment for our sins. The Bible says in the book of Romans that even while…
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…If you want to know what love and sacrifice is all about. You cannot do that unless you know, God and his love first not making that up comes fromfirst John chapter 4, it also comes from Colossians 2:12-214. If you want another reference to read later I'm not gonna bring that one up right now. But in that verse,…
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…Stop trying to write the story. Let God do it through God, we shall do valiantly. He says, for he, it is that shall tread down our enemies over in.First John, chapter 4and verse. Number 4, he says you are of God little children have have have overcome them because greater is he that is in you than he that is in…
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…write this down, I believe that God is the only one to define the asterisk because God is love. I'd heard that before the, it's a Bible passagefirst. John chapter 4. I think it's verse 19. God himself is love. God is the perfect example, of whatever comes out of God's heart, out of God's word. It has to be love…
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…Spilled Out in the students sat there shell-shocked. Until the pastor pointed. I want teenager look at his note card and he read, but God is love.First John, chapter 4. I have a girl push back in her motions, but family doesn't even love me. My father says, he doesn't even want me to come home today. Like, I don't…
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