1 John

1 John 1:1

March 3, 2024 • Pastor Ron Arbaugh • 1 John 1:1

1 John 1:2-7

March 17, 2024 • Pastor Ron Arbaugh • 1 John 1:2–7

When God wanted to reveal Himself to the world, when He wanted to show the depth of His love, how did He do it? By becoming one of us!

1 John 1:6-10

April 7, 2024 • Pastor Ron Arbaugh • 1 John 1:6–10

... if we claim to be Christians, we have to agree with God about what sin is! We have no right to negotiate with God or to try and alter His point of view regarding sin…

1 John 2:1-6

April 14, 2024 • Pastor Ron Arbaugh • 1 John 2:1–6

No one sins when walking in the light. It’s when we start straddling the line between light and darkness that we find sin. Lots of sin would never happen if we were not where we are not supposed to be doing things we ought not to do…

1 John 2:7-11

April 21, 2024 • Pastor Ron Arbaugh • 1 John 2:7–11

If we are to love other people as we are loved by God, doesn’t it necessarily mean that we must be willing—eager even—to forgive those who sin against us?

1 John 2:12-17

April 28, 2024 • Pastor Ron Arbaugh • 1 John 2:12–17

The Word of God ---It is the only way to live in this world and not have the world be attractive, even seductive, to you. You must be a man/woman of the Word! The devil is no match for a Christian who has hidden God's Word in their heart. The Bible is our source of strength—the Word living in you…

1 John 2:18-29

May 5, 2024 • Pastor Ron Arbaugh • 1 John 2:18–29

v.29 'If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.' -- This is how we can know (another test) that we are abiding in Him: because we know He is righteous, we who claim to belong to Him do what is right! Isn’t that simple? How do you know if you are really a Christian? You do what is right because you are abiding in Him and He is abiding in you…

1 John 3:1-10

May 12, 2024 • Pastor Ron Arbaugh • 1 John 3:1–10

God’s great love is so extravagant that John describes it as other-worldly. It is beyond our capacity to understand…

1 John 3:11-24

May 19, 2024 • Pastor Ron Arbaugh • 1 John 3:11–24

I have to say right at the beginning this morning that loving other people is hard for us because we don’t really understand love. It doesn’t necessarily mean that we will feel emotionally attached to people. It doesn’t mean that we even have to like them or their behavior. What it does mean is that we love them enough to be a good witness to them and to pray for them. That is love…

1 John 4:1-6

May 26, 2024 • Pastor Ron Arbaugh • 1 John 4:1–6

We can be confident that every heart that has been prepared by God to hear, will… We don’t need to spend a lot of time and resources on reaching hearts that will not listen; their hearts have not been prepared by God. We need not defend the gospel—we need only to declare it! If a heart has been prepared by God, they will believe…

1 John 4:7-12

June 2, 2024 • Pastor Ron Arbaugh • 1 John 4:7–12

Since genuine love comes from God (no other source), it is clear that only God gets to define love…

1 John 4:13-19

June 9, 2024 • Pastor Ron Arbaugh • 1 John 4:13–19

We should never stop marveling that God has chosen to make His earthly home with us. It is an amazing concept—God chose to live here on earth in us!

1 John 4:19-5:5

June 16, 2024 • Pastor Ron Arbaugh • 1 John 4:19—5:5

Before Christ, none of us could love difficult people. Remember, John has been beating us up with the need to love all our brothers and sisters—the reason, you’ll remember, is that seeing us love one another is the only way the lost in this world can ever see God while they are alive.

1 John 5:5

July 7, 2024 • Pastor Ron Arbaugh • 1 John 5:5

Perhaps we once were excited about our relationship with God in Christ. It thrilled us to be with Him. Yet many of us have allowed that relationship to grow cold. If you allow Him to do so, obedience today—right now—will stoke the fires of love/passion all over again! It’s time to fall back in love with Jesus Christ…

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