1 John - The Fellowship of Confidence
Living Life From What We Know
July 18, 2021 • Dr. Randall T. Hahn
We know worrying accomplishes nothing, and yet . . . And it is not just that it profits us nothing. It puts us in a deficit. There are a significant number of serious health issues directly related to worry, and then there are the spiritual health issues.
A Step Measure of Truth
July 11, 2021 • Dr. Randall T. Hahn
As we continue our series today in 1 John, we find ourselves in chapter 5 where John reviews one of the most basic ideas of Christianity. It is the idea in which our faith is anchored and the idea we share with the world: Jesus is the Son of God. Today we are looking at something a lot of us don’t probably feel like we need proved, but what we always need is our faith encouraged and emboldened; and readied to share, explain, defend.
The Confidence of Evidence
June 27, 2021 • Dr. Randall T. Hahn
You can know you have eternal life. The only way that is possible is if it is based on something other than me. If it based on my performance, my goodness, my resume it feels to me like there would always be reason to doubt. I am, we are inconsistent. We have bad days. But my faith is not in me, and the reason it is not in me is because God told me not to put it in me, but in Jesus.
Pausing Isn't Really and Option
June 13, 2021 • Dr. Randall T. Hahn
There are people sharing truth and there are people deceiving. While that has always been true, what is different today is the rapid speed with which truth or deceit, an idea can cover a nation, even the whole world because of the internet and social media. Great masses can be deceived in but a moment.
Cain's Hate or Christ's Love
June 6, 2021 • Dr. Randall T. Hahn
Love one another. Not a command that would seem to take a lot of explaining, but John is going to go on about quite a bit in our passage today. And not only has he already covered this, but he will again. As a matter of fact, eight times in this short letter he is talking about loving one another.
Smart and Strong
May 30, 2021 • Dr. Randall T. Hahn
What we do in America on this day serves us well as we turn to 1 John to continue our series. We could call every one of our gatherings a memorial service, a remembrance that Jesus died for us. And that remembrance should result in careful living of that which He won for us. Let’s turn today to 1 John 3:4-10.
To Be Like Jesus
May 23, 2021
What I love about John is there is no sugar-coating… compromise… wishy-washiness when comes to what he had to say. Everything was pretty much black/white when it comes where we are in our walk with the Lord. In these days & times the same thing is needed. He had love for people, which why this epistle often referred to saints as little children, a term of endearment which reflected his love…care… concern for the saints.
Do You Know Who Is In The Dark?
May 16, 2021 • Dr. Randall T. Hahn
I am guessing most of us feel comfortable walking in the dark in our own home. We know where things are, we trust our senses. But take that same level of dark in surroundings not so familiar, and you pull the toes in a little, put the hands out. We’re not as comfortable or confident so we are much more careful. John has been warning us of the darkness. It seems that he is concerned that we are too confident and not careful. Our passage today reaches a pinnacle in the warning. Let’s read 1 John 2:18-27.
Which One Did You Love This Week?
May 9, 2021 • Dr. Randall T. Hahn
We can’t bond with the way the world does things and have a bond with God. Now when I think, Why not? it is because we believe we have our hate or love for the world under control; and don’t we always think we have things under control, until there not. But the reality is, even under control hate is the antithesis to God. The world is an antithesis to God. How can I love that which hates my God and Savior?
How To Love
May 2, 2021 • Dr. Randall T. Hahn
The Bible reveals so much: who is God, what is He like, what is life about, where are we going, good vs evil – and yet with all there is to know and learn, it kind of comes down to what we learn in the kindergarten of spiritual life: love God, love people, be like Jesus. Whatever you know or don’t know, just be sure you are doing that. And when we miss that mark, we have an Advocate.
Safety Net, not a Parachute
April 25, 2021 • Dr. Randall T. Hahn
God’s forgiveness is there for us when we fall, but not there so we can jump safely into fellowship with the darkness. Turn on the light. Build a bond with God, His word, and His people who speak His word into you. Our lying heart needs that.
Fellowship, More than Casseroles and Coffee
April 18, 2021 • Dr. Randall T. Hahn
The word fellowship used in the New Testament is koinonia. While that is a Greek work, it is a Greek word one might actually hear today. Probably that and agape, for love, are the two Greek words a lot of Christians will have heard. Fellowship in the New Testament is not really about a get-together as much as it is conveying an intimate, mutual participation in a life shared with one another.
The Fellowship of Confidence: An Introduction
April 11, 2021 • Dr. Randall T. Hahn
Today we are beginning a 12-message study of 1 John. It is called first, because it is the first of three letters he sends. It is hard put an exact date on 1 John, but with what we have most put it around A.D. 90. And that would roughly be the age of John.