First John – No Middle Ground – Part 5

Conviction… Though it is hard to hear and hard to process, when it is Holy Spirit conviction it makes us want to stay.  We often mistake what the Holy Spirit’s conviction is and what condemnation is.  Condemnation is from us and the enemy, not the Holy Spirit. It is conviction that helps us to make […]

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Montana Rock Hounding

Carol and I enjoy amateur rock hounding in Montana.  Here is our latest batch of beauties thanks to the One who made them. The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. – Psalm […]

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First John – No Middle Ground – Part 4

In last week’s message on the book of 1 John, the 5 “IF’s” pertain to how we believe God to be.  We need to come to an understand of God dealing withour sin nature.  man’s sin nature exists today, and to the very end.  It needs to be dealt with.  In Chapter 2, John continues […]

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First John – No Middle Ground – Part 3

In last weeks message in this series on First John, we saw that John made a declaration of who Christ is.  Because John reestablished his apostolic authority, he could boldly speak who Christ is… With brotherly love. In this week’s message, we moved from the proclamation of who Christ is, to foundational instruction. In this […]

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First John – No Middle Ground – Part 2

Last week, we had an introduction to the book of 1 John.  This week, we started the verse by verse study.  1 John is an interesting letter.  It starts differently from other letters in the New Testament. John Starts with one long sentence establishing the authority he is writing about.  Listen here to Part 2 […]

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First John – No Middle Ground – Part 1

This is the introduction to the series “First John – No Middle Ground” In the next several weeks, Pastor Jason will be teaching, verse by verse on the book of 1st John.   This week is the introduction to the book.  It is to answers the “who”, “when”, “where”, and “why” questions. In 1st John, “Love” […]

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