1 John 2:3-11–In this passage, the apostle John indicates there are two questions we can ask ourselves in order to test if we really know God. 1) Do I obey His commands? 2) Do I love my brothers and sisters? Where do you stand?
Fresh Hope for New Beginnings
Sermons on light
1 John 1:5-2:2–This passage deals with 3 claims that we can make that don’t measure with the reality of our lives. This is sin. Yet, God has a remedy for our sin if we confess it.
Isaiah 59 & 60 “Justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light but all is darkness,” the prophet laments. But it won’t always be this way. “For the Redeemer will come…” and then things will change. “Then you will look and be radiant, your heart will throb and…
Ephesians 5:7-14 “For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light.” Remember where we came from . . . Leave it behind . . . Let your light shine in the dark world.
Isaiah 8:11-9:7 In the midst of gloom and hopelessness, the prophet Isaiah warns against trusting in or following after the advice of those that everybody around seems to be listening to. Instead, he says, fear the Lord; seek counsel from his word; and look for the coming of the Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 60:1-3; 61:1-3 At a time when the nation of Israel was in deep darkness, the prophet Isaiah foretold the day when the light would come and the glory of the Lord would rise. Christmas is a celebration of the fulfillment of that promise in Jesus.
John 1:1-13 Jesus said, “I am the Light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.” (John 8:12) Our passage examines the contrasts of light and darkness; and life and death and the new birth.