Sermons — Page 46

1 John 3 contrasts the children of God with the children of the devil through the vital signs of doctrine, obedience, righteousness, and brotherly love. Assurance grows as God’s people see real evidence of new life without pretending they

Continuing in Genesis 2, this message unpacks Adam's poetic delight over Eve as the pattern for marriage, warning that building a family on anything less than God's standard, like a house built with mismatched materials, produces recurring

1 John teaches that God’s children have the Father’s love and therefore cannot love the world as their home. Assurance is strengthened as believers see new loves, new obedience, and a growing break with the desires of the world.

Opening a series on God's design for the family from Genesis 1-2, this message establishes that marriage and children belong to God as the true owner, and that husbands, wives, and families are called to build according to his design rather

Closing out the Sermon on the Mount series with Matthew 7:24-29, the message contrasts the wise and foolish builders to argue that hearing Christ's words means nothing without obeying them when the storms of persecution and trial come.

1 John 1 grounds assurance in the gospel truth that God is light, sin must be confessed, and cleansing comes through Christ. Knowing the fundamentals of the faith helps believers recognize error and walk honestly before God.

Addressing popular myths about the afterlife, the sermon insists heaven is populated only by those united to Christ by faith, describes the New Jerusalem's vast, glorious dimensions, and corrects misconceptions that the present earth will

Jesus welcomed children who were being kept from Him, and churches likewise must guard against a casual or overly rigid spirit that quietly blocks children from coming to Christ. Vacation Bible School exists because loving children well

Opening 1 John 1:1-4, this message explains that John writes as an eyewitness testifying to the Word of life so that hearers may share true fellowship with the Father and the Son and have complete joy. It presses listeners that real joy

Working through Matthew 7:21-23 at the conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount, the message warns that religious activity, even preaching, casting out demons, or moral self-comparison, cannot substitute for genuinely knowing Christ and doing