Sermons on 1 John

Sermons on 1 John

The Children of God

John’s first epistle is written to a church under attack from false teaching of those he calls “anti-Christs” – who deny that the gospel is sufficient for salvation, that you must have special spiritual knowledge, and that you don’t need to be concerned about your behavior. John focuses this part of his first letter on reinforcing the teaching (the gospel) he delivered to them at the very beginning, encouraging them to remain in it and not to follow these false teachers. 

Sin and Obedience

Intro: Sabbatical reflection Good morning, again! For those of you who started attending Stonebrook since May, you might not recognize me, as I’ve been away on Sabbatical for the Summer. My name is Matt, and I am still one of the pastors here. It is good to be back. I was only mildly worried over the summer when I learned that almost as soon as I went on Sabbatical, the deacons had the church re-keyed. Fortunately though, I was allowed…