sunday, JANUARY 8, 2023
1 John 4:7 – 21
1 John 4:7 “…let us love one another…” w/3:11 “this is the message”
“…love is from God…”
“…every one who loves is born of God and knows God.”
1 John 4:8 “…does not love does not know God…”
“…God is love.”
1 John 4:9 “By this the love of God was manifest…”
“…God has sent His only begotten Son…”
“…so that we might live through Him.”
1 John 4:10 “In this is love,
“…not that we loved God,
“…but that He loved us and sent His Son…”
1 John 4:11 “…if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.”
1 John 4:12 “…if we love one another,
God abides in us…
…His love is perfected in us.”
1 John 4:13 “By this we know that we abide in Him…
…because He has given us of His Spirit.”
1 John 4:14 “…the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.”
1 John 4:15 “Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God…abides…in God.”
1 John 4:16 “…have come to know and have believed the love…God has for us.
God is love…
the one who abides in love abides in God…God abides in him.”
1 John 4:17 “By this,
…love is perfected with us…
confidence in the day of judgment;
because as He is, so also are we in this world.”
1 John 4:18 “There is no fear in love…
…perfect love casts out fear…
…the one who fears is not perfected in love.”
1 John 4:19 “We love because He first loved us.”
1 John 4:20 “…says, ‘I love God’ and hates his brother, he is a liar;
…does not love his brother…cannot love God whom he has not seen.
1 John 4:21 “…this commandment we have from Him…
…one who loves God should love his bother also.”
1 John 4:7 “…let us love one another…” w/3:11 “this is the message”
“…love is from God…”
“…every one who loves is born of God and knows God.”
1 John 4:8 “…does not love does not know God…”
“…God is love.”
1 John 4:9 “By this the love of God was manifest…”
“…God has sent His only begotten Son…”
“…so that we might live through Him.”
1 John 4:10 “In this is love,
“…not that we loved God,
“…but that He loved us and sent His Son…”
1 John 4:11 “…if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.”
1 John 4:12 “…if we love one another,
God abides in us…
…His love is perfected in us.”
1 John 4:13 “By this we know that we abide in Him…
…because He has given us of His Spirit.”
1 John 4:14 “…the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.”
1 John 4:15 “Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God…abides…in God.”
1 John 4:16 “…have come to know and have believed the love…God has for us.
God is love…
the one who abides in love abides in God…God abides in him.”
1 John 4:17 “By this,
…love is perfected with us…
confidence in the day of judgment;
because as He is, so also are we in this world.”
1 John 4:18 “There is no fear in love…
…perfect love casts out fear…
…the one who fears is not perfected in love.”
1 John 4:19 “We love because He first loved us.”
1 John 4:20 “…says, ‘I love God’ and hates his brother, he is a liar;
…does not love his brother…cannot love God whom he has not seen.
1 John 4:21 “…this commandment we have from Him…
…one who loves God should love his bother also.”
SUNNDAY, JANUARY 15, 2023
FAITH: Eph 2:1 – 22
2:1 “…were dead…”
2:2 “…formerly walked according to
1) the course of this world,
2) the prince of the power of the air,
the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.”
2:3 “…we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh…
were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.”
2:4 “But God…because of His great love with which He loved us,”
2:5 “even when we were dead…made us alive…with Christ
(by grace you have been saved).”
2:6 “and raised up with Him…seated us with Him…”
2:7 “…in the ages to come…show the surpassing riches of His grace…”
2:8 “For by grace you have been saved through faith…it is the gift of God.”
2:9 “not…works…no one should boast.”
2:10 “…His workmanship…created in Christ Jesus for good works…”
2:11 “…remember, that formerly you, the Gentiles…”
2:12 “remember that you were at that time
1) separate from Christ
2) excluded from the commonwealth of Israel…
3) strangers to the covenants of promise
4) having no hope…
5) without God in the world
2:13 “But now in Christ Jesus…have been brought near by the blood of Christ.”
2:14 “For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one…”
2:15 “…in Himself He might make the two into one new man…peace.”
2:16 “…reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross…”
2:17 “…HE CAME AND PREACHED PEACE TO YOU WHO WERE FOR AWAY, AND
PEACE TO THOSE WHO WERE NEAR.” (quoting Isa 57:19)
2:18 “…through Him…both have…access in one Spirit to the Father.”
2:19 “…you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are
1) fellow-citizens with the saints…
2) of God’s household
2:20 “…built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone,”
2:21 “in whom…
being fitted together
is growing into a holy temple in the Lord;”
2:22 “in whom…
being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.”
2:1 “…were dead…”
2:2 “…formerly walked according to
1) the course of this world,
2) the prince of the power of the air,
the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.”
2:3 “…we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh…
were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.”
2:4 “But God…because of His great love with which He loved us,”
2:5 “even when we were dead…made us alive…with Christ
(by grace you have been saved).”
2:6 “and raised up with Him…seated us with Him…”
2:7 “…in the ages to come…show the surpassing riches of His grace…”
2:8 “For by grace you have been saved through faith…it is the gift of God.”
2:9 “not…works…no one should boast.”
2:10 “…His workmanship…created in Christ Jesus for good works…”
2:11 “…remember, that formerly you, the Gentiles…”
2:12 “remember that you were at that time
1) separate from Christ
2) excluded from the commonwealth of Israel…
3) strangers to the covenants of promise
4) having no hope…
5) without God in the world
2:13 “But now in Christ Jesus…have been brought near by the blood of Christ.”
2:14 “For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one…”
2:15 “…in Himself He might make the two into one new man…peace.”
