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For Goodness Sake
Mountain Valley Church of God - February 05, 2023 15:21 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating6b 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
Mountain Valley Church of God - January 29, 2023 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating1st 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
Mountain Valley Church of God - January 22, 2023 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating1st 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
Mountain Valley Church of God - January 15, 2023 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating4 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 th...
We Will Be Like Him
Mountain Valley Church of God - January 08, 2023 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating1 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 t...
New Year’s Resolutions
Mountain Valley Church of God - January 01, 2023 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 ratingA 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!
Mountain Valley Church of God - December 25, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating8 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 wa...
Mathew 1:18-21: Joseph’s Choice
Mountain Valley Church of God - December 18, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating18 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...
The Magi Visit Jesus
Mountain Valley Church of God - December 11, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating2 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 H...
How Great a Love!
Mountain Valley Church of God - December 04, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChapter 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
Mountain Valley Church of God - November 27, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating1 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 righteousnes...
Abiding Relationship Produces Confidence
Mountain Valley Church of God - November 20, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating1st 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
Mountain Valley Church of God - November 13, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating26 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
Mountain Valley Church of God - November 06, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating25 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
Mountain Valley Church of God - October 30, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating1st 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
Mountain Valley Church of God - October 23, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating1 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 ano...
1 John 2:18-19 Part 2-Apostasy
Mountain Valley Church of God - October 16, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhat 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 ...
John’s warning against false teachers
Mountain Valley Church of God - October 09, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating1 John 2:18-19 John’s warning against false teachers. 18 Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour. Again, we see John address the churches that he is writing to as a loving […]
Do Not Love The World Pt. 2
Mountain Valley Church of God - October 02, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating1st John 2:16-17 Do Not Love The World Pt. 2—The Lust of the Flesh, The Lust of the Eyes, and the Pride of Life 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but […]
Do Not Love the World
Mountain Valley Church of God - September 25, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating1st John 2:15-17 Part 1: 15 Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. Do not love the world An obstacle to the spiritual growth which can hinder the progress toward spiritual maturity that we talked about last […]
Spiritual Maturity
Mountain Valley Church of God - September 18, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating1 John 2:12-14 12 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you on account of His name. John’s just spent time giving them evidence that they’re saved saying that if they follow God’s commands out of love for Him, then it is evidence that they are saved. If you’r...
Love Fellow Christians
Mountain Valley Church of God - September 11, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating9 The one who says that he is in the Light and yet hates his brother or sister is in the darkness until now. We’ve looked at our love for God as measured by our obedience to His commands now we look at our loving relationships with our brothers and sisters in Christ as a […]
Love one Another; Be the Light of the World
Mountain Valley Church of God - September 04, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating1 John 2:7-8 7 Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you When we understand what God has done for us in sending Jesus to the Cross, and what Jesus has done in dying for us, for our sins so that we can have relationship with God, then we love God. We obey […]
Abide in Love by Walking in Obedience
Mountain Valley Church of God - August 28, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating1 John 2:5-6 5 but whoever follows His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him: Whoever follows His Word We know that we are saved because we obey God’s commandments. And we are obedient to God out of love for Him. We […]
Knowing God is Keeping His Commandments
Mountain Valley Church of God - August 21, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating1 John 2:3-4 3 By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; 3 By this we know A healthy relationship with […]
Jesus is Our Atoning Sacrifice
Mountain Valley Church of God - August 14, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating1 John 2:2 and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. He Himself Not only is Jesus our Advocate in Heaven who works on our behalf, He is also the sacrifice that cleanses us and satisfies God’s just wrath, making […]
1 John 2:1 Christ Is Our Advocate
Mountain Valley Church of God - August 07, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating2:1 My little children, I am writing these things to you In this verse, John reveals another of his purposes in writing this epistle. He doesn’t want us to sin. Even though he has already reminded them that they are sinful and do continue to sin, and have sin that is in need of confession, […]
Be Honestwith God pt.3
Mountain Valley Church of God - July 31, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, John is warning us against an attitude toward sin that any believer, including him, could fall into and thereby do harm to their fellowship with God. This is the kind of claim that might be made by one who admits to a sin nature, but sees […]
Be Honest with God—Part II
Mountain Valley Church of God - July 24, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe have a choice, to confess before the Lord, or not, but there are two things that occur if confession does occur. All believers, John included, must acknowledge our sin before God, in order to experience Jesus’ cleansing work. Agreement with God in Mutual understanding of Guilt Before Him-And t...
Be Honest with God
Mountain Valley Church of God - July 17, 2022 15:00 - application/pdf ★★★★★ - 1 rating1 John 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. 8a If we say that we have no sin, Now that John has reminded us of the complete moral purity of God, and of the necessity of walking in the light, John wants […]
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