1 John: The Fruit of Fellowship with Christ
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1 John: The Fruit of Fellowship with Christ
There are two of Jesus' disciples whom I would particularly like to have known in the days of their earthly life. One is Peter, and the other is John. I like these two men. I am especially impressed by the change that fellowship with the Lord Jesus produced in their lives. This is what intrigues me...
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Life with Father (1 John 1:1-4)
With this message, we begin a study of the first letter of the Apostle John. You will remember that from Paul we learned it was the task of the apostl...
God is Light (1 John 1:5)
We are continuing our studies of the great letter from the hand of the Apostle John -- John the Mender -- the man who was called to follow Christ as a...
The Man Who Ignores Light (1 John 1:3, 6-7)
We have learned from the Apostle John that life without fellowship with God is like being shut away from the light; it is dark and cold, depressing an...
The Man who Denies Sin (1 John 1:8-9)
We are now experiencing the unique ministry of John the Mender, the apostle whose particular function it was to call men back to fundamentals. This wa...
The Man who Rationalizes Sin (1 John 1:10 - 2:2)
In this present series in the First Letter of John we are concerned with the great and pressing question of maintaining an intimate and, therefore, po...
Counterfeits and Reflectors (1 John 2:3-6)
We are considering John's great analysis, in his first letter, of the way to maintain unbroken fellowship with the Son of God. Such fellowship is desc...
Visible Christianity (1 John 2:7-11)
One often hears today the saying that Christianity has been rejected by the world on the basis of a caricature which has been mistaken for the real th...
Growing in Grace (1 John 2:12-14)
It has been our privilege to sit under the ministry of the Apostle John, the Mender, the one to whom it was given by our Lord to restate the foundatio...
The Maturing Process (1 John 2:12-14)
To me, the true glory of the Christian message is not the fact that it is a way to get to heaven, (though there was a time in my early Christian life...
The Enemy Around (1 John 2:15-17)
It is significant that the first subject John chooses to instruct upon is that which is supreme in Christian experience because it is the fountain fro...
The Nature of Heresy (1 John 2:18-19)
This is the first of a new series on a new subject in First John: Maintaining Truth. Of recent weeks, the attention of the Christian world has been ca...
The Hard Core of Truth (1 John 2:20-21)
We have already noted that the first note of this letter of the Apostle John is one of power, the power of a Christian. And the power of a Christian i...
No Son, No Father (1 John 2:22-23)
In considering this letter we have already seen how John recognizes the existence in his day (as it is also in ours) of a counterfeit Christianity. He...
The Living Word (1 John 2:24-25)
You who have followed with us through these studies together in the great First Letter of John know that the concern of this apostle is to share with...
The Teaching Spirit (1 John 2:26-27)
Our last time together in this letter was to see what John had to say about the tremendous adequacy of the Word of God to bring us, if we submit to it...
The Coming Day (1 John 2:28)
This is the last message in the section of John's epistle on Maintaining Truth. In this section, which began in Chapter 2, Verse 18, the whole problem...
Recognizing the Unrecognized (1 John 2:29 - 3:1)
We begin, with this message, a new series in the first letter of John. We have traced John's major themes thus far concerning the necessity of maintai...
What Shall we Be? (1 John 3:2-3)
Beloved, we are God's children now, it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, for we shall see h...
The Greatest Revolution (1 John 3:4-5)
As we begin this fifth biennial Missionary Conference with its theme, "Across the Street and Across the Seas," ordinarily it would be expedient to int...
The Mystery of Righteousness (1 John 3:6-7)
It is my great hope that there is coming to all, as we study together in First John, a growing awareness that every Christian must be a revolutionary...
The Mystery of Evil (1 John 3:8)
We come now to a passage of very great difficulty to many, but one of extreme value to us, especially in this day in which we live. The business of pr...
When the Spirit says No (1 John 3:9)
We come now to one of the most difficult verses in Scripture,
One or the Other (1 John 3:10)
In this powerful first epistle, the Apostle John follows certain great themes which we have been tracing through the letter together: First, there was...
The Path of Love (1 John 3:11-18)
One of the most emotion-charged times in my recent trip to the Holy Land was to come around a corner of the Mount of Olives and catch a first glimpse...
The Course of Hate (1 John 3:11-18)
We are engaged now in studying, through the eyes of John, the beloved apostle, the two most powerful forces at work in the world today: love and hate....
The Christian's Tranquilizer (1 John 3:19-20)
In the letter of First John we are now examining the theme of love which, as you recognize, is unquestionably the most talked-about subject in the wor...
Power in Prayer (1 John 3:21-24)
In our last study together in First John, Chapter 3, we looked at the problem of an accusing heart, i.e., a condemning conscience. What do you do as a...
When Unbelief is Right (1 John 4:1-3)
Anyone who knows anything at all about Christianity knows that it puts great stress upon believing. Not believing myths and legends, as many seem to t...
God is Greater (1 John 4:4-6)
Some months ago I received a letter from a friend of mine, a man with whom I once shared wonderfully deep and precious moments of fellowship together....
Love made Visible (1 John 4:7-12)
Who will deny that love is the dominant theme of the age in which we live? Everyone talks about love, though not everyone practices it. A kind friend...
Love's Accomplishments (1 John 4:13-21)
This week an editorial caught my eye as I was reading through the paper. The heading said, "Love Menaces The City." It struck me rather forcibly that...
We shall Overcome (1 John 5:1-6)
After many months of our study together in the First Epistle of John, we are drawing toward the close of this brief letter. In this section we come to...
Why do we Believe? (1 John 5:6-13)
We are approaching the close of this little letter of the Apostle John, whose task was the calling back of the church to foundational things. He is Jo...
Praying Boldly (1 John 5:14-17)
It certainly is not an accident that John closes his letter with an emphasis upon the subject of prayer. He has been writing about the life of Christ...
Christian Certainty (1 John 5:18-21)
Perhaps the most striking thing about the close of First John is the threefold occurrence of the phrase we know in the last three verses. Verses 18, 1...