Mountain Valley Church of God
208 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingYou will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13
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Jesus Commands Us to Love
September 24, 2023 15:00 - 163 KB application/pdfJohn affirms that our love for God and our love for other Christians is connected to obedience to His commands. John is not saying that our works in obedience to […]
Born Again to Express God’s Love
September 17, 2023 15:00 - 129 KB application/pdf1 John 5:1 First, God is love-this describes one of His divine attributes. The love of God expresses itself in His actions, and especially by sending Jesus, His one and […]
Love Brothers and Sisters with the Love of Christ
September 10, 2023 15:00 - 136 KB application/pdf1st John 4vs 20-21 Last week we looked at the fact that the agape, self-sacrificing love for one another that is not of ourselves, but has it’s origin in God. […]
He First Loved Us
September 03, 2023 15:00 - 135 KB application/pdf19 We love, because He first loved us. John says “we” and so confesses His love for God, and for believers. “We love because He loved us first.” You can […]
Love Not Fear
August 27, 2023 15:00 - 152 KB application/pdf1st John 4:17-18 When we read 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, it’s talking about when we meet Jesus at the end of […]
Abiding in Love
August 20, 2023 15:00 - 135 KB application/pdf1 John 4:16 We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God […]
Abiding Confession of Faith
August 13, 2023 15:00 - 167 KB application/pdf1 John 4:15 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God. […]
The Holy Spirit; Christ in Us
August 06, 2023 15:00 - 138 KB application/pdf1 John 4:13-14 By this we know that we remain in Him and He in us, because He has given to us of His Spirit. In 1st John 4:12 John […]
God Loves, So We Love
July 30, 2023 15:00 - 159 KB application/pdf1 John 4vs10-12 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us John emphasizes in this verse that godly love is not something which […]
1 John 5:7-8 God Is Love Pt 2
July 23, 2023 15:00 - 139 KB application/pdf7 Beloved, let’s love one another; for love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 The one who does not love […]
1 John 5:7-8 God Is Love
July 16, 2023 15:00 - 157 KB application/pdf7 Beloved, let’s love one another; for love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 The one who does not love […]
Who are you listening to?
July 09, 2023 15:00 - 138 KB application/pdf5 They are from the world, therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are from God. The one who knows God listens to us; the one who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit […]
OVERCOMING
July 02, 2023 15:00 - 142 KB application/pdf1 John 4:4 4 You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. The World What does John mean by the world? In 1 John, the world refers to the organized system in rebellion against God; with it’s lust […]
Jesus’ Model of Manhood-He Provides Even from the Cross
June 18, 2023 15:00 - 160 KB application/pdfHappy Father’s Day! Over and over in the scripture, fathers are commanded to provide a good example for their Children. Timothy 2:11-12 calls this to mind when he says “For you know how, like a father with his children, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a […]
In Christ, In Truth
June 11, 2023 15:00 - 136 KB application/pdf1st John 3b-4a: “and this is the spirit of the antichrist.” So, the denial that Jesus came in the flesh, so that He could die for our sins and be the only Way to the Father is motivated by the spirit of the antichrist. This results in the characteristic attitude of the world to deny […]
We know the Spirit of God
June 04, 2023 15:00 - 161 KB application/pdf1 John 4:2-3 The churches of Asia Minor that John is writing to were unwisely leaving themselves open to believing false teachers and teachings, accepting and trusting in teachings without testing them, which caused a lot of confusion in the church, just as it does today. Every teaching, every doctrine claiming to be the Truth […]
Test The Spirits 1st John 4:1
May 28, 2023 15:00 - 145 KB application/pdfJohn wants to address the confusion in the body of Christ that is caused by the working of false spirits, and false inspirations within the church. Beloved, do not believe every spirit. John is concerned for their spiritual welfare. He begins with a command not to believe every spirit, every pneuma, every wind of new […]
We Know by This That He Remains In Us – 1st John 3:23-24
