Review What We Know 18 August 2019 PM – 1 John 5:18-21 – 1Jn2019 – Scott Childs Introduction: I am presently reading a book about dog training. The author says that the way to teach a dog to come every time you call is to attach the dog to a light 10-metre rope and take […]
Praying Confidently 11 August 2019 PM – 1 John 5:14-17 – 1Jn2019 – Scott Childs Introduction: Commenting on prayer, Warren Wiersbe said, “The pages of the Bible and the pages of history are filled with reports of answered prayer. Prayer is not spiritual self-hypnosis. Nor do we pray because it makes us feel better. We […]
The Witness 4 August 2019 PM – 1 John 5:6-13– 1Jn2019 – Scott Childs Introduction: When a witness is called on to testify in a court of law, he must promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. John has presented Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God, the […]
Faith is the Victory 28 July 2019 PM – 1 John 5:1-5 – 1Jn2019 – Scott Childs Introduction: We live in a spiritually hostile world. The world includes all that is against God. The world is ungodly people, ungodly activities, ungodly entertainment, ungodly talk and anything else that is ungodly. In 2Co 4:4, Satan is […]
How Can We Love God? 7 July 2019 PM – 1 John 4:12-21 – 1Jn2019 – Scott Childs Introduction: A young man spent an entire evening telling his sweetheart how much he loved her. He said that he could not live without her; that he would go to the ends of the earth for her; […]
Motivation to Love 23 June 2019 PM – 1 John 4:7-11 – 1Jn2019 – Scott Childs Introduction: The Love of God “Could we with ink the ocean fill, And were the skies of parchment made, Were every stalk on earth a quill, And every man a scribe by trade, To write the love of God […]
Testing Spirits 16 June 2019 PM – 1John 4:1-6 – 1Jn2019 – Scott Childs Introduction: The word try in our text means to test, examine, prove, or approve. God tells us to test spirits and only accept what passes God’s test. When I am pickling olives, I first approve them. I look at each one […]
Reflecting God’s Love 9 June 2019 PM – 1 John 3:16-24 – 1Jn19 – Scott Childs Introduction: Reflections are amazing. Reflections on a lake can be almost as clear as the landscape behind it if the water is totally calm. Spiritually, God wants us to be a clear reflection of His love. The greatest evidence […]
Evidence of Abiding in Christ 2 June 2019 PM – 1 John 3:10-15 – 1Jn2019 – Scott Childs Introduction: A teacher asked her student if he had done his homework. He said, “Yes”. Looking for evidence, she asked why his homework paper was still blank. He said he that when he did his homework his […]
Abide in Christ to Avoid Sin 28 April 2019 PM – 1 John 3:4-9 – 1Jn2019 – Scott Childs Introduction: Can a Christian live without ever sinning? Some seem to think so. However, the Apostle Paul did not believe that. He said in Romans 7:19, “For the good that I would I do not: but […]