Keith Stovall

From 1 John 5:11-18, this message walks through the believer's heavenly possession, priority, purity, and protection, grounding assurance of salvation in the finished work and keeping power of Christ rather than in the believer's own

Eternal SecurityUnion with ChristPerseverance of the Saints

Believers are called to violently put to death the sins named in Colossians 3, and the conquest of the five Amorite kings in Joshua 10 pictures Christ's total victory over sin on behalf of those who repent and trust him.

Putting Sin to DeathChrist's VictoryTypology of Christ

1 John 4 commands believers to test the spirits and hold discernment together with Christian love. The Spirit of truth guards the church from false teaching while producing love that reflects God’s own character.

Testing the SpiritsDiscernment and LoveFalse Teaching

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

Children of the DevilPracticing RighteousnessBrotherly Love

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.

Love of the WorldSpiritual Vital SignsNew Loves

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.

Confession of SinWalking in LightDiscerning Error

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

Heaven MythsNew JerusalemAssurance of Salvation

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

Words of LifeJoy in ChristBiblical Koinonia

Continuing through the tabernacle's furniture, the altar of incense and golden lampstand are shown as pictures of prayer and the light of Christ, calling believers to bring their burdens and sacrifices of prayer to God as faithfully as

Golden LampstandIncense of PrayerChrist the Light

Surveying the tabernacle as a shadow of heavenly realities, the message shows Israel's costly sacrifices and offerings as pictures of true worship, encouraging believers that whatever they bring to God, however small it seems, He can use

Tabernacle WorshipCostly OfferingShadow of Heaven