May 21, 2023 15:00 - 186 KB application/pdf23 This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us. When we obey the Holy Spirit’s urging and Jesus’ command to love one another by fellowship with each other and meeting each other’s needs, then the practical effect is that […]
Mothers Day 2023 Exodus 2:1-9 A Mother’s Faith
May 14, 2023 15:00 - 173 KB application/pdf2 Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi. 2 And the woman conceived and gave birth to a son; Now, we learn that both of Moses’ parents, Amram and Jochebed, were from the tribe of Levi. Since Aaron was 3 years older than Moses, Aaron was likely one of the boys saved […]
Set Your Heart at Ease
May 07, 2023 15:00 - 140 KB application/pdf1st John 3:18-22 18 Little children, let’s not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth. John says that we should meet each other’s needs; that we should not close our hearts toward one another, but should demonstrate our love through action (similarly to what James said in 2:14-16). The Holy Spirit […]
Love Through Meeting Needs
April 30, 2023 15:00 - 145 KB application/pdf1st John 3:16-17 16 We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; The ultimate expression of God’s Love is the Cross of Christ. In our excitement over the resurrection at Easter time, we often forget what Jesus went through for us. Peter 2:24 puts it 24 and He Himself brought […]
Love Not Hate
April 16, 2023 15:00 - 159 KB application/pdf1 John 3:14-15 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, This term, to pass, the word, metabeino means to move from one place to another, to transfer, to change ones dwelling place. So we have changed our address, and moved from the kingdom of this world, to the Kingdom of God. […]
He Is Risen
April 09, 2023 15:00 - 160 KB application/pdfMark 16:1-6 16 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might come and anoint Him. As followers of Jesus, it’s important for us to understand that the cross and resurrection are the fulfillment of God’s promise to send a savior, cornerstone of our […]
God’s Way, Not Ours
April 02, 2023 15:00 - 170 KB application/pdfPalm Sunday Matthew 21:1-16 All four Gospels include this account of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, letting us know that something really significant is going on here-Matt 21:1-10, Mark 11:1-11, Luke 19:28-40, John 12:12-19). Matt:21 21 When they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, […]
Spiritual Jealousy Part 2
March 26, 2023 15:00 - 137 KB application/pdf1st John 3:13 David and Saul-We see how jealousy and disobedience destroyed the life of Saul most clearly in his relationship with David. 1Sam 18:8-9 8 Then Saul became very angry, for this lyric displeased him; and he said, “They have given David credit for ten thousands, but to me they have given credit for […]
Spiritual Jealousy—Part 1
March 19, 2023 15:00 - 135 KB application/pdf1st John 3:13 13 Do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you. Why would we be surprised? Because early Christians were widely noted for their compassion; Jesus’ message lived out in their lives resulted in radical communities offering love and care for those in need that the pagan world had never […]
Love One Another
March 12, 2023 15:00 - 140 KB application/pdf1st John 3:11-12 For a Christian, we cannot fail to love our brothers and sisters in Christ, and be walking in our New Nature. We see this in Paul’s warning in 1 Cor 3:3 3 for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are […]
Practice Righteousness
March 05, 2023 15:00 - 141 KB application/pdf1 John 3:10 10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother and sister. John gives a litmus test to tell who are Born-Again Christian followers of Christ, and who […]
Born of God
February 26, 2023 15:00 - 140 KB application/pdf9 No one who has been born of God practices sin, because His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin continually, because he has been born of God. No one who has been born of God practices sin, Literally “Everyone who has been born from God does not sin.” John is saying that habitual […]
Who’s Son Are You?
February 19, 2023 15:00 - 143 KB application/pdfJohn 3:8 8 the one who practices sin Literally, the text is “he who does sin is from the devil.”, and again, the implication is of continuous action, or those who continue in sin, practice it, and for whom it’s a habitual part of their life. Every believer has at least some struggle with the […]
Seven Steps to Living A Satisfied Life
February 12, 2023 15:00Psalms 37:1-40 Pastor John Brint The service video will appear below as soon as it is available.
