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Word of Life Series - Part 4

October 30, 2022 • Chris Heller

Last week, we looked into what it truly means to know Christ. John implored his 'little children' to obey the word, abide with Christ, and walk in the light.

This week, John shifts his attention (1 John 2:15-29) to a graver concern that his spiritual children are facing. The false teachers of the day are trying to lure them into loving the darkness of a worldly system that has been schemed to distract, discourage, and entice people away from walking in the light.

Who is the Greatest?

October 9, 2022 • Chris Heller

We live in a world full of lies, and if we’re not careful we can be susceptible to believing them. Unfortunately, we all know that believing lies has consequences. It can steal our joy, rob our peace, crush our confidence, and even challenge our assurance of salvation. Times like these demand studies like this. The letter of 1 John is written to an audience surrounded by people deconstructing their faith, believing lies of false teaching, living in the licentiousness of relativism, and recklessly redefining truth in order to fit a desired lifestyle. The result? A discouraged church questioning salvation, faith, and trust in sound doctrine.

No Darkness at All

October 16, 2022 • Chris Heller

Our Word of Life series began last Sunday in the prologue of 1 John and discovered that our author was living in a time when a false teaching was spreading, claiming a higher knowledge of Jesus Christ that was full of lies and distortions to the truth of who He was. How did John respond in a time when the church was beginning to be swayed by these lies? He reminded them that he was an eyewitness to Jesus. He not only knew him, he touched him. Jesus was no phantom. He was and is “the word of life!” This Sunday, John will provide even more insight into who Jesus is by introducing us to one of his favorite aspects of God -- that He is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. (1 John 1:5-10)

Do I Know You?

October 23, 2022 • Chris Heller

Last week, we examined three claims that were coming from the false teachers of John’s day. This Sunday, we will examine a few more, all from a new phrase that John chooses to leverage for rebuttal, “If we say we know Him . . .” (1 John 2:1-14) What does the walk of a child of God who knows Christ intimately look like? Join us as we continue to build our affirmation, walk more confidently in the light, and long to know Him more deeply.