2:16 “…reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross…”
2:17 “…HE CAME AND PREACHED PEACE TO YOU WHO WERE FOR AWAY, AND
PEACE TO THOSE WHO WERE NEAR.” (quoting Isa 57:19)
2:18 “…through Him…both have…access in one Spirit to the Father.”
2:19 “…you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are
1) fellow-citizens with the saints…
2) of God’s household
2:20 “…built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone,”
2:21 “in whom…
being fitted together
is growing into a holy temple in the Lord;”
2:22 “in whom…
being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.”
Sunday, January 23, 2023
LIFE – SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE
Mon Jan 16th – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Sun Jan 22nd – 50th Anniversary of Roe vs Wade
Martin Luther King’s niece, Alveda King -
“The only other class of people who were treated as poorly as babies in the
womb in modern history was slaves.”
Prov 24:11 “Deliver those who are being taken away to death, and those who are
staggering to the slaughter, O hold them back.”
24:12 “If you say, ‘ See, we did not know this’, does He not consider it who
weighs the hearts? And does He not know it who keeps your soul?
And will He not render to man according to his work?”
Genesis – God’s creation of lifelong, monogamous marriage
(through which all humanity was to be extended – “fruitful & multiply”)
- God defining marriage & family
(long before government’s attempts to redefine)
Christianity – confronting the culture Rome & expressing the Kingdom of God
distinctively valued babies, children, women, slaves & one another
. babies, rejected abortion & rescued babies being exposed
. children, valued as the heritage of the Lord & Jesus’ priority
. women, taught men to love their wives as Christ loves His church
. slaves, saw as fellow human beings & brothers in Christ -Philemon
. each other, connected in community, love for one another
World – a dangerous place for the vulnerable & devalued
- a discriminating place against others considered of less value
Kingdom – value & dignity of all human life
- caring for those unable to care for themselves
- seeing everyone as God does, as “image-bearers”
Gen 1:27 “God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created
him; male and female He created them.”
- every human life, regardless of development, age, or social acceptance
- every human life bears the image of our Creator & loving God
Gen 9:6 “Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood shall be shed, for in the
image of God He made man.”
- attack on any person is an attack on God
- because man is created in the image of God, the crime is an assault
against God
- all human life is sacred & redeemable
Redemption – a restoration of the image of God in sinners in whom the image of
God has been marred
- the renewal of God’s image in sinful mankind through the gospel
- the gospel (received) renews the image that was marred by both
Adam’s sin & our own so that every believer may
“bear the image of the heavenly” – 1 Cor 15:49 &
“conformed to the image of His Son” – Rom 8:29
Kingdom – process of the restoration of the image of God that continues
throughout the believer’s life on earth
- restoration of the image of God that reflects His holy character
especially in knowledge, righteousness & holiness
Col 3:10 “and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge
according to the image of the One who created him.”
- in God’s kingdom, He is renewing His image within us in the true
knowledge of He who is eternal life (John 17:3)
Eph 4:24 “and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created
in righteousness and holiness of the truth.”
- in God’s kingdom, He is restoring His image within us that reflects
God’s moral excellence – righteousness & holiness
Image-bearers – redeemed by our Creator’s love to be renewed & restored to His
image and reflect He and His kingdom
Mon Jan 16th – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Sun Jan 22nd – 50th Anniversary of Roe vs Wade
Martin Luther King’s niece, Alveda King -
“The only other class of people who were treated as poorly as babies in the
womb in modern history was slaves.”
Prov 24:11 “Deliver those who are being taken away to death, and those who are
staggering to the slaughter, O hold them back.”
24:12 “If you say, ‘ See, we did not know this’, does He not consider it who
weighs the hearts? And does He not know it who keeps your soul?
And will He not render to man according to his work?”
Genesis – God’s creation of lifelong, monogamous marriage
(through which all humanity was to be extended – “fruitful & multiply”)
- God defining marriage & family
(long before government’s attempts to redefine)
Christianity – confronting the culture Rome & expressing the Kingdom of God
distinctively valued babies, children, women, slaves & one another
. babies, rejected abortion & rescued babies being exposed
. children, valued as the heritage of the Lord & Jesus’ priority
. women, taught men to love their wives as Christ loves His church
. slaves, saw as fellow human beings & brothers in Christ -Philemon
. each other, connected in community, love for one another
World – a dangerous place for the vulnerable & devalued
- a discriminating place against others considered of less value
Kingdom – value & dignity of all human life
- caring for those unable to care for themselves
- seeing everyone as God does, as “image-bearers”
Gen 1:27 “God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created
him; male and female He created them.”
- every human life, regardless of development, age, or social acceptance
- every human life bears the image of our Creator & loving God
Gen 9:6 “Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood shall be shed, for in the
image of God He made man.”
- attack on any person is an attack on God
- because man is created in the image of God, the crime is an assault
against God
- all human life is sacred & redeemable
Redemption – a restoration of the image of God in sinners in whom the image of
God has been marred
- the renewal of God’s image in sinful mankind through the gospel
- the gospel (received) renews the image that was marred by both
Adam’s sin & our own so that every believer may
“bear the image of the heavenly” – 1 Cor 15:49 &
“conformed to the image of His Son” – Rom 8:29
Kingdom – process of the restoration of the image of God that continues
throughout the believer’s life on earth
- restoration of the image of God that reflects His holy character
especially in knowledge, righteousness & holiness
Col 3:10 “and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge
according to the image of the One who created him.”
- in God’s kingdom, He is renewing His image within us in the true
knowledge of He who is eternal life (John 17:3)
Eph 4:24 “and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created
in righteousness and holiness of the truth.”
- in God’s kingdom, He is restoring His image within us that reflects
God’s moral excellence – righteousness & holiness
Image-bearers – redeemed by our Creator’s love to be renewed & restored to His
image and reflect He and His kingdom
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