For Goodness Sake
February 05, 2023 15:21 - 145 KB application/pdf6b no one who sins continually has seen Him or knows Him. We’re talking about habitual sin. Claiming that we have arrived at a sinless state, and look just like Christ is self-deception. 1 John 1:8, NASB: If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in […]
The Lamb of God Purchased Freedom from Sin
January 29, 2023 15:00 - 146 KB application/pdf1st John 3:5-6 5 You know that He appeared –In contrast to the lawless people who continue to sin, John reminds us of our example Jesus. Sin is lawlessness, and those who continue in sin, instead of being In Christ, are lawless. It was God the Father’s plan, and Jesus was obedient to it. in […]
Law and Grace, Faith and Works
January 22, 2023 15:00 - 150 KB application/pdf1st John 3:4 Christ, the Fulfillment of the Law To understand our position, with relation to the law, as Christians, it helps to look at Jesus our example. He said, beginning in in Matthew 5:17 17 “Do not presume that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish, […]
Sin is Lawlessness and Lawlessness is Sin
January 15, 2023 15:00 - 167 KB application/pdf4 Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. First John 3:4 says, “Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.” The word translated “lawlessness” comes from the Greek word anomia, which means “an utter disregard for God and His laws.” From this Greek word we also get the […]
We Will Be Like Him
January 08, 2023 15:00 - 139 KB application/pdf1 John 3:2-3 Beloved–John begins here, with “Beloved”, conveying how dear these churches are to him. Now —John is emphasizing that our status as Children of God is not something that we have to look forward to in hope—we are Children of God right now! We are the Children of God John emphasizes that we […]
New Year’s Resolutions
January 01, 2023 15:00 - 165 KB application/pdfA resolution is “a firm decision to do or not to do something. It is an act of will. But the big question is: Who’s Will? The New Year(s). The New Year is, indeed special in the Bible. In Exodus 12: 1 God spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt; he said, […]
Luke 2 vs 8-15: Keep Watch!
December 25, 2022 15:00 - 165 KB application/pdf8 In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock at night. David had fed his sheep in those same fields around Bethlehem, and today, 3,000 years later, there are still shepherds feeding flocks in those fields. Shepherds typically kept watch over their fields by night from April […]
Mathew 1:18-21: Joseph’s Choice
December 18, 2022 15:00 - 156 KB application/pdf18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows Matthew describes the origin or source of Jesus, his Genesis, just as John does in John 1:1-4 from the perspective of the Power of God in performing this unique miracle by the Holy Spirit. when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, The focus in […]
The Magi Visit Jesus
December 11, 2022 15:00 - 147 KB application/pdf2 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea The wise men, or Magi didn’t arrive until after Jesus’ birth. Just when is a matter of conjecture. But there are clues (see Leviticus 12:1-4). It took a full forty days before her purification would have been completed. Luke 2:39, 39 And when His parents had completed […]
How Great a Love!
December 04, 2022 15:00 - 136 KB application/pdfChapter 3:1 3 See how great a love the Father has given us, that we would be called children of God; and in fact we are. For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know Him. The apostle John loves to talk about family. He so often addresses those he […]
Trust in the Righteousness of Jesus
November 27, 2022 15:00 - 134 KB application/pdf1 John 2:29 29 If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness also has been born of Him. John’s saying that they should know by now that God is righteous, but the word he uses indicates that it’s possible that some of them have not trusted in the righteousness […]
Abiding Relationship Produces Confidence
November 20, 2022 15:00 - 138 KB application/pdf1st John 2:28 28 Now, little children, remain in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not draw back from Him in shame at His coming. And Now, Little Children If these members of the churches of Asia Minor, present day Turkey, are acting as Children of God, they will be […]
1 John 2:26-27
November 13, 2022 15:00 - 441 KB application/pdf26 These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you. John doesn’t want them to be snared by these false teachings. John says trust in Jesus, and the Power of the Holy Spirit to guide you into all Truth, not in these false teachers. In warning them about false […]
Eternal Life in Christ
November 06, 2022 15:00 - 546 KB application/pdf25 This is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life. John has been telling us about the benefits of abiding, remaining in relationship with God in Christ. We have fellowship with God: 1 John 1:3 3 what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may […]
The One Who Confesses the Son has the Father Also
October 30, 2022 15:00 - 140 KB application/pdf1st John 2:23-24 23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; —When people deny the Son, they show that they do not have the Father. Hebrews 10:28-31 tells us that if it’s the case that 28 Anyone who has ignored the Law of Moses is put to death without mercy on the testimony […]
Our Revealing Anointing
October 23, 2022 15:00 - 144 KB application/pdf1 John 2:20-22 20But you have an anointing from the Holy One, John wants to reassure his readers that they are Christians. John draws a sharp distinction between True Believers and these false teachers by going right to the source. 2 Cor 1 21 Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed […]
1 John 2:18-19 Part 2-Apostasy
October 16, 2022 15:00 - 146 KB application/pdfWhat about those who choose to leave the faith? There are those who choose to leave the faith, even though they know something about Jesus. Probably the most obvious case is Judas Iscariot (see John 13:26-7). Judas made a choice to betray Jesus, even though he saw the witness of Jesus’ love and kindness, ministering […]