Episodes
Sunday Oct 30, 2016
Test ► Discern! - Mark Brauss
Sunday Oct 30, 2016
Sunday Oct 30, 2016
☼Warning …..Fool’s Gold!
⌂ Jesus …. Matthew7:15
⌂ Paul ….. Acts 20:29-30/ 2 Timothy 4:3-4
⌂ Peter …. 2 Peter 2:1-2
☼ Test ! ….. I John 4:1-3
test–dokimazo – to examine, to scrutinize closely
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• Who is Jesus? ….. 2 Corinthians11:3-4
↓
• Do they acknowledge that Jesus Christ has come
in the flesh?
□ Incarnation / Lordship
◊ Mormons
◊ Jehovah Witnesses
◊ Islam
☼ Overcomers …. I John 4:4-6
⌂ Your Identity ….
• You are from God…. John 1:12-13
• The Great One is Inside You…. John 16:7-13
⌂ Their Identity
• from the world
• speak from the viewpoint of the world.
⌂ Two Spirits ….
Spirit of Truth ↔ Spirit of Falsehood
☼ Application
1. We need to test and discern what is true.
2. We need to be very careful who/what we listen to.
Sunday Oct 23, 2016
Love ↔ Hate - Mark Brauss
Sunday Oct 23, 2016
Sunday Oct 23, 2016
⌂ The Message …. I John 3:11-12
☼ Cain ↔ Abel …. Genesis 4:1-7
□ The Danger of Anger …. Genesis 4:6
→ The Great Question – Why are you angry?
□ Intervention …… I Corinthians10:13
□ Biblical Truth …. Genesis 4:7
⌂ The World Hates Us? ….. I John 3:13-15
◊ Why? ….. John15:18-19
◊ An Enemy of God? …. James 4:4-5
◊ Loving God ↔ Hating Others
⌂ Love in Action ….. I John 3:16-18
☼ Knowing What Love Is….
☼ Laying Down Our Life…..
☼ Giving Our Resources
☼ Living in Community
⌂Belonging to the Truth? …. I John 3:19-24
☼ Our Confidence …
☼ Believe → Love….
☼ Prayer – 2 conditions
• Keep His Commands…
• Do What Pleases Him…
☼ Relationship with the Holy Spirit ….
Sunday Oct 16, 2016
True Self - Bob Levin
Sunday Oct 16, 2016
Sunday Oct 16, 2016
I John 2:28-3:10
Children of God… I John 2:28-3:3
Rescue from… … 3:4-5
Ø penalty of sin… past rescue
Ø power of sin… present & ongoing rescue
Ø presence of sin… future rescue
Your truest self?... I John 3:6-10
Interpretation challenge…
Ø compare scripture with scripture:
immediate context… I John 1:8-10
Jesus…John 9:41, Luke 18:10-14, Mark 2:17,
Ø consider background
false teachers… I John 2:26; 3:7
Ø “keeps on sinning”… a biblical distinction:
“practice” & celebrate sin… Romans 1:32;Isaiah 5:20-22
vs
struggle with sin… Romans 7:22-25
Marks of a child of God…
Ø Indwelling of the Spirit-“anointing” >> Christ within
I John2:20, 27
John14:16-17, 26; 16:13
Ø Conviction of sin
John16:8; Ephesians 4:30
Ø Spiritual discipline
Hebrews 12:11; 5-8
Sunday Oct 09, 2016
Heads Up - Bob Levin
Sunday Oct 09, 2016
Sunday Oct 09, 2016
1 John 2:18-27
The last hour . . . 2:18
Timelessness of GodWolves in sheep's clothing - 2:18-19, 262 Peter 3:8 & Psalms 90:4
Second coming . . . "Not for you to know"Acts 1:6-11Word of the day = Imminence
Matthew 24:26-27, 36
2 Thessalonians 2:3-8Teacher within - 2:20-21, 24, 27
2 Thessalonians 3:16-17
Isaiah 8:19-20 (NASV)
John 14:16-20, 26More than a prophet - 2:22-23
Matthew 23:8, 10
John 5:22-23
John 10:30-22
John 17:5
John 1:1-3, 14
Isaiah 9:6
Monday Oct 03, 2016
Love....World? - Mark Brauss
Monday Oct 03, 2016
Monday Oct 03, 2016
☼ The Stages of Our Story …. I John 2:12-14
► children → young men → fathers
4 Powerful Truth Statements
⌂ Your sins have been forgiven.
⌂ You have known Him from the beginning.
⌂ You have overcome the Evil One.
⌂ You are strong and the Word of God lives in you.
☼ Love……. not the World? ….. I John 2:15
• Why this warning?
• world (kosmos) – the invisible system of evil governed
by Satan…a system that stands in
aggressive opposition to God.
☼ 3 Major Components of the World …. I John 2:16
⌂ The Lust of the Flesh ….
• lust – passions and desires that originate
apart from Christ
◊ Ephesians 2:1-5
□ dead in transgressions and sins …..
► caused by → → → → • the ways of this world
following • the ruler of the kingdom of the air
► gratifying the cravings(lust) of the flesh …
by → → → → • its desires and thoughts.
following
► we deserved wrath….
but → because of His great love for us….
God → who is rich in mercy → made us alive with Christ!
→ by grace you have been saved.
⌂ The Lust of the Eyes ….
• Fix your eyes…… Hebrews 12:2 / II Corinthians 4:18
⌂ The Pride of Life …..
∆ Danger ! ….. Proverbs 16:18 → Daniel 4:36-37 → I Peter 5:5-6
☼ Reality …. I John 2:17