Thursday, June 22, 2017

6/18 Sermon on 1 John, Part 10

The sermon series titled Let There Be Light and which is a walk through the New Testament book of 1 John continued last Sunday at The Family Church here in Gainesville with installment number ten, focusing on Chapter 5 Verses 1-13.  This message was titled Believe...

Philip Griffin, senior pastor at the church, delivered the message, which he broke down into four sections: overcoming, the reason to believe, the witness of the son on the cross, and the witness of the spirt which guides us to the truth (from the sermon notes).  As for overcoming, there are four components: belief, transformation, obedience, and victory...

This message sounded to me to be a little bit heavy in the theology department and a little bit light in the personal application department.  Yet if you read the Biblical passage being discussed, you might just understand why: it is very, very heavy on theological doctrine.  As a matter of fact, this section in the Bible seems to me to be a good section to turn to in order to express some of the main points of the Christian faith: here's a link to it via Bible Gateway: [link].

The Family Church, at 2022 SW 122nd Street, holds its Sunday morning services at 9:30 and 11.  You can watch the weekly messages on its YouTube channel, which you can access through this link: [link]...

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