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15 Evidences of Genuine Faith—Part Six

7/26/2024

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We are coming to the end of the study on fifteen evidences of genuine faith found in 1 John. Remember John emphasizes the assurance that we can have as believers to know that we have eternal life in his theme verse – 1 John 5:13. Knowing Christ gives great hope to people in times of change and uncertainty and allows us to exercise genuine faith as John teaches here. This has been a great study for me, and I hope you have benefited from it as well. Let’s review the first twelve points we have covered.
  1. Personal Acceptance (1:1-4)
  2. Practical Fellowship (1:5-7)
  3. Personal Purity (1:8-10)
  4. Persistent Obedience (2:1-6)
  5. Precious Brotherhood (2:7-11)
  6. Prohibited Affection (2:12-17)
  7. Powerful Association (2:18-23)
  8. Precious Abiding (2:24-29)
  9. Purifying Holiness (3:1-10)
  10. Principled Love (3:11-23)
  11. Particular Discernment (3:24-4:6)
  12. Perfecting Love (4:7-21)

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15 Evidences of Genuine Faith—Part Five

5/24/2024

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Dive into 1 John as we explore the 15 evidences of genuine #faith. Part Five focuses on discernment and perfecting love: First, Particular #Discernment: Learn to discern the Spirit of #God, and then second, Perfecting Love: Experience boldness in His love. I hope you will take some time to test your faith, not because of anything I have written in this post, but because of the truths in God’s Word. May your faith find great confidence and indisputability that it never knew before. #BibleStudy
For the past four months, I have been sharing with you the 15 evidences of genuine faith found in 1 John. John’s focus in his letter is found in the theme verse – 1 John 5:13. There is confidence for the believer in his faith. I love this letter because we live in a world full of uncertainty, but God’s Word, specifically John’s letter, gives us hope in knowing Christ and exercising genuine faith. Here are the first ten points shared in the last four blog posts.
  1. Personal Acceptance (1:1-4)
  2. Practical Fellowship (1:5-7)
  3. Personal Purity (1:8-10)
  4. Persistent Obedience (2:1-6)
  5. Precious Brotherhood (2:7-11)
  6. Prohibited Affection (2:12-17)
  7. Powerful Association (2:18-23)
  8. Precious Abiding (2:24-29)
  9. Purifying Holiness (3:1-10)
  10. Principled Love (3:11-23)

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15 Evidences of Genuine Faith—Part Four

4/19/2024

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So far, we've looked at Personal Acceptance (1:1-4), Practical Fellowship (1:5-7), Personal Purity (1:8-10), Persistent Obedience (2:1-6), Precious Brotherhood (2:7-11), Prohibited Affection (2:12-17), Powerful Association (2:18-23), and Precious Abiding (2:24-29). Today, we're sharing Part Four of the series on Genuine Faith based on 1 John! Dive into the 9th & 10th evidences: Purifying Holiness & Principled Love. Let's reflect on living out our #faith in practical ways. #Biblestudy #Bible #God
The book of 1 John is a book that points Christians to their faith and the demonstration of that faith in their lives. The Apostle John writes this letter to believers to give them certainties about their relationship with the Lord. Thus far in this series, we have examined eight evidences of genuine faith found in 1 John 1-2.

Let’s review those here.
 
  1. Personal Acceptance (1:1-4)
  2. Practical Fellowship (1:5-7)
  3. Personal Purity (1:8-10)
  4. Persistent Obedience (2:1-6)
  5. Precious Brotherhood (2:7-11)
  6. Prohibited Affection (2:12-17)
  7. Powerful Association (2:18-23)
  8. Precious Abiding (2:24-29)
 
Let’s continue into 1 John 3 to see what these next evidences are.

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15 Evidences of Genuine Faith—Part Three

3/22/2024

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Dive deep into the evidences of genuine #faith with this latest #blog post,
The last two months have taken us through the first six evidences of genuine faith found in 1 John. This book continues to be a challenge to me in my faith, yet, at the same time, I find the evidence of genuine faith that John shares comforting to my heart in an age that is filled with so much uncertainty.

Remember the theme verse of the book is 1 John 5:13. John exhorts us that there is certainty in faith – “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.”

​Maybe there are doubts in your mind today about your salvation. Friend, may I encourage you to search the Scriptures to see what Jesus has already done for you and then to ask the Lord to search your heart and to provide you with that certainty today. ​

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15 Evidences of Genuine Faith—Part Two

2/16/2024

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Dive into Part Two of
Last month, in 15 Evidences of Genuine Faith—Part One, I began sharing a series of evidences of genuine faith with you from the book of 1 John. Remember we discussed the need for identifying that which is genuine.

I am seeing more and more new articles and discussion about deep-fake videos and how these AI things will affect our justice system. And those reports are, indeed, disconcerting. But I love the clarity of the Scriptures concerning our faith.

John tells us in the theme verse of his book (1 John 5:13) that we can KNOW that we have genuine faith in Christ based on what he has shared through the inspiration of these words he penned in 1 John.

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15 Evidences of Genuine Faith—Part One

1/19/2024

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Is your #faith bearing fruit? Join us in exploring the authenticity of our faith in the #newblogseries
Unfortunately, in 2024 more than ever before, we have to be vigilant about fake stuff in our lives. It might start with that email asking for more information about your Amazon account, so your account won’t be canceled. Then it’s the phone message from the IRS saying you are being audited and need to answer them under threat of legal action. It might be reading a book or an article that you suspect was written using AI rather than coming from an actual author. Let me assure you, I am personally sharing these thoughts from a sermon series my dad preached almost twenty years ago, so no artificial intelligence here.

​Maybe you see an advertisement on TV or on your newsfeed about a wonder vitamin that will help you shed the pounds from holiday eating in just days. Some of these fakes are easier to spot than others, but they all have one thing in common – they are not genuine.

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The Obedience of Joseph

12/22/2023

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The Obedience of Joseph
​There is a lot of familiarity with the Christmas story, especially for those of us who have heard it as children until now. However, I try every year to look at the story of Christ’s birth through fresh eyes so that I might learn something from our Lord’s blessed incarnation. I have spent time this Christmas season considering again the blessing of an obedient servant of the Lord who followed the Lord’s direction and did exactly as he was told by the angel of the Lord. Some have even referred to him as the unsung hero of the Christmas story! ​Let’s look at four aspects of this Godly man and his obedience to God.
"Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. ​

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