1John 1

The first chapter of this letter from John is a foundation.  Everything that follows is built upon the concepts and ideas that John introduces here, so it would behoove us to spend some time looking at what it is that is being introduced here in order to better understand what is to follow.  Take a moment now and read through this chapter.  Get pen and paper or a word processor and jot down what you see in these verses.  What are the ideas that John is introducing?  What are the questions that come to mind as you read?  Take a shot at making a short summation in your own words of what it is that John is saying.  Do it now.  It is important that you begin to come to grips with the foundation, with the argument or word that John is proclaiming.  If you can’t do it now, identify a time when you can concentrate.  Whatever it is that I have to say can wait for you to come to some kind of grip on what it is that John is say in this chapter.

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1John 1:8-10

I like to be called “nobody” because everyone knows, “nobody” is perfect.  We all like to think, at least secretly sometimes, that we are as good as it gets.  But generally, we know we have our faults and need to improve.  When we don’t acknowledge our faults, we almost always find ourselves embarrassed.

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1John 1:5-7

There is nothing so scary, lonely, and upsetting than to find oneself walking in the dark.  We feel alone and vulnerable even when we are with others.  The darkness envelops us and isolates us, even small glimmers of light offers little help or hope.  Whistling doesn’t help.  Talking doesn’t help.  No, there is no help.

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1John 1:1-4

Although there are a few that always seem to deny the truth and even run from it, most of us find the truth to be the one thing that always pulls us to it.  We say with Joe Friday, “Just the facts.”

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Bart Wilkins gets us officially started in our series, Gravity. Discover the equation that makes gravity work.

 

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We have arrived.  If you remember, way back in January as we began Flash Forward, we were asked a pair of related questions: ‘Where do you want to be in six months?’ and ‘Where do you think God would have you be in six months?’  With that series we began the process of looking at what it means to follow Christ.  Eight months later we have arrived at the answer to what God thinks about what in means to follow Him in the book of 1John and our new series Gravity.

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Jeff Baker and Bart Wilkins, along with our Youth & Young Adult STOMP Team, explain the importance of embracing the fact that God wants us to gravitate around Him.

 

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Bart Wilkins and Jeff Baker introduce our next teaching series which begins August 29, 2010. Discover what’s so important about spiritual gravity.

